Like this link ? With a range of 24Mhz - 1766Mhz looks like a great deal for a hobbyist!Just for fun and reasonable accuracy check eBay for the Chinese made small units.
A small town truck stop would be doing good with one of those. They even have a model name for the thing, it's an SA0314! Cool, & no doubt better than nothing, "RF Instruments" sounds legit to me here is the contact info:Actually more like this.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-RF-Spec...732874?hash=item3f6bee830a:g:y-4AAOxywFhTclGE
I have not used one of these. But I'm 100% certain it is easier to use than the bench top units I have.
Easier to move as well.
A small town truck stop would be doing good with one of those.
RF Instruments
12411 Mosielee St.
Houston, TX, 77086
713-449-8297
Best Regards
-Leap
I called them and talked to one of their technicians about receiving spectrum and workable range. Some of those cheaper units will only go down to about 24 MHz.
The unit you quoted is priced between $1200 and 1500 dollars. The one I quoted was $330+6.95 shipping.The Rigol unit I quoted goes from 9kHz through to 1.5GHz. It will also demodulate AM and FM.
(Low end) Dongle based oscilloscopes have very limited bandwidth, unless you spend a small fortune it's hard to get a decent bandwidth, I still like the idea of a shoe-box-shop though kind of neat lol.Here's another dongle based one, has the same low end bandwidth limit though.
http://nutsaboutnets.com/rfviewer/
You can also get just the software:
http://nutsaboutnets.com/touchstone/
http://nutsaboutnets.com/touchstone/
They do use this same software with a couple different units, it may be worthwhile to give them a call and ask about possible compatibility with other SDR hardware/radios. Also it says there's a free version of the software so if someone already has an SDR they may be able to just give it a shot.
PS: Only thing that stops me from putting together a small hobby bench is a lack of space, with one of these I would just have to find a dongle based oscilloscope and signal generator and I could pack my shop up in a shoe box when finished.
(Low end) Dongle based oscilloscopes have very limited bandwidth, unless you spend a small fortune it's hard to get a decent bandwidth,
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