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3. Press [BKSP] to return to the Applications menu.
4. Press [2] again.
The spectral display reappears and the marker is turned on. The first two
items in the right on-screen column read approximately as follows.
N–44.2DBMV
@ 5.0MHZ
The reading may vary somewhat, and is the average internal noise in a 5 MHz
band at the marker frequency. You may also receive the following warning.
NOISE LEVEL LESS THAN 2DB
This is because the 2715 recognizes when the noise it is measuring approaches
its own noise floor. It knows that it cannot accurately measure external signals
too close to that value.
5. Press [DSPL] and ensure that item 4 is set to MAX/MIN display mode.
6. Press [DSPL] to return to the spectral display.
7. Turn the FREQ/MKRS knob to reposition the marker at the bottom of the
displayed noise.
Notice that the noise amplitude readout does not change significantly.
The noise amplitude appears to be approximately halfway between the maximum
and minimum values of the spectral display. This is because the 2715 does not
compute the arithmetic mean of the minimum and maximum values using
decibels (that yields an incorrect answer). The display does not change, but you
may notice a pause while the 2715 carries out the noise measuring algorithm.
First, the 2715 measures the average noise power in ZERO SPAN using a narrow
bandwidth video filter (see a better approximation of the average noise by
pressing [VID FLTR]). It then corrects the measured value for the difference
between average and RMS amplitudes. More corrections are added for the effects
of log amplification and to account for the equivalent noise bandwidth of the
resolution bandwidth filter not being exactly 5 MHz. The resulting noise is then
normalized to the specified bandwidth.
8. Turn off the markers and the video filter.
To demonstrate the carrier-to-noise (C/N) ratio feature of the 2715, we will
measure the calibrator-to-2715-noise-floor ratio in a 5 MHz bandwidth.
However, you are more likely to measure a carrier peak to system noise ratio, but
the technique is the same.
9. Press [INPUT] [9] to turn on the calibrator.
10. Press [CATV/APPL] to call up the Applications menu.
Measuring
Carrier-to-Noise Ratios
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