RF Test and Measurement Instruments from Bird Electronics

Bird Electronics provides industry-leading, rugged testing instruments with easy-to-use interfaces that enables accurate asessment of  RF power, power terminations, attenuation and loads.

View the full Bird Electronics Product Offering: Power Meters & Wattmeters, RF Load Attenuators & Signal Samplers, SWR Antenna Test Meters, FDR/DTF RF Cable Sweep Testers, and more

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Picking the Right Wattmeter for Digital Applications

In modern communication systems, digital delivery methods have become prevalent. These applications provide a discrete data stream that allows for greater immunity to noise as well as reduced bandwidth. Transmission systems now have to utilize complex modulation or combining of many carriers in order to deliver this digital data stream. One problem associated with these transmission systems is they can no longer be measured accurately with a conventional diode-based power measurement. In order to fit the needs of these expanding digital applications, square-law detectors can be used to give accurate average power measurements.... [continue reading]

• Tips for Digital RF Power Measurements
• Transmitter Output Power Measurement in Digital Broadcast Systems

Featured Products

Get Your System Up Faster and Minimize Your Downtime!

You are often asked to get your system up and running quickly, minimize downtime, meet capacity demands, and/or comply with regulatory requirements all with limited trained resources and shrinking budgets. To help you meet these challenges, Bird Technologies Group offers the SignalHawk SH-362S. 
The SH-362S is a two-port vector network analyzer (VNA) and a spectrum analyzer in one. This easy-to-use instrument enables a technician at any skill level to easily verify system installation, monitor sites for system degradation, or troubleshoot system failures.

Antenna & Cable Monitors from Bird Electronics

Monitor your site cable and antennas remotely and receive notification of problems – before an event can get critical. The ACM Monitor from Bird Electronics continuously measures power and VSWR of your equipment to ensure uptime and immediate resolution of issues.

Wattmeters

The Bird 43 THRULINE® Directional Wattmeter is a field-proven portable, insertion-type instrument designed to measure both forward and reflected CW power in coaxial transmission lines under any load condition. With a full-scale accuracy of ± 5%, it accurately measures RF power with low added VSWR and insertion loss. QC (quick change) type connectors and a full range of plug-in elements provide a wide choice of frequency ranges and power levels giving the Model 43 amazing flexibility. Two extra elements can be stored in the housing, one on each side. The Model 43 is easy to use and simple to service in the field.

Site Analyzers

The SA-6000EX Site Analyzer is a user-friendly test solution for installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting all of your antenna and cable systems, from Low-Band VHF through Microwave. Field engineers and technicians rely on this rugged, handheld tool to get the job done. Wireless equipment manufacturers, service providers, and contractors worldwide approve of the analyzer's precision VSWR and Return Loss results. This versatile unit also includes a Digital Power Meter option to accurately measure transmitter power regardless of the type of digital or analog modulation used. Wideband Power Sensors are available from Bird for use with this option and are listed with the Accessories below.

Digital Power Meters

The latest industry standard hand-held RF power meter is easy to operate and field ready. The EX 5000 Power Meter must be coupled with Model 5010B or a Thruline Power Sensor. Model 5000 handles Cellular, PCS, AMPS, CDMA, GSM, TDMA, ISM, UMTS, 3G Wireless, WLL, Paging, Conventional/Trunked Radio, Aviation, Military, and Analog or Digital and Television Broadcast.

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