I have a 8594E and 3585B as well as a TinySA. I wouldn't give up any of them. Each are proper tools that fill a niche.
73
-Jim
NU0C
On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:40:40 -0700
"Paul Andreasen" <paulandreasen@...> wrote:
Reginald Beardsley said " My sole complaint about the tinySA is it did not
exist 20 years ago. It took many years for me to square buying my 8560A
with my sense of thrift"
Reg, I HAVE THREE 8560As crying in the garage, that I don't love them any
more!................. and they are right! LOL
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 4:05 PM Reginald Beardsley via groups.io <pulaskite=
[email protected]> wrote:
I spent most of the day playing around, going through menus and trying
various features. I am extremely impressed. It's a tour de force of RF
design.
In order I'd like to see:
An MCU with more memory e.g. STM32F303 to allow easily adding features,
storage, etc. This is, in my view, the most important thing. It would
allow better RBW filters and many other things such as a menu tree display
option.
A single input port which is switched between ranges electronically.
A tracking generator
An electronic switch for turning a diode noise source on and off a la
8970B for automated NF measurements using an external voltage source of up
to 24 volts as required by a 346B.
The option of either a 2.8" or a 4" screen. Both are desirable in
different use cases. I'd probably buy both versions if the only
difference was the screen size.
Coverage of the 2.4 & 5 GHz ISM/WiFi bands (outboard convertor?)
My sole complaint about the tinySA is it did not exist 20 years ago. It
took many years for me to square buying my 8560A with my sense of thrift.
Thank you *very* much!
Have Fun!
Reg
Jim Shorney