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  "id": "instruments:rf-explorer-6g-combo-plus",
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  "slug": "rf-explorer-6g-combo-plus",
  "name": "RF Explorer 6G Combo PLUS",
  "summary": "Handheld spectrum analyser covering 50 kHz – 960 MHz on the left connector and 240 MHz – 6.1 GHz on the right, with −125 dBm to +10 dBm dynamic range, 0.5 dBm amplitude resolution, automatic 2.6 kHz – 600 kHz resolution bandwidth, a switchable 25 dB LNA and up to 60 dB of attenuation.",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastVerified": "2026-08-12",
  "data": {
    "aliases": [
      "RF Explorer 6G Combo+",
      "6G Combo PLUS",
      "RF Explorer 6G Combo Plus Slim"
    ],
    "manufacturer": "RF Explorer",
    "model": "6G Combo PLUS",
    "instrumentClass": "spectrum-analyser",
    "kind": "spectrum-analyser",
    "measures": [
      "power",
      "frequency"
    ],
    "bands": [
      {
        "quantity": "frequency",
        "minHz": 50000,
        "maxHz": 960000000,
        "label": "Left connector: 50 kHz – 960 MHz"
      },
      {
        "quantity": "frequency",
        "minHz": 240000000,
        "maxHz": 6100000000,
        "label": "Right connector: 240 MHz – 6.1 GHz, extendable to 7.5 GHz with the wideband licence"
      }
    ],
    "axes": "single",
    "ranges": [
      {
        "mode": "Amplitude",
        "range": "−125 dBm to +10 dBm, absolute maximum input +30 dBm",
        "resolution": "0.5 dBm"
      },
      {
        "mode": "Frequency",
        "range": "spans of 2 – 960 MHz in a single sweep",
        "resolution": "1 kHz"
      },
      {
        "mode": "Resolution bandwidth",
        "range": "automatic, 2.6 kHz – 600 kHz"
      }
    ],
    "accuracy": "Typical amplitude stability ±3 dBm; frequency stability ±1.0 ppm",
    "calibration": "Manufacturer specification only; typical amplitude accuracy of ±3 dBm makes this an identification instrument rather than a calibrated exposure meter.",
    "peakHold": true,
    "logging": true,
    "suitedTo": [
      "Answering which service a signal belongs to, which no broadband meter can do: bands, channels and duty structure are visible on the sweep",
      "Verifying shielding or filter performance as a before-and-after comparison at a specific frequency",
      "Wide coverage from 50 kHz, taking in LF, MF, HF and VHF that consumer RF meters cannot reach"
    ],
    "cannotDo": [
      "Reads power at a connector in dBm, not field strength in the room: turning a sweep into V/m or µW/m² requires a calibrated antenna factor for every frequency, which the supplied antennas do not provide",
      "The supplied antennas are directional or single-polarisation, so a measurement is not isotropic and depends on orientation",
      "±3 dBm typical amplitude accuracy — a factor of two in power — is far too coarse for a compliance statement",
      "No low-frequency magnetic or electric field capability",
      "Not a substitute for an exposure meter: a spectrum is evidence about the source, not a comparable exposure figure"
    ],
    "marketStatus": "current",
    "availability": {
      "vendor": "EMR Shielding Solutions",
      "url": "https://www.emrss.com/products/rf-explorer-6g-combo-plus-slim",
      "relationship": "owned"
    },
    "related": [
      "meters:spectrum-analyser",
      "protocols:shielding-verification",
      "meters:broadband-rf-meter"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "rf-explorer-6g-combo-plus",
      "title": "RF Explorer 6G Combo PLUS — specifications",
      "publisher": "RF Explorer (Nuts About Nets / Seeed Studio)",
      "url": "https://j3.rf-explorer.com/6gcomboplus",
      "kind": "manufacturer",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    }
  ],
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