L3Harris Narda SignalShark User manual

User Manual
Version 2019-07

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Table of Contents
Quick Start..............................................................................................................................17
Connecting to power supply system ...................................................................................17
Connecting to power supply system ...................................................................................17
Connecting antenna............................................................................................................18
Connecting the handle to the device...............................................................................18
Connecting the antenna to the handle ............................................................................18
Switching the device on ......................................................................................................19
Screen overview .................................................................................................................19
Operating the screen ..........................................................................................................20
Gestures..........................................................................................................................20
Locking the touchscreen .................................................................................................20
Button bar........................................................................................................................20
Using Tasks and Views ......................................................................................................21
Tasks...............................................................................................................................21
Views...............................................................................................................................21
Managing tasks and views ..............................................................................................22
Introduction.............................................................................................................................25
About the SignalShark user documentation .......................................................................25
About the SignalShark user documentation .......................................................................25
About this online help .........................................................................................................26
User interface language ..................................................................................................26
Typographical conventions .............................................................................................26
Control elements .............................................................................................................27
User actions ....................................................................................................................27
About this device ................................................................................................................27
Overview of options ............................................................................................................28
Antenna handle...................................................................................................................28
Narda directional antennas.................................................................................................29
Device Overview ....................................................................................................................33
Display and control panels..................................................................................................33
3310 Handheld ...................................................................................................................34
Display and control panels ..............................................................................................34
Top side panel with connectors.......................................................................................34
Left side with battery compartment .................................................................................35
Bottom side panel with connectors .................................................................................36
3320 Remote Unit...............................................................................................................36
Display and control panels ..............................................................................................36
Display and control panels ..............................................................................................37
Connecting Antennas and Cables..........................................................................................39
Connecting Narda Directional Antennas.............................................................................39
Connecting the handle to the device...............................................................................39

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Connecting the antenna to the handle ............................................................................40
Connecting Narda Directional Antennas.............................................................................40
Connecting the handle to the device...............................................................................40
Connecting the antenna to the handle ............................................................................41
Connecting non-directional Narda antennas ......................................................................41
Connecting a Narda antenna directly to the device ........................................................41
Connecting a Narda antenna to the device using a Narda cable....................................42
Connecting cables and antennas from other manufacturers ..............................................42
Connecting cables and antennas directly to the device ..................................................43
Connecting third party antennas to the handle ...............................................................43
Basic Operation......................................................................................................................45
Operation from battery........................................................................................................45
Battery indicators ............................................................................................................45
Charging the batteries.....................................................................................................46
Changing the batteries........................................................................................................46
Hot swappable features ..................................................................................................46
Operation from AC adapter / charger .................................................................................47
Keypad and keyboard.........................................................................................................47
Integrated keypad ...........................................................................................................47
External USB keyboard...................................................................................................47
Switching the device on and off ..........................................................................................49
Operating the screen ..........................................................................................................49
Gestures..........................................................................................................................49
Locking the touchscreen .................................................................................................49
Button bar........................................................................................................................49
Displaying detailed system information ..............................................................................50
Creating a screenshot.........................................................................................................51
Using Tasks and Views ......................................................................................................51
Tasks...............................................................................................................................51
Views...............................................................................................................................51
Managing tasks and views ..............................................................................................52
General Settings.....................................................................................................................55
General settings..................................................................................................................55
General settings..................................................................................................................56
Settings...............................................................................................................................57
All Tasks .............................................................................................................................59
Network...............................................................................................................................59
Transmitter Tables..............................................................................................................59
Antennas.............................................................................................................................59
External Device...................................................................................................................59
Cables.................................................................................................................................59
Data Logger ........................................................................................................................59
Setups.................................................................................................................................59

