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G0HZU_JMR · 11th Mar 2021, 4:02 pm

If you can run the KE5FX phase noise utility I think you may be able to run the plotter emulator as well. My analyser has various options fitted and one of them fights against any attempt to control the analyser remotely via GPIB. Yours probably doesn't have this option.

See below for the electric field intensity mode. This might also be in the main manual but I couldn't spot it easily. I'm afraid it won't be easy to read the text because the forum limits the image size to about 50kb. Give me some time and I'll charge up an old camera and take a decent image with a tripod and upload it somewhere else.

The smith chart mode isn't really worth having these days because a nanoVNA will outperform the analyser in this mode up to maybe 300MHz. Also, the smith chart mode can put a very intense dot on the CRT and there is the risk of screen burn. I think I've only used this mode three or four times in 30 years.

11th Mar 2021, 4:02 pm	#110
G0HZU_JMR Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK. Posts: 3,077	Re: Spectrum Analyser TR4172 If you can run the KE5FX phase noise utility I think you may be able to run the plotter emulator as well. My analyser has various options fitted and one of them fights against any attempt to control the analyser remotely via GPIB. Yours probably doesn't have this option. See below for the electric field intensity mode. This might also be in the main manual but I couldn't spot it easily. I'm afraid it won't be easy to read the text because the forum limits the image size to about 50kb. Give me some time and I'll charge up an old camera and take a decent image with a tripod and upload it somewhere else. The smith chart mode isn't really worth having these days because a nanoVNA will outperform the analyser in this mode up to maybe 300MHz. Also, the smith chart mode can put a very intense dot on the CRT and there is the risk of screen burn. I think I've only used this mode three or four times in 30 years. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Regards, Jeremy G0HZU Last edited by G0HZU_JMR; 11th Mar 2021 at 4:11 pm.