Agilent/Keysight 8561EC
The Agilent/Keysight 8561EC is a portable spectrum analyzer with a frequency range of 30 Hz to 6.5 GHz. It offers excellent performance for general-purpose testing, as well as demanding applications in wireless communication, aerospace, and defense.
- Model
- Keysight 8561EC
- Calibration
- Available on request
- Price
- $4,218
- RFQ ref
- 8561EC
This unit
The Agilent/Keysight 8561EC is a portable RF spectrum analyzer for general-purpose testing and demanding applications across wireless communication, aerospace, and defense sectors. It delivers benchtop-class measurement performance in a rugged, field-deployable platform spanning 30 Hz to 6.5 GHz with synthesized tuning for drift-free operation.
Technical Specifications
Frequency Range: 30 Hz to 6.5 GHz Amplitude Performance:- Absolute Amplitude Accuracy: ±1.0 dB
- Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL): −151 dBm/Hz
- Phase Noise: 10 kΩ Environmental:
- Operating Temperature: −10°C to +55°C
- Warm-up Time: 5 minutes
- Construction: MIL-PRF-28800 Class 3 rugged design
- Color display
Key Features
- Time-gated signal analysis for pulsed RF, TDMA, interleaved, and burst-modulated signals
- Precision timebase with 1 Hz counter resolution
- Adjacent Channel Power (ACP) measurement for burst carrier signals with digital modulation
- Channel Power, Carrier Power, and Occupied Bandwidth Percentage measurements
- Measurement personalities for digital radio and phase noise analysis
Typical Applications Wireless communication testing, aerospace signal analysis, defense RF characterization, field-deployable spectrum monitoring, and complex modulation signal analysis requiring time-domain gating.
Compatibility & Integration External harmonic mixing supported via Keysight 11970 series harmonic mixers and 11974 series preselected mixers for millimeter-wave applications. Optional tracking generator (Option 002), fast time-domain sweeps (Option 007), Signal Identification (Option 008), and Mass Memory Module (85620A) available.
Keysight 8561EC — Repair & Calibration Service
Aumictech offers NIST-traceable calibration and repair for the Keysight 8561EC. All calibrations are performed to NIST-traceable standards and ship with a certificate. Turnaround is typically 1–3 business days after receipt.
Keysight 8561EC price
This Keysight 8561EC is listed at $4,218. Calibration is available separately from $450. Contact us for volume pricing or if you need multiple units.
Keysight 8561EC calibration cost
NIST-traceable calibration for the Keysight 8561EC is $450 (standard — pass/fail certificate and calibration sticker) or $650 (full measured data at every test point, reference standards documented, traceability chain included). Turnaround is 1 to 3 business days after receipt. See full calibration details →
