Backman
9 juli 2025
With the advent of most providers using Wi-Fi exclusively for all new installations (no time wasted installing wiring - just plug and go - Maybe remember to assign a password)... these bands are getting downright crowded. Wi-Fi may be digital, but it is still carried on analog RF channels. More traffic means more delays, slower service, etc.With the G6 combo, I am able to check the strength and utilization of all 2.4 and 5.8 GHz channels and can see how much room there may be left for me. Not much. Almost all of my neighbors are on these bands. Copper GigaBit is looking better and better....The 6Combo is a fantastic value for what it does, and Wi-Fi analysis is super simple. Optional directional antennas even tell you which direction it's coming from.Nice box, nice features and GREAT price.
Tetsu Noguchi
27 mei 2025
My needs are relatively simple. I'm an audio recording hobbyist, doing some very easy and basic recordings for product featurettes, ceo messages, panel discussions, and the like.To have options, I typically bring both G3 wireless setups (radio waves, uhf, I think), and 2.5gHz rode setups.Using the RF Explorer, I can quickly take a look at how crowded the 500-600mHz range is and how crowded the 2.4gHz range is. Typically, I find that between wifi (2412-2484) and bt (also in the same range), is crowded, so I use the G3's more often.But it gets trickier in some areas. I did a recording at a construction site, and was surprised to find the 500-600mHz range was totally packed (which is only a little weird, because it makes sense to use walkies in such a situation, I guess, but I had thought previously that most walkie systems used 400-470mHz uhf ranges). Anyway, in that situation, it was better to use the rode 2.4gHz setups. While most of the time, g3's are best in office buildings, there was a situation where for some reason I was getting a lot of interference, and the rode 2.4gHz setups worked better. I did not have the rf explorer back then, so not sure why that was.Either way, in trying to quickly determine which range is less crowded, and which frequencies in the respective ranges is likely to produce the best result, is a much easier process with the rf explorer.A great feature of the rf-explorer is that you can set the frquency range you want to monitor, and save that range for future use. Since the 6G module goes from 4850 to 6100 or something like that, I can choose a range from 5030-5850 (not for my audio recording stuff, but I do sometimes check how crowded 5gHz wifi might be). and for the main 15-2700 module, I generally choose from 500-600 as a saved range. I don't have to choose the wifi range because there's a wifi channel analyzer screen always built in, separate from the spectrum analyzer.
Michael
1 januari 2025
The manual needs to be read a bit to find the needed info, like switching frequencies, but it is a great device once you have the software and have it running as a remote signal analyzer. it is awesome.