Promax RANGER Neo 2, User Manual

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Chapter iv: HIGH FREQUENCY OPTION 320 October 2021
iv HIGH FREQUENCY OPTION
This annex contains operating instructions for the next option:
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OP-00x-AF: High Frequency measurement.
This option increases accuracy when measuring frequency.
1 Connect the RF input signal to the equipment.
2 Press the Settings key to access the Settings Menu and in “Signal Source”
select “RF".
3 From Settings menu access the “Band” option and select “Terrestrial” to
work on terrestrial band or “Satellite” to work on satellite band.
4 Press the Spectrum key to get into the SPECTRUM ANALYZER mode. If
you press this key repeatedly you could see different views of a signal.
5 Press the key to enter the “Tuning” mode and in “Tune by” option select
“By frequency”. Then, on option “Frequency” enter your frequency or move
left/right along the frequency band.
6 If you have a reference signal of 10 MHz, you should connect it to the 1PPS
*
input.
7 When connecting the external reference signal it should appear on screen
this message “Tuning external reference”. If it is successfully tuned, it will
appear on screen the “Ext Ref” icon on the top right corner.
8 Press the key to access the Advanced menu and on “Marker” option select
ON.
9 The marker is displayed on screen as an arrowhead, showing on a window
some information about the frequency and power level where it points. You
can move the marker left/right when the marker is in MK mode (to do so,
press the joystick until the MK icon appears).
10 The frequency on the marker’s window has an accuracy of ±1 kHz (3
decimals). When using an external reference signal of 10 MHz, accuracy
reaches ±250 Hz (6 decimals).
iv.1 Operation
*. For the RANGER NEO 2 it is labeled as EXT REF.