Agilent Technologies Agilent 8648A Weather Radio User Manual


 
FM Receivers
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On the Radio set the Receiver’s Controls as follows:
11 Set power to ON.
12 If required, set frequency to the same value as step 4
13 If required, set CTCSS tone frequency to the same value as step 4
14 Set RF Gain to maximum (if equipped).
15 Set squelch control to minimum (if equipped).
16 Set the volume control until the AC Level reads 100% of the Receiver’s
specified audio output.
Refer to the audio output specifications for the receiver being tested.
17 Verify Receiver’s squelch is closed.
On the Test Set using the knob and data entry keys:
18 Set Amplitude to -137 dBm.
19 Slowly increase the Amplitude until the squelch remains open and the SI-
NAD indicator shows 10 dB (minimum).
CTCSS Sensitivity is displayed as Amplitude as shown.
Record this level.
20 Set Amplitude to 47 dBm.
21 Slowly increase the AFGEN2 Freq in 0.1 Hz increments until the squelch
just closes.
Record the frequency.
22 Slowly decrease the AFGEN2 Freq in 0.1 Hz increments until the squelch
To Screen
RX TEST
AC Level
Filter 1
50Hz HPF
Filter 2
15kHz HPF
Atten Hold
On/Off
Ext Load R
8.00
RF GEN
RF ANL
AF ANL
SCOPE
SPEC ANL
ENCODER
DECODER
RADIO INT
More
W
dB
0.6321
SINAD
RF Gen Freq
145.280000
MHz
Amplitude
0.282
uV
Output Port
RF Out/Dupl
AFGen1 Freq
1.0000
kHz
AFGen1 To
3.00
kHz
FM
AFGen2 Freq
100.0
Hz
AFGen2 To
5.00
Hz
FM
011.16
Avg
24
CTCSS
Squelch Sensi-
tivity