This article describes a THz transmission spectrometer for the spectral range of 2-65 cm Ϫ1 ͑100 GHz to 2 THz͒ with a spectral resolution of at least 1.8 cm Ϫ1 ͑50 GHz͒ where the source, sample, and detector are all fully contained in a cryogenic environment. Cyclotron emission from a two-dimensional electron gas ͑2DEG͒ heated with an electrical current serves as a magnetic-field tunable source. The spectrometer is demonstrated at 4.2 K by measuring the resonant cyclotron absorption of a second 2DEG. Unique aspects of the spectrometer are that ͑1͒ an ultrabroadband detector is used, and ͑2͒ the emitter is run quasicontinuously with a chopping frequency of only 1 Hz. Since optical coupling to room temperature components is not necessary, this technique is compatible with ultralow temperature ͑sub-100 mK͒ operation.