Hi Signal Hound,

I’ve an SA44B spectrum analyzer and have generated a list of BBR binary files that I’m converting into spectrograms using a Python script. I’m trying to calculate the total signal power as well, so needless to say, this thread is extremely useful for my application too.

I’ve one question regarding the workflow that A.J. presented on June 24. Specifically, in the five steps that the Signal Hound software uses to calculate total signal power, I need a little clarification on step 3. The conversion of dBm (or dBm/Hz) to watts and the summing along the entire trace is straight forward. I just want to verify whether or not I must do a slightly more complicated calculation, namely dBm/(bin size in Hz) to watts and then sum along the entire trace. The calculation this latter case?

Thanks!

Sam

Thank you, Andrew! This gives me plenty with which to move forward.

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