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
P
Passive Cavity
Insertion Loss Measurement
, 222
Return Loss Measurement, 222
Performing Measurements, 247
Presets, 48
R
Rated RF Output Power Measurement,
166
Rear Panel Connectors, 40
Rear Panel Features, 40
Receiver Center Frequency Measure-
ment
, 83
Receiver Testing, 48
Repeater System Effective Sensitivity
Measurement
, 228
S
Screen Control Keys, 35
Screen Description, 29
Sensitivity Measurement, 178
Setting Date, 246
Setting Time, 246
Shift Functions, 23
SINAD Measurement, 83
Special Test Considerations, 46
Specifications, 25
AF analyzer, 268, 297
audio source, 261, 291
dc current meter, 277, 305
description, 253, 283
general, 281, 309
HP 8920A, 254, 284
HP 8920B, 281
HP 8921A, 309
oscilloscope, 271, 300
reference oscillator, 279, 308
remote programming, 278, 306
RF analyzer, 262, 292
save/recall registers, 280
signal generator, 255, 285
signaling, 276, 304
spectrum analyzer, 272, 301
Spectrum Analyzer
1/4 Wave Coaxial Tuning (Swept)
,
214
Analyzing External Transmitter In-
termodulation Distortion
, 200
Antenna Return Loss (VSWR) Mea-
surement and Tuning
, 210
Cable Fault Location, 218
Field Strength Measurement, 196
Passive Cavity Insertion Loss Mea-
surement
, 222
Repeater System Effective Sensitivi-
ty Measurement
, 228
Using, 190
Spectrum Analyzer Measurements,
187, 233
Spurious Output Measurement, 76,
130, 170