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Recommended test equipment
The test equipment recommended for acceptance testing is shown below. Alternative equipment
may be used provided it complies with the stated minimum specification.
Recommended test equipment
Description Minimum specification Example
Power meter
±0.1 dB from 9 kHz to 2.4 GHz
IFR 6960B with
6932 sensor
Measuring receiver
0 dBm to −127 dBm; 2.5 MHz to 2.4 GHz Capable
of measuring residual FM less than 2 Hz and SSB
phase noise <−124 dBc/Hz at 20 kHz offset from a
1 GHz carrier
Agilent 8902A with
option 037 * and
11722A sensor and
11793A down
converter
Signal generator +8 dBm from 32.5 MHz to 2.43 GHz IFR 2041
Frequency counter 10 Hz to 2.4 GHz Agilent 53181A
with option 030
Audio analyzer Capable of measuring THD of 0.01% from 100 Hz
to 20 kHz
Rohde & Schwarz
UPA3
Spectrum analyzer DC to 7.2 GHz, 3 Hz resolution bandwidth Anritsu MS2602A
Modulation meter
AM, FM and ΦM 50 kHz to 2.4 GHz, Accuracy ±1%
at 1 kHz modulation frequency
IFR 2305 plus
distortion option **
Function generator
DC to 100 kHz sine, ±0.6 dB flatness, 100 kHz
square wave
Agilent 3325B
Digital voltmeter DC voltage measurement Solartron 7150+
50 Ω load
(termination)
1 W, 50 Ω nominal impedance, DC to 2.4 GHz
Lucas Weinschel
M1404N
Oscilloscope 100 MHz bandwidth Tektronix TDS 220
Personal Computer with Microsoft Windows version 3.1 (or greater) installed and fitted with
National Instruments PCIIA GPIB Interface Card
Vero 203-304014B VXI Mainframe
Racal 1260-00C GPIB Slot 0
IFR 3002 executable Soft Front Panel, part number 59000-286
* Option 037 is necessary to measure SSB phase noise.
** The distortion option of the 2305 Modulation Meter allows modulation distortion tests to be
carried out with greater ease. If a 2305 with the distortion option is not available, the audio
analyzer may be connected to the modulation meter LF output and set to measure distortion.
Executable soft front panel software
The acceptance test procedures use the supplied executable soft front panel as the user interface for
the 3002 VXI Signal Generator.