Meters with realtime spectrum analyzer

[Tsiklon]

Currently use a Satlook Digital NIT, but looking for something more up to date. Is there any similar meter (under £1000) which has a realtime spectrum analyzer comparable to the Emitor range of meters?

I've used a Trimax in the past, the spectrum scan is quite slow in comparison.

 

[rolfw]

Not as far as i know, the NIT is as fast as anything around.

 

[satelliteman]

Stick with the Satlook Digital NIT. For your budget, there's isn't anything better ;)

 

[Huevos]

Currently use a Satlook Digital NIT, but looking for something more up to date. Is there any similar meter (under £1000) which has a realtime spectrum analyzer comparable to the Emitor range of meters?

I've got a Color HD, bought direct from Emitor a couple of years ago.

[video=youtube;rKLDiGF4fSo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKLDiGF4fSo&feature=plcp[/video]

 

[Tsiklon]

One problem in particular I have with the NIT is how slow/poor it is at locking weaker digital channels (even when the same channels can be viewed artefact free on a sat receiver) and therefore sometimes it can be difficult to get a BER reading for weaker channels.

Are the newer Emitor HD/DVB-S2 meters similarly slow at locking weaker channels?

 

[Channel Hopper]

If you are looking at a realtime spectrum of a signal with your existing analyser (in order to set up a system) it wouldn't matter in the slightest if you have ensured you have done your best outside/through any switching matrix to the socket.

 

[Huevos]

One problem in particular I have with the NIT is how slow/poor it is at locking weaker digital channels (even when the same channels can be viewed artefact free on a sat receiver) and therefore sometimes it can be difficult to get a BER reading for weaker channels.

Are the newer Emitor HD/DVB-S2 meters similarly slow at locking weaker channels?

Yes that can be a problem on weak signals where the dish size is questionable. I've got a satcatcher and that will stay locked right down to 3dB, which is well below the receive threshold.

Sometimes I use both at the same time so I have the digital readout and the spectrum. I connect them together with a spliter/combiner and DC blocker in front of the Emitor. Best of both worlds.

 

[BM300]

If you are looking for fast response, the analog meters are the fastest.
you cannot go wrong with them.

 

[Tsiklon]

Sorry for bumping this thread again, but I was wondering how the scan rate on the Satlook Micro HD compares to the Satlook Digital? Is it the same on the Micro or slower?