Product Spotlight
RF Explorer — Handheld/Portable RF Spectrum Analyzer
RF Explorer is the latest breakthrough device in low-cost, RF spectrum analysis
RF Explorer operates both as a standalone, handheld RF spectrum analyzer and also interfaces with a PC running more sophisticated data analysis software. There are several models in the RF Explorer series of RF spectrum analyzers that span different frequency ranges — from 15 MHz up to 2700 MHz. Don’t let the price fool you — the performance of these small, affordable devices compares favorably to more expensive and bulky test equipment. Prices begin at $119 USD.
Commitment to quality and low-cost are unmatched
RF Explorer was developed by Arocholl and is distributed by Nuts About Nets. Nuts About Nets also supports RF Explorer by developing PC-based software to enhance the functionality of the device.
RF Explorer is a remarkable diagnostic tool that both professionals and amateurs are bound to love. The combination of standalone, handheld operation and PC-based, data acquisition and analysis are unique in the market place. Arocholl’s commitment to quality and low-cost are unmatched — you’ll wonder how you ever got along without this device.
Several models to choose from that differ in the frequency range they support. Prices start at $119 USD.
Light-weight and small in size, can operate as a stand-alone, handheld device. Internal, rechargeable battery. LCD display of 128x64 pixels offers great visibility outdoors.
Using USB cable can connect to Windows PC running more sophisticated data acquisition and analysis software.
Comparable to RF spectrum analyzers that cost many times more. Excellent dynamic range, sensitivity, and resolution bandwidth.
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RF Viewer — Wireless USB Dongle, RF Spectrum Analyzer
“Out-Of-This-World Features, At A Down-To-Earth Price…”
RF Viewer is a PC-based, RF spectrum analyzer. It uses a wireless, USB dongle that interfaces with your Windows PC running Touchstone-Pro or Clear Waves data analysis software. The wide band, RF spectrum analyzer spans a frequency range of 24 MHz up to 1766 MHz, which makes it ideal for use in a broad array of RF-related applications. Don’t let the price fool you — the performance of this device compares favorably to more expensive and bulky test equipment. The price of the RF Viewer package with Touchstone-Pro software is only $79 USD.
Performance and features at an unbeatable price — $79 USD
RF Viewer employs a DVB-T dongle based on the Realtek RTL2832U chipset that supports a USB 2.0 interface. It can be used as a Software Defined Radio (SDR). The folks at Osmocom developed software to interact with the chipset and called it RTL-SDR.
RF Viewer re-defines the mobile RF spectrum analyzer. The wireless DVB-T dongle is small and light-weight, and when combined with Touchstone-Pro or Clear Waves software offers performance and features comparable to larger, more expensive devices.
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Introducing WifiBuilder
The Industry’s First Diagnostic And Production Wi-Fi Access Point
WifiBuilder is the industry’s first diagnostic and production Wi-Fi access point. A new type of wireless network tool that excels at determining your wireless network’s best channel. WifiBuilder is both a diagnostic tool AND a high-end, dual-band, 802.11N access point. Use it in diagnostic mode for troubleshooting and detecting RF interference that cripples the performance of your Wi-Fi network (using IMMI technology it computes which channel has the greatest available bandwidth). Or use it in production mode, configure the WifiBuilder access point to use the best channel for optimal performance and leave it in place — for use as your normal AP.
Profiler24x is a Wi-Fi diagnostic tool used for installing, troubleshooting and monitoring 802.11 wireless networks in the 2.4x GHz band. It is unique in its use of an access point (WifiBuilder) in performing channel analysis. Employing patent-pending IMMI (Indirect Measurement of Microwave Interference) technology Profiler24x provides unprecedented visibility into the performance of a wireless network. The information collected and displayed by Profiler24x helps to simplify troubleshooting of interference-related problems and predicts bandwidth performance for each 802.11 channel.
PC Magazine announces that WifiBuilder has won the seventh annual PCMag.com Best of the Year 2011 Award in the category of Network Software.
WifiBuilder received a great review from PC Magazine — 4.5 stars and an Editor’s Choice award.
Why Use WifiBuilder ?
Running a custom Linux kernel, the WifiBuilder AP communicates with diagnostic applications that are run from your Windows desktop or laptop machine. These diagnostic applications are used for installing, troubleshooting and monitoring 802.11 wireless networks. That is, in addition to being used as your normal AP for wireless network communication, WifiBuilder is designed to be used as a diagnostic tool — performing data acquisition and communicating with a Windows application that analyzes the results and displays them using graphical charts. When the WifiBuilder AP is left in-place as your normal AP then its diagnostic capabilities are always available when the need arises.
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Clear Waves is a “game-changer”
The industry’s first product that includes both realtime RF spectrum analysis and intermodulation analysis
Precise, wideband RF spectrum scanning, visualization and channel coordination of the RF environment
In a hostile RF environment why leave your wireless planning to chance ?
Take the guess work out of configuring your wireless audio gear — Pro Audio White Space Finder / RF Spectrum Analyzer enables you to choose the optimal channel assignments — free from RF interference and intermodulation distortion. The Clear Waves analyzer offers detailed RF spectrum scans using easy to view, graphical displays, along with interference-free channel assignments. Real-time RF spectrum analysis combined with our intermodulation distortion (IMD) module delivers optimal channel assignments for even the most demanding RF environments.
Clear Waves Was Designed With These Goals In Mind:
- Combine RF spectrum analysis and intermodulation analysis in a single tool.
- Automatic charting of open white spaces (RF frequencies) in a real-time RF environment.
- Graphical UI that is easy to use; lays-out the relevant data in a clear, concise way.
- The UI is tablet-PC friendly.
- Fast data acquisition, display, and channel assignments.
- Sets up the RF spectrum analyzer with proper default settings for span, RBW, VBW, image suppression, scaling, and sensitivity with minimal user input. This allows users with little to no experience with spectrum analyzers to get right to work.
- User-definable threshold for open white space.
- Sensitive and accurate measurements.
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Introducing Intermod Assist
Intermodulation Calculator and Frequency Coordination Software
Introducing the latest, low-cost development in RF intermodulation analysis and frequency coordination — Intermod Assist. Intermod Assist is a new, ground-breaking software tool specifically designed for the wireless, professional audio and video industries. Its computational engine rapidly generates frequency sets of intermodulation distortion-free radio frequencies, applying user-defined signal bandwidths and channel spacing. These frequency sets can be used to coordinate transmitter frequencies where the goal is to assign the most reliable channels to your wireless audio and video gear — that is, channels free of intermodulation interference.
Why Use Intermod Assist ?
In the wireless audio industry, RF interference and intermodulation distortion have become major concerns — the number and variety of new and different wireless devices that operate in the UHF band can wreck havoc when it comes to configuring wireless audio gear. In the shrinking frequency space allotted for wireless audio equipment it has become a true challenge to assign interference-free channels to wireless audio equipment. Intermod Assist is an invaluable tool that can be used to facilitate frequency coordination and channel assignments in the most complex RF environments. Intermod Assist saves valuable setup time by computing the most reliable frequencies — free of interference from intermodulation products.
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