This course gives an introduction to practical spectrum monitoring measurements. Delegates will follow practical examples to illustrate the limitations of spectrum monitoring measurements. During hands-on measurements of the RF environment around our Training Academy in Lichtenau/Germany the delegates will put the learned techniques into practice.

Course Objectives

After completing the training delegates will be able to perform practical spectrum monitoring measurements under real-life conditions and understand the limitations in the RF field. They will also be able to make estimations of expected measurement results, judging the quality of the measurements performed and planning measurement
campaigns.

Intended for

Regulatory authorities’ staff members supposed to execute spectrum monitoring measurements.

Contents

• Overview of spectrum monitoring tasks
  
• Selecting equipment according to the actual task
  
• Distinguishing between real signals and intermodulation products
  
• Limitations due to the real-life environment
  
• Basic measurements
  
• Practical measurement on FM broadcast-/DVB-T-transmitters
  
• Basic signal analysis
  
• Automatic Violation detection
  
• Different usage of homing and direction finding
  
• Locating transmitters using different methods (AoA/GRoA+/TDOA)
  
• Hints and kinks performing measurements
  
• Quality of measurement results
  
• Planning measurement campaigns
  
• Practical hands-on measurements in the field