The Agilent/Keysight 8560EC is a portable spectrum analyzer delivering 30 Hz to 2.9 GHz coverage with measurement performance comparable to benchtop instruments in a field-deployable form factor. Built to MIL-PRF-28800 Class 3 ruggedness standards, it combines synthesized tuning, color LCD display, and fast digital resolution bandwidths for signal analysis across RF and microwave applications.
Technical Specifications
• Frequency Range: 30 Hz to 2.9 GHz
• Amplitude Accuracy: ±1.0 dB absolute
• Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL): −151 dBm/Hz
• Phase Noise: <−113 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset
• Resolution Bandwidth (RBW): 1 Hz to 3 MHz, including 1 Hz, 3 Hz, 10 Hz, 30 Hz, and 100 Hz options
• Counter Resolution: 1 Hz
• Demodulation: AM, FM
• Amplitude Temperature Drift: 1 dB/10 °C nominal
• Internal Temperature Equilibrium: 2 hours at stable ambient
• Warmup Time: 5 minutes for warranted performance
• Calibration Cycle: 2 years recommended
– Key Features
• Color LCD display with rear-panel VGA connection (always active)
• Adjacent-channel power (ACP) testing for digitally modulated burst carriers
• Channel power, carrier power, and occupied bandwidth measurements
• Time-gated analysis for transient signal evaluation
• Option 007: Fast time-domain sweeps to 50 µs at 0 Hz span
• Option 001: Second IF output (310.7 MHz) at rear connector J10
• Option 002: Built-in tracking generator, 300 kHz to 2.9 GHz
• Option 005: Alternate sweep output
• External mixing to 325 GHz via rear-panel connectivity
• DC-coupled internal mixing from 30 Hz to 2.9 GHz; AC-coupled from 100 kHz to 2.9 GHz
– Typical Applications
Precision signal analysis in R&D and field testing environments. Suited for occupied bandwidth validation, spectral compliance measurement, and analysis of modulated carriers requiring time-gated or transient signal capture.
