The Anritsu MS2602A is a super-heterodyne spectrum analyzer delivering signal analysis from 100 Hz to 8.5 GHz. It converts higher frequencies into measurable quantities and displays received signal strength against frequency, enabling RF and microwave characterization across modern communication systems and quasi-microwave bands.
Technical Specifications
Frequency Coverage
• Overall range: 100 Hz to 8.5 GHz
• Band 0: DC to 2 GHz
• Band 1–: 1.7 to 7.5 GHz
• Band 1+: 6.5 to 8.5 GHz
• Pre-selector: 1.7 to 8.5 GHz
• Frequency setting modes: CENTER-SPAN, START-SPAN, START-STOP
• Frequency resolution: 1 Hz
• Marker frequency resolution: 0.2% of span
Signal Quality
• Signal purity: –120 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset
• Distortion: –100 dBc at 850 MHz minimum
• Maximum dynamic range: 134 dB
• Minimum DANL: –135 dBm
Measurement Resolution & Speed
• Resolution bandwidth: 10 Hz to 3 MHz
• Sweep time: 20 ms to 1000 s
• Amplitude measurement uncertainty: 0.05%
• Total level accuracy (to 2.0 GHz): ±1.1 dB
– Key Features
• Peak detection (positive, sample, negative modes)
• AM and FM demodulation
• High-speed, high-resolution time domain measurement with pre-trigger
• Dual-display capability: frequency/time domain and foreground/background
• Multi-marker and zone marker functions
• FM demodulated waveform display
• Adjacent channel leakage power measurement
• Occupied bandwidth analysis
• Burst signal analysis for TDM digital radio systems
• Optional PTA for programmable automated test methods
– Typical Applications
• Site monitoring and interference analysis
• Antenna isolation and alignment testing
• Co-channel and adjacent channel power measurements
• Intermodulation distortion testing
• Microwave and satellite antenna characterization
• Signal integrity evaluation in digitized radio equipment
– Compatibility & Integration
Supports integration with test automation frameworks via optional PTA function.
