[time-nuts] new R+S phase noise test set

[John Miles]

> Wow, light years ahead of the Keysight system.
> At HP/Agilent/Keysight, this would be called
> a doomsday machine.  This should put Keysight
> out of the phase noise business, probably
> permanently.  If I still worked there, it would
> be fun to hear the debate between the bosses
> and the R&D engineers who want one of these in
> their own lab.  I suppose they could rent one
> (instead of purchasing) to avoid R&S finding out about it.

Well, there are plenty of market sectors that can still be addressed, I
think.  Not everyone needs coverage to 1 GHz+ or has a six-figure budget to
work with.  So there's not really any such thing as a "doomsday machine"
that will be all things to everyone with respect to PN measurement.  We're
only just starting to see general-purpose spectrum analyzers that meet that
description.

Certainly there are only a few customers for this type of equipment who can
justify equipping an entire production line with either E5052Bs or FSWPs.
Or as Bernd suggests, putting one on the desk of every employee who could
benefit from it.

In entirely unrelated news, I hope to have a chance to say 'hi' to everyone
on the list who will be at IFCS/EFTF next week. :)
 
-- john, KE5FX
Miles Design LLC (at Jackson Labs booth)