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Chapter 2 Operating Your Frequency Counter

Offsetting a Power Measurement

2 Press the Shift key, and then press the Pwr Offset (Avg