Rohde & Schwarz has launched the R&S ZVH, a portable cable and antenna analyzer especially designed to facilitate the installation of antenna stations. In the field, all acceptance tests are said to be performed quickly and easily with this analyzer, and wizards help users measure antenna cables, filters and amplifiers. Documentation is provided with simple tools for generating test reports.
Using the R&S ZVH, installation teams can set up substantially more antenna stations than would be possible in the same amount of time using other commercially available T&M equipment, claims the company.
The new R&S ZVH handheld analyzer has two frequency ranges, from 300 kHz to 3.6 GHz or 8 GHz, provided to help network operators, infrastructure manufacturers and their service providers install and maintain mobile radio antennas with a minimum of effort and time.
Rohde & Schwarz is the only manufacturer to offer a cable and antenna analyzer with wizards that guide users through procedures in individual steps. Even users who have no experience with T&M equipment can, for example, check cable faults using the distance-to-fault (DTF) measurement or measure antenna matching and isolation. Network operators can adapt the wizards in the lab to their individual test report formats and make them available to their service providers for use at the antenna site. Predefined test reports in various file formats demonstrate that assignments were properly executed. The R&S ZVH significantly speeds up acceptance testing, reduces training requirements and minimizes the total cost of ownership, the company says.