7.12 Demod
(demodulator/audio output)
The
demodulator
allows you to audibly reproduce pulsings and modulations of
up to approx. 3.5kHz. SPECTRAN offers two
modulation modes
:
AM
(
A
mplitude
m
odulation) and
FM
(
F
requency
m
odulation). You can switch
between “
AM
”
and
“
FM
” at any time by pressing the dot key. By selecting
Off
or pressing the menu key, the
demodulator
can be turned off.
Please note that in oposition to the usual broadband detectors,
demodulation
only occurs around the
center frequency
! The
bandwidth
is adjustable using
the
RBW
setting. Hence, you can selectively “monitor“ small frequency ranges.
However, in this mode, the filter is slightly “softer“ compared to other modes, so
unwanted strong signals on neighbouring frequencies might audibly “spill“ into
the currently selected frequency range.
This frequency-exact, selective “acoustic evaluation“ can be helpful when iden-
tifying signal sources. As
demodulation
occurs in real-time, it is also perfectly
suited for locating signal sources very quickly.
7.13 Detec
(RMS or MinMax detector)
[Shift key]
Here you can choose between two different detectors. Possible choices are:
RMS
(Default)
MinMax
This mode allows you, for instance, to find out if a certain signal is modulated:
When the displayed signal level is larger in MinMax mode than in RMS mode,
the signal must be modulated. If both modes show a nearly identical display, the
signal is unmodulated.
HINT:
You can change the detector at any time by just pressing the Shift key.
7.14 Hold
(activate HOLD mode)
By selecting
On
you can activate
HOLD
mode, indicated by the word “HOLD“ in
the status field. Likewise,
Off
turns it back off.
In
HOLD
mode, the spectrum display does
not
get erased, thus
all
measured
signals stay visible
at all times
.
Only
signals
stronger
than those already recor-
ded will be able to overwrite the display.
Likewise, only the highest markers since the last activation of
HOLD
mode will
be displayed, including frequency and field strength/voltage.
HOLD
mode turns
SPECTRAN into a very sophisticated tool - it is really an “
ADVANCED
HOLD“:
You can use this mode for creating
full-day diagrams
: Just leave SPECTRAN
in HOLD mode for, say, 24 hours, and the next day you will be able to check
what exactly happened in the past 24 hours. This way, you can also use
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