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Using a Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Connect the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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To Use the Keyboard to Edit . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Front Panel Control Using a Keyboard . . . . . . . .
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Using an External VGA Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Customizing Color on an External Monitor . . . . . . 4-102
Synchronizing and Positioning the Display . . . . . . 4-104
5. Optimizing Measurements
Increasing Sweep Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
To Increase the Start Frequency . . . . . . . . . . .
To Set the Sweep Time to AUTO Mode
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To Widen the System Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . .
To Reduce the Amount of Averaging . . . . . . . . .
To Reduce the Number of Measurement Points
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To View a Single Measurement Channel . . . . . . .
To Turn Off Alternate Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . .
To Turn Off Markers and Marker Tracking . . . . . .
To Turn Off Spur Avoidance . . . . . . . . . . . .
To Avoid Frequency Bandcrossings by Minimizing the
Span (HP only) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Increasing Network Analyzer Dynamic Range . . . . . .
To Increase the Receiver Input Power . . . . . . . .
To Reduce the Receiver Noise Floor . . . . . . . . .
Reducing Trace Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
To Activate Averaging for Reducing Trace Noise . . .
To Change System Bandwidth for Reducing Trace Noise
To Eliminate Receiver Spurious Responses
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Reducing Mismatch Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reducing Mismatch Errors in a Reflection Measurement
Reducing Mismatch Errors in a Transmission
Measurement . . . .
Reducing Mismatch. Errors When’ . . .
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Reflection and Transmission . . . . . . . . . . .
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Compensating for Phase Shift in Measurement Setups . .
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Port Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Electrical Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Measuring Devices with Long Electrical Delay . . . . .
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