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RF Measurements > MCPR MCPR (Multiple Carrier Power Ratio) Display
MCPR (Multiple Carrier Power Ratio) Display
Use the MCPR measurement to measure adjacent channel power ratio for multiple main channels or
when adjacent channel pairs have different offsets and/or bandwidths. The MCPR display show the
Reference Power and the ratio of each adjacent channel to the Reference Power. You can select whether
the Reference Power is the total of all active channels or a single channel.
Measuring Multiple Carrier Power Ratio
1. Press the front-panel Displays button.
2. From the Select Displays window, select RF Measurements from the Folders box.
3. Double-click the MCPR icon in the Available displays box. Click OK to complete your selection.
4. Press the front-panel Freq button and use the front panel keypad or knob to adjust the frequency to
that of the main channel. Select Meas. Freq to set the measurement frequency. Use the front panel
knob to adjust the frequency.
5. Press the Settings button. This displays the control panel for MCPR (the tab displayed will be the tab
displayed the last time the Settings panel was opened).
6. Click on the Channels tab. To set the number of Main channels, enter the number of Main channels in
the Number text entry box under Main Channels .
NOTE.
As you add channels, the span of the display will be adjusted so that all the channels can be seen.
7. To set the bandwidth of all main channels, enter a value in the BW value box.
8. To set the spacing between the main channels, enter a value in the Spacing value box.
9. To prevent a main channel power level from being included in the Power Reference (Total) calculation,
select the channel to be excluded in the
Inactive box.
10. To add adjacent channels, click the Add... button under Adj Chans .
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