RF Recording and Playback - Spectrum Defender by Spectra Lab

Exact-Fit™ RF Instruments

We design instruments that allow engineers to capture, understand, and reproduce the full complexity of real-world RF spectra.

Tailored for your specific measurement challenges

For decades, the RF instrumentation market has given you only two options. You could choose a traditional rack-and-stack instrument, with a static feature set, that will never evolve with you over time. Or you could choose a pile of parts, throw in a programming language, and try to build your own instrument in your spare time.

We think it’s time for a third option. That’s why we invented Exact-Fit™ RF instruments.

An exact-fit RF instrument is precisely tailored for the measurement you need to make. Maybe you need to measure 4 RF signals at once, pull a tiny signal out of a forest of interference and jamming, or make a permanent record of RF signals on a test range. These are perfect challenges for an exact-fit RF instrument. It’s what you use when a standard spectrum analyzer or signal generator can’t get the job done.

Base Instruments

An exact-fit RF instrument starts with a proven base design as the foundation. That’s a key reason it’s called an exact-fit, and not a full custom. Starting with a base design allows us to show you basic operational concepts early, minimize engineering risk, and get you up and running as quickly as possible. Spectra Lab has three base platforms that serve as a starting point for every exact-fit instrument:

Spectrum Defender™

Duplicate real-world RF environments in the lab. Make RF recordings that never miss a single pulse. Instantly replay RF signals in the field or lab. You’ll be up and running in 15 minutes with this easy-to-use RF record and playback instrument.

RF Signal Recorder

Signal Trove™

Stream and save every byte of signal data from your PXIe instrumentation. Signal Trove is SSD storage specifically designed for sustaining the high data rates you’ll encounter in wideband test and measurement applications.

Coming Soon

Antenna Wrangler™

Reject over-the-air interference to maximize received signal quality. Antenna Wrangler’s LNA, pre-selection, and antenna interface is the perfect front-end for an RF recorder, spectrum analyzer, or any other RF receiver.

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