User`s guide

106 Agilent E6474A User’s Guide
4 Use Your System
Tabl e 2 Methods to verify your system
• If your system includes an Agilent digital receiver, perform
tests 1, 2, or 3 and test 4. Tests 1 and 2 provide the highest
level of confidence. Teest 3 should only be used for testing
the receiver if you do not have a signal generator and there is
no known channel in the system.
• If your system includes an E746xx scanner, perform
test 5 or 6.
• If your system includes a phone, perform test 7.
Test 1 - Receiver Testing Using a Signal Generator
Preparing the Hardware
1 Connect the system as shown in Figure 45 on page 107, but
do not connect the signal generator output. The Agilent
Test Description and Page
“Test 1 - Receiver Testing Using a Signal Generator" on page 106
“Test 2 - Receiver Testing by Measuring a Known Channel" on page 112
“Test 3 - Receiver Testing by Measuring the Noise Floor" on page 114
“Test 4 - GPS Receiver Testing" on page 117
“Test 5 - High Speed Scanner Testing by Measuring Known Channels" on
page 118
“Test 6 - High Speed Scanner Testing Using a Signal Generator" on page 118
“Test 7 - Phone Testing Using a Test Call" on page 120
NOTE
The verification tests are only used to alert you to possible non-operating
conditions. To measure actual receiver specifications, the unit must be
measured in a controlled environment, using Agilent Technologies’
prescribed measurement techniques.