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)

Using the Spectrum Analyzer
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Measuring Transmitter High/Low Power Signals
This procedure is provided as an overview of the optional Spectrum
Analyzer’s operation. The screen choices and displayed parameters are
described and illustrated.
DUPLEXTXRX PREV TESTS
CONFIGHELPMSSG HOLD PRINT
SCREEN CONTROL
LOCAL
ADRS
REC ALL
SAVE
MEAS
RES ET
PRESET
INSTRUMENT STATE
DATA FUNCTIONS
INCR
: 10
REF SET
INCR
SET
METER
INCR X10
AVG
LO LIMIT HI LIMIT
CURSOR CONTROL
PUSH TO SELECT
CA NCEL
SHIFT
k1
k1’
k2
k2’
k3
k3’
k4
ASSIGN
k5
RELEASE
USER DATA
789
456
123
0
+
_
ENTER
GHz
dBm
dB
MHz
V
%
kH z
mV
s
Hz
µV
ms
%
dBµV
Ω
ppm
W
NO
ON/OFF
YES
MEMORY
CAR D
AUDIO IN
LOHI
!
MAX
42 v Pk
!
MAX
12 v P k
AUDIO OUTSQUELCHVO LUMEMIC/ACC
MAX PO WER 200 mW
!
ANT INDUPLEX OUTRF IN/OUT
!
MA X POWER 60 W
CONTINUOUS
POWER
OFF ON
1
2
Knob
TRANSMITTER UNDER TEST
ANTENNA
(RF OUTPUT)
Keys
Data Entry
SPECTRUM ANALYZER