User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 1 Getting Started With The Test Set
- 2 2 Measurements Considerations
- 3 3 Testing FM Radios
- FM Off The Air Monitoring/Determining Unknown Tran...
- FM Output Power, Deviation, and Frequency/Frequenc...
- FM Deviation and Symmetry Measurement
- FM Microphone Sensitivity and Modulation Limiting ...
- FM CTCSS Encoder Frequency and Deviation Measureme...
- FM CDCSS Coding and Deviation Measurements
- FM DTMF Encodes and Deviation Measurement
- FM Audio Distortion Measurement
- FM Harmonics and Spurious Output Measurement
- FM Audio Output Power Measurement
- FM SINAD, Receiver Center Frequency, and Modulatio...
- FM Variation Of Sensitivity With Signal Frequency ...
- FM 20 dB Quieting Sensitivity Measurement
- FM Critical and Maximum Squelch Sensitivity Measur...
- FM CTCSS Sensitivity and Bandwidth Measurement
- FM CDCSS Sensitivity Measurement
- FM Audio Frequency Response Measurement
- FM Audio Distortion Measurement
- FM Spurious Response Attenuation Measurement
- 4 4 Testing AM Radios
- AM Off The Air Monitoring/Determining Unknown Tran...
- AM Output Power, Deviation, and Frequency/Frequenc...
- AM Microphone Sensitivity and Modulation Limiting ...
- AM Audio Distortion Measurement
- AM Harmonics and Spurious Output Measurement
- AM Envelope Display Measurement
- AM Audio Output Power Measurement
- AM Sensitivity Measurement
- AM AGC Measurement
- AM Squelch Sensitivity Measurement
- AM Audio Frequency Response Measurement
- AM Audio Distortion Measurement
- AM Spurious Response Attenuation Measurement
- 5 5 Testing SSB Radios
- 6 6 Spectrum Analyzer Measurements
- Measuring Transmitter High/Low Power Signals
- Field Strength Measurements
- Analyzing External Transmitter Inter-modulation Di...
- Basic Measurements with the Tracking Generator
- Antenna Return Loss (VSWR) Measurement & Tuning
- 1/4 Wave Coaxial Filter Tuning (Swept)
- Cable Fault Locations
- Passive Cavity Insertion and Return Loss Measureme...
- Repeater System Effective Sensitivity Measurement
- 7 7 Oscilloscope Measurements
- 8 8 Configuring for Measurements
- 9 9 References
- 10 10 HP 8920A Specifications
- RF Frequency
- Output
- Spectral Purity
- FM
- AM
- TDMA Signal Generator
- Frequency
- Output Level
- RF Power Measurement
- RF Frequency Measurement
- FM Measurement
- AM Measurement
- SSB Measurement
- TDMA Analyzer
- Frequency Measurement
- AC Voltage Measurement
- DC Voltage Measurement
- Distortion Measurement
- SINAD Measurement
- Audio Filters
- Frequency
- Tracking Generator
- Adjacent Channel Power
- TCXO (Standard)
- OCXO (Option 001)
- 11 11 HP 8920B Specifications
- RF Frequency
- Output
- Spectral Purity
- FM
- AM
- TDMA Signal Generator
- Frequency
- Output Level
- RF Power Measurement
- RF Frequency Measurement
- FM Measurement
- AM Measurement
- SSB Measurement
- TDMA Analyzer
- Frequency Measurement
- AC Voltage Measurement
- DC Voltage Measurement
- Distortion Measurement
- SINAD Measurement
- Audio Filters
- Frequency
- Tracking Generator
- Adjacent Channel Power
- TCXO (Standard)
- OCXO (Option 001)

SSB Transmitters
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SSB Frequency or Frequency Error Measurement
This procedure is used to measure a SSB Transmitter’s frequency (or
frequency error) into 50 Ω. The transmitted signal frequency is
measured, then dependent on the side-band (upper or lower) used, the
actual frequency or frequency error is calculated.
DUPLEXTXRX PREV TESTS
CONFIGHELPMSSG HOLD PRINT
SCREEN CONTROL
LOCAL
ADRS
RECALL
SAVE
MEAS
RESET
PRESET
INSTRUMENT STATE
DATA FUNCTIONS
INCR
: 10
REF SET
INCR
SET
METER
INCR X10
AVG
LO LIMIT HI LIMIT
CURSOR CONTROL
PUSH TO SELECT
CANCEL
SHIFT
k1
k1’
k2
k2’
k3
k3’
k4
ASSIGN
k5
RELEASE
USER DATA
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0
+
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ENTER
GHz
dBm
dB
MHz
V
%
kHz
mV
s
Hz
µV
ms
%
dBµV
Ω
ppm
W
NO
ON/OFF
YES
MEM ORY
CARD
AUDIO IN
LOHI
!
MAX
42 v P k
!
MAX
12 v Pk
AUDIO OUTSQUELCHVOLUMEMIC/ACC
MAX PO WER 200 m W
!
ANT INDUPLEX OUTRF IN/O UT
!
MAX POWER 60 W
CONTINUOUS
POWE R
OFF ON
1
2
Knob
TX TEST
50Ω COXIAL
CABLE
ATTENUATOR (OPTIONAL)
SSB TRANSMITTER UNDER TEST
ANTENNA
(RF OUTPUT)
MICROPHONE
(AUDIO INPUT)
SHEILDED
AUDIO CABLE
3
Keys
Data Entry
SPECTRUM ANALYZER