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)

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Index
Numerics
1/4 Wave Coaxial Tuning (Swept), 214
20 dB Quieting Sensitivity Measure-
ment
, 91
A
Additional Measurement Information,
48
Additional Test Equipment Require-
ments
, 44
AGC Measurement, 143
AM
AGC Measurement
, 143
Audio Distortion Measurement, 128,
152
Audio Frequency Response Measure-
ment
, 149
Audio Output Power Measurement,
137
Determining Unknown AM Trans-
mitter Carrier Frequency
, 119
Envelope Display Measurement, 133
Frequency/Frequency Error Measure-
ment
, 122
Harmonic Measurement, 130
Modulation Depth Measurement,
122
Off The Air Monitoring, 119
Output Power Measurement, 122
Spurious Output Measurement, 130
Spurious Response Attenuation Mea-
surement
, 155
Squelch Sensitivity Measurement,
146
AM Radio Testing, 115
AM Receiver Testing, 136
AM Transmitter Testing, 118
Analyzing External Transmitter Inter-
modulation Distortion
, 200
Antenna Return Loss (VSWR) Mea-
surement and Tuning
, 210
Audio Distortion Measurement, 74,
108, 128, 152
Audio Frequency Response Measure-
ment
, 105, 149
Audio Output Power Measurement, 80,
137, 174
C
Cable Fault Location, 218
Cabling Restrictions, 244
Carrier Suppression Measurement, 166
CDCSS Coding Measurement, 67
CDCSS Sensitivity Measurement, 101
Coaxial Tuning (Swept), 214
Configuration Menu, 246
Configuring the HP 8920A for Mea-
surement
, 245
Considerations, Measurement, 50,
116, 160, 188, 234
Critical Squelch Sensitivity Measure-
ment
, 93, 145
CTCSS Encoder Frequency Measure-
ment
, 65
CTCSS Sensitivity and Bandwidth
Measurement
, 97
Cursor Control, 34