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)

The Test Set’s Features
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Non-Bracketed Keys and Memory Card Slot
Non-Bracketed Keys
The POWER key − turns the instrument on or off.
The SHIFT key is used to select the blue-labeled functions listed above
certain keys.
The CANCEL key is used to cancel an entry in progress, or stop a
running IBASIC program.
The key is used to move the cursor to the left when entering
numbers in a field, thereby erasing the previous characters.
The Memory Card Slot
Slot for memory cards that are inserted to load software, or to record
test results.
CURSOR CONTROL
PUSH TO SELECT
CANCELSHIFT
k3
K3
k4
ASSIGN
k5
RELEASE
456
123
0
+
_
dBm
MHz
V
%
kHz
mV
s
Hz
µV
ms
%
dBµV
Ω
ppm
W
NO
ON/OFF
YES
MEMORY
CARD
AUDIO IN
LOHI
AUDIO OUTSQUELCHVOLUMEMIC/ACC
ANT IN
DUPLEX OUTRF IN/OUT
POWER
F
FON