Agilent / Keysight 8565EC Portable Spectrum Analyzer, 9 kHz to 50 GHz

The Agilent/Keysight 8565EC is a portable spectrum analyzer delivering wideband analysis from 30 Hz to 50 GHz with color display and millimeter-wave capability. Purpose-built for EMI, military, and telecom testing, it combines exceptional sensitivity with wide dynamic range and advanced marker functionality.

Technical Specifications

• Internal mixing: 30 Hz to 50 GHz


• With external mixers: 18 GHz to 325 GHz


• Option 006 extends low-end to 30 Hz Amplitude Performance


• Absolute Amplitude Accuracy: ±1.0 dB


• Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL): –149 dBm/Hz


• Phase Noise: 147 dB Resolution & Video Bandwidth


• RBW (–3 dB): 1 Hz to 1 MHz (1, 3, 10 sequence) and 2 MHz (3 MHz at –6 dB)


• Option 103 reduces minimum RBW to 10 Hz


• RBW Accuracy: ±10% (1 Hz–300 kHz), ±25% (1 MHz), +50%/–25% (2 MHz)


• Selectivity: <15:1 ratio (RBW ≥300 Hz), <5:1 ratio (RBW ≤100 Hz)


• VBW Range: 1 Hz to 3 MHz (1, 3, 10 sequence) Sweep Performance


• Zero-span sweep: 50 µs to 6000 s


• 100 Hz span with RBW ≥300 Hz: 50 ms to 2000 s


• 100 Hz span with RBW ≤100 Hz: 50 ms to 100 ks


• Sweep accuracy: ±1% (≥30 ms), ±0.1% (<30 ms) for digitized data


• Option 007 enables digitized fast sweeps as fast as 50 µs in zero-span Frequency Counter


• Resolution: 1 Hz to 1 MHz (selectable)


• Accuracy at 1 GHz: ±225 Hz (5-minute warm-up)

Key Features

• Swept and zero-span measurement modes


• Trigger options: free run, line, external, video, delayed, and single


• Adjacent Channel Power (ACP), Channel Power, Carrier Power, Occupied Bandwidth Percentage measurements


• Time-gated measurements and PowerSuite one-button power analysis


• Signal Identification (Option 008)


• MIL-PRF-28800 Class 3 ruggedness rating for demanding field environments

Connectors

• RF Input: APC 2.4 mm male, 50 Ω


• IF Input: SMA female, 50 Ω


• First LO Output: SMA female, 50 Ω


• Cal Output and 10 MHz REF in/out: BNC female, 50 Ω


• Video, Blanking/gate, and External/gate Trigger: BNC connectors


• Earphone: Sub-miniature mono jack, 0.2 W into 4 Ω

Typical Applications EMI/EMC testing, military signal analysis, telecom spectrum monitoring, and millimeter-wave characterization via external mixers.