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Screen Overview ....................................................................................................................61
Screen overview .................................................................................................................61
System information area.....................................................................................................62
Progress bar....................................................................................................................62
Toolbar................................................................................................................................63
Button bar ...........................................................................................................................64
Buttons in the button bar .................................................................................................64
Measurement info bar.........................................................................................................64
Measurement settings.....................................................................................................64
Status of running measurement ......................................................................................65
Using Markers ........................................................................................................................67
Using markers.....................................................................................................................67
Setting markers individually ................................................................................................68
Using the Marker Configuration menu ................................................................................68
Using the Marker Configuration menu ............................................................................68
Markers button bar ..........................................................................................................69
Markers ...........................................................................................................................69
FXD Marker.....................................................................................................................70
Search.............................................................................................................................71
Function Setup ................................................................................................................72
Working with delta markers.............................................................................................72
Spectrum View .......................................................................................................................75
Spectrum View....................................................................................................................75
Available Buttons ............................................................................................................75
Spectrum View....................................................................................................................76
Available Buttons ............................................................................................................77
Setting the reference level / attenuation value (Ref. Level / Attenuator) ............................77
Setting the reference level (Ref. Level)...........................................................................78
Setting the attenuator value (Attenuator) ........................................................................78
Selecting the RF input (Input) .........................................................................................78
Lowering/rising the level by 5 dB (+5 dB / -5 dB) ............................................................78
Setting the Lmax value .......................................................................................................79
Setting the Lrange value.....................................................................................................79
Setting the measurement frequency (Fcent / Fspan, Fstart / Fstop) ..................................80
Selecting the measurement frequency............................................................................80
If Entry Mode is set to Fcent ...........................................................................................80
If Entry Mode is set to Fstart ...........................................................................................81
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW).......................................................81
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW) ...................................................82
Selecting the filter type....................................................................................................82
Settings in the context menu...........................................................................................82
Setting the measurement time (Meas. Time)......................................................................83
Configuring the measurement performance (Config) .........................................................83

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Setting the number of measurements (Scan Count).......................................................83
Defining the stop behavior (Stop Mode)..........................................................................83
Selecting traces (Traces)....................................................................................................84
Changing general display settings (Display).......................................................................85
Lmax ...............................................................................................................................85
Lrange .............................................................................................................................86
Unit..................................................................................................................................86
Freq. Axis ........................................................................................................................86
Show Transmission.........................................................................................................87
Level Meter View....................................................................................................................89
Level Meter View ................................................................................................................89
Available buttons.............................................................................................................89
Level Meter View ................................................................................................................90
Available buttons.............................................................................................................91
Setting the reference level / attenuation value (Ref. Level / Attenuator) ............................92
Setting the reference level (Ref. Level)...........................................................................93
Setting the attenuator value (Attenuator) ........................................................................93
Selecting the RF input (Input) .........................................................................................93
Lowering/rising the level by 5 dB (+5 dB / -5 dB) ............................................................93
Setting the Lmax value .......................................................................................................94
Setting the Lrange value.....................................................................................................94
Setting the tuner frequency (Ftune) ....................................................................................95
Setting the tuner frequency (Ftune) ................................................................................95
Switching on / off the automatic frequency control (AFC) ...............................................95
Switching on / off Fcent <–> Ftune .................................................................................95
Setting the step width (Fstep) .........................................................................................95
Selecting a Transmitter Table (Transmitter Tab.) ...........................................................95
Selecting the mode of the rotary wheel (Rotary Mode)...................................................95
Setting the channel / EMC bandwidth (CBW / EBW)..........................................................96
Selecting a filter type.......................................................................................................96
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW) ...................................................96
Enabling/disabling oversampling (CBW only) .................................................................96
Setting pre average (Pre Avg.) ...........................................................................................97
Setting pre average / switching it off ...............................................................................97
Assigning channel bandwidth to pre average (CBW –> Pre Avg.):.................................97
Setting the measurement time (Meas. Time)......................................................................97
Configuring the measurement performance (Config) .........................................................97
Setting the scan count number (Scan Count) .................................................................97
Defining the stop behavior (Stop Mode)..........................................................................98
Setting the detectors (Detectors) ........................................................................................98
Detector 1, Detector 2, Detector 3 ..................................................................................98
Mod. Detectors................................................................................................................98
Post Avg..........................................................................................................................98

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Inf. Mx/Mn .......................................................................................................................99
Squelch ...........................................................................................................................99
Changing display settings (Display and Tone) ...................................................................99
Changing display settings ...............................................................................................99
Demodulation (Demod.)....................................................................................................102
Setting Ref. Level, Atten., Ftune and CBW/EBW..........................................................102
Selecting a demodulation type (Demod. Type) .............................................................102
Inheriting a demodulation type from the transmitter table (Tx. Tab –> Type) ...............102
Setting the squelch level (Squelch)...............................................................................102
Record demodulated signals (Demod. Recorder).........................................................102
Setting the demodulation volume (Demod. Volume).....................................................103
Persistence View..................................................................................................................105
Persistence View ..............................................................................................................105
Available buttons...........................................................................................................105
Persistence View ..............................................................................................................106
Available buttons...........................................................................................................106
Setting the reference level / attenuation value (Ref. Level / Attenuator) ..........................107
Setting the reference level (Ref. Level).........................................................................108
Setting the attenuator value (Attenuator) ......................................................................108
Selecting the RF input (Input) .......................................................................................108
Lowering/rising the level by 5 dB (+5 dB / -5 dB) ..........................................................108
Setting the Lmax value .....................................................................................................109
Setting the Lrange value...................................................................................................109
Setting the measurement frequency (Fcent / Fspan, Fstart / Fstop) ................................110
Selecting the measurement frequency..........................................................................110
If Entry Mode is set to Fcent .........................................................................................110
If Entry Mode is set to Fstart .........................................................................................111
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW).....................................................111
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW) .................................................112
Selecting the filter type..................................................................................................112
Settings in the context menu.........................................................................................112
Setting the measurement time (Meas. Time)....................................................................113
Configuring the measurement performance (Config) .......................................................113
Selecting the persistence type (Pers. Type) .................................................................113
Setting the scan count number (Scan Count) ...............................................................113
Defining the stop behavior (Stop Mode)........................................................................113
Changing the general display settings..............................................................................114
Lmax .............................................................................................................................114
Lrange ...........................................................................................................................114
Unit................................................................................................................................115
Freq. Axis ......................................................................................................................115
Max. Probability / Min. Probability .................................................................................115
Limits.............................................................................................................................115

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Demodulation (Demod.)....................................................................................................116
Setting Ref. Level, Atten., Ftune and CBW/EBW..........................................................116
Selecting a demodulation type (Demod. Type) .............................................................116
Inheriting a demodulation type from the transmitter table (Tx. Tab –> Type) ...............116
Setting the squelch level (Squelch)...............................................................................116
Record demodulated signals (Demod. Recorder).........................................................116
Setting the demodulation volume (Demod. Volume).....................................................117
Spectrogram View ................................................................................................................119
Spectrogram View ............................................................................................................119
Available buttons...........................................................................................................119
Spectrogram View ............................................................................................................120
Available buttons...........................................................................................................121
Setting the reference level / attenuation value (Ref. Level / Attenuator) ..........................121
Setting the reference level (Ref. Level).........................................................................122
Setting the attenuator value (Attenuator) ......................................................................122
Selecting the RF input (Input) .......................................................................................122
Lowering/rising the level by 5 dB (+5 dB / -5 dB) ..........................................................122
Setting the Lmax value .....................................................................................................123
Setting the Lrange value...................................................................................................123
Setting the measurement frequency (Fcent / Fspan, Fstart / Fstop) ................................124
Selecting the measurement frequency..........................................................................124
If Entry Mode is set to Fcent .........................................................................................124
If Entry Mode is set to Fstart .........................................................................................125
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW).....................................................126
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW) .................................................126
Selecting the filter type..................................................................................................126
Settings in the context menu.........................................................................................126
Setting the measurement time (Meas. Time)....................................................................127
Configuring the measurement performance (Config) .......................................................127
Setting the number of spectrogram frames (Sgram Frames)........................................127
Setting the scan count number (Scan Count) ...............................................................128
Defining the stop behavior (Stop Mode)........................................................................128
Setting the detectors (Detectors) ......................................................................................128
Changing general display settings (Display).....................................................................129
Lmax .............................................................................................................................129
Lrange ...........................................................................................................................129
Unit................................................................................................................................130
Freq. Axis ......................................................................................................................130
Demodulation (Demod.)....................................................................................................130
Setting Ref. Level, Atten., Ftune and CBW/EBW..........................................................130
Selecting a demodulation type (Demod. Type) .............................................................130
Inheriting a demodulation type from the transmitter table (Tx. Tab –> Type) ...............131
Setting the squelch level (Squelch)...............................................................................131

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Record demodulated signals (Demod. Recorder).........................................................131
Setting the demodulation volume (Demod. Volume).....................................................131
Peak Table ...........................................................................................................................133
Peak Table View...............................................................................................................133
Available buttons...........................................................................................................133
Peak Table View...............................................................................................................134
Available buttons...........................................................................................................134
Setting the reference level / attenuation value (Ref. Level / Attenuator) ..........................135
Setting the reference level (Ref. Level).........................................................................136
Setting the attenuator value (Attenuator) ......................................................................136
Selecting the RF input (Input) .......................................................................................136
Lowering/rising the level by 5 dB (+5 dB / -5 dB) ..........................................................136
Setting the measurement frequency (Fcent / Fspan, Fstart / Fstop) ................................137
Selecting the measurement frequency..........................................................................137
If Entry Mode is set to Fcent .........................................................................................137
If Entry Mode is set to Fstart .........................................................................................138
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW).....................................................138
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW) .................................................139
Selecting the filter type..................................................................................................139
Settings in the context menu.........................................................................................139
Setting the measurement time (Meas. Time)....................................................................140
Configuring the measurement performance (Config) .......................................................140
Setting the lower and upper frequency limits (Lower Freq. Lim. / Upper Freq. Lim.)....140
Setting the threshold (Threshold)..................................................................................140
Switching limits on / off (Limits).....................................................................................140
Setting the scan count number (Scan Count) ...............................................................141
Defining the stop behavior (Stop Mode)........................................................................141
Editing the peak excursion value (Peak Excursion) ......................................................141
Exclude low frequencies (Exclude LO) .........................................................................141
Selecting traces (Traces)..................................................................................................141
Changing general display settings (Display).....................................................................143
Unit................................................................................................................................143
Sort by...........................................................................................................................143
Show Transmission.......................................................................................................143
Other Traces .................................................................................................................143
Bearing View ........................................................................................................................145
Bearing View.....................................................................................................................145
Available buttons...........................................................................................................145
Bearing View.....................................................................................................................146
Available buttons...........................................................................................................147
Setting the reference level / attenuation value (Ref. Level / Attenuator) ..........................148
Setting the reference level (Ref. Level).........................................................................149
Setting the attenuator value (Attenuator) ......................................................................149

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Selecting the RF input (Input) .......................................................................................149
Lowering/rising the level by 5 dB (+5 dB / -5 dB) ..........................................................149
Setting the Lmax value .....................................................................................................150
Setting the Lrange value...................................................................................................150
Setting the tuner frequency (Ftune) ..................................................................................150
Setting the tuner frequency (Ftune) ..............................................................................151
Switching on / off the automatic frequency control (AFC) .............................................151
Switching on / off Fcent <–> Ftune ...............................................................................151
Setting the step width (Fstep) .......................................................................................151
Selecting a Transmitter Table (Transmitter Tab.) .........................................................151
Selecting the mode of the rotary wheel (Rotary Mode).................................................151
Setting the channel / EMC bandwidth (CBW / EBW)........................................................151
Selecting a filter type.....................................................................................................152
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW) .................................................152
Enabling/disabling oversampling (CBW only) ...............................................................152
Setting the measurement time (Meas. Time)....................................................................152
Configuring the measurement performance (Config) .......................................................153
Setting the magnetic declination (Magn. Decl.).............................................................153
Configuring the north reference (North Reference).......................................................153
Setting the reference mark direction (Ref. Mark. Dir.)...................................................154
Configuring the azimuth correction (Azimuth Corr.) ......................................................154
Setting the scan count number (Scan Count) ...............................................................155
Defining the stop behavior (Stop Mode)........................................................................155
Setting the squelch (DF Squelch) .................................................................................155
Setting the minimal stability (min Stability)....................................................................155
Setting the minimum DF quality (min DF Quality) .........................................................156
Setting the Post Avg. value...............................................................................................156
Changing display settings (Display)..................................................................................156
Changing display settings .............................................................................................156
Horizontal Scan ....................................................................................................................159
Horizontal Scan ................................................................................................................159
General operating steps................................................................................................159
Horizontal Scan ................................................................................................................160
General operating steps................................................................................................160
Step 1 – Selecting a scan type (Scan Type).....................................................................161
Step 2 - Changing measurement settings ........................................................................161
Step 2 – Changing the measurement settings (Change Settings) ................................161
Step 2 – Changing the measurement settings (Change Settings) ................................162
Setting the max. power level (Lmax).............................................................................163
Setting the power level range (Lrange) .........................................................................164
Setting the tuner frequency (Ftune) ..............................................................................164
Setting the channel / EMC bandwidth (CBW / EBW) ....................................................165
Setting pre average (Pre Avg.)......................................................................................166