Monthly Archives: July 2011

New Features Coming in Chanalyzer 4 and Pro

The developers have been busy making Chanalyzer more efficient and powerful than ever. Please watch the video for a quick overview of the latest improvements. You can also read about the changes in the release notes:

Chanalyzer Pro Release Notes
Chanalyzer 4 Release Notes

**EDIT** Chanalyzer Lite release has been postponed.
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What Happened to My Duty Cycle?

Duty Cycle… We’ve struggled with this term at MetaGeek for a couple years now. It seemed like every other spectrum analyzer calculates duty cycle, so we debated whether we should calculate duty cycle too. But what exactly is the “duty cycle” of a frequency? Duty Cycle is traditionally calculated for a specific signal and is defined as the pulse duration divided by the pulse period, as shown in this animated gif from Wikipedia:

Wi-Spy, like all spectrum analyzers, measures raw RF power coming from any number of signals all mixed together, with signals at varying amplitudes and durations.… Read More

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