NARDA 8718B, User Manual

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64 Operating the Meter
7. The meter will continue to make real time
measurements until you initiate making the time-
averaged measurement.
8. Press F1 ( START) when you are ready to begin the
time-averaged measurement.
9. The averaged value is displayed on the screen and will
flash every second each time it is updated. The meter
will automatically stop at the end of the averaging
interval, which was determined by the standard and
the frequency.
10. To end time averaging prior to the end of the
averaging interval, press F4 ( STOP ).
11. At the end of the averaging interval, the meter will
show the time-averaged value on the second line of
the display and the maximum value on the third line of
the display. The bar graph will be indicating the
instantaneous field strength in real time.
12. To make another time-averaged measurement at the
same frequency, press F1 ( START ) again.
8 . 7 1 W m c m /
2
A V E R A G E
1 1 . M A X 1 0 . 0 0 G H z
P A U S E S T O P
F1 F2 F3 F4
8 . 7 1 m W / c m
2
A V E R A G E
1 1 . 5 M A X 1 0 . 0 0 G H z
S T A R T C L R M E N U Q U I T
F1 F2 F3 F4
If you access the
menu system from
the Opening Menu
Screen, you will re-
turn to that screen.
Once a probe has
been selected and
zeroed, the mea-
surement screen will
reflect the averaging
mode that you have
selected.
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