Spectrum Analyzer Menus
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The Applications menu automates some routine but time-consuming spectral
measurements. It enables you to quickly determine the following:
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Signal bandwidths
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Normalized noise amplitudes
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Carrier-to-noise ratios
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Occupied bandwidth
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FM deviation
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Search for signals in a specified frequency range
Most of the items in this menu are toggles that turn the indicated measurement
mode on and off. However, you can specify certain measurement parameters
using item 9, SETUP TABLE. Because several of the measurement modes make
use of the markers, you can also exit from those modes by turning off the
markers.
One of the items (SIGNAL SEARCH) enables the 2715 to automatically detect
and catalog any signals within a specified frequency range and above a desig-
nated threshold. The signal amplitudes and frequencies are measured, and the
results can be displayed on-screen or, if you have a RS-232 port, sent to a printer.
The 2715 measures signal bandwidth by detecting the signal peak, and then
finding the frequency points on the signal spectrum that are a designated number
of dB down from the peak. You specify the number of dB using the Application
menu Setup Table. The difference between the frequency points is the
bandwidth. Optimum resolution is obtained by spreading the signal across as
large a portion of the screen as possible (resolution is essentially plus or minus
one frequency cell or 1/512 of the total span in PEAK acquisition mode).
For the following example on how to measure signal bandwidths, you need to
first change the resolution BW to 300 kHz. This provides a simulated signal
several divisions wide and equal to the width of the resolution BW filter.
1. Press RES BW [
y
] until RBW readout is 300 kHz.
2. Press [CATV/APPL].
Item 0 indicates BANDWIDTH MODE @ –3 DB, which means that by
selecting this item, the 2715 will measure the bandwidth of a displayed
signal at points 3 dB down from its peak amplitude.
To measure the bandwidth at a point other than 3 dB down, do the following
steps:
3. Press [9] to select SETUP TABLE from the Applications menu.
Measuring Signal
Bandwidths
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