Specifications

Frequency range
base unit 20 MHz to 3.6 GHz
with R&S®ESMD-HF option 9 kHz to 3.6 GHz
with R&S®ESMD-SHF option 20 MHz to 26.5 GHz
with R&S®ESMD-HF and R&S®ESMD-SHF options 9 kHz to 26.5 GHz
IF bandwidths
demodulation, level and offset measurement
(3 dB bandwidth), 34 filters
100/150/300/600 Hz,
1/1.5/2.1/2.4/2.7/3.1/4/4.8/6/9/12/15/30/50/120/
150/250/300/500/800 kHz,
1/1.25/1.5/2/5/8/10/12.5/15/20 MHz
Demodulation
all IF bandwidths AM, FM, φM, PULSE, ISB, I/Q, TV analog
IF bandwidths ≤ 9 kHz LSB, USB, CW, ISB
Realtime spectrum (IF panorama)
FFT spectrum gap-free, dynamically overlapping FFT
  operating mode: automatic or variable with selectable frequency resolution
0.625/1.25/2.5/3.125/6.25/12.5/25/31.25/50/
62.5/100/125/200/250/312.5/500/ 625 Hz,
1/1.25/2/2.5/3.125/5/6.25/8.333/10/12.5/20/25/
50/100/200/500 kHz, 1/2 MHz
Spectrum span (base unit) 1/2/5/10/20/50/100/200/500 kHz,
1/2/5/10/20 MHz
Spectrum span (with R&S®ESMD-ADC2 and R&S®ESMD-WB options additionally 40 MHz and 80 MHz
Spectrum display clear/write, average, max. hold, min. hold,
histogram,
pulse
Scan characteristics
Memory scan 10 000 programmable memory locations
  (speed) up to 1200 channels/s
Frequency scan user-selectable start/stop frequency and step size
  (speed) up to 1500 channels/s
Fast spectral scan (panorama scan)  
with R&S®ESMD-PS option spectral scan with user-selectable start/stop frequency, step size (bin):
100/125/200/250/500/625 Hz,
1/1.25/2/2.5/3.125/5/6.25/8.333/10/12.5/20/25/
50/100/200/500 kHz, 1/2 MHz
speed up to 270 GHz/s (inband)
  up to 850 GHz/s (inband) with 80 MHz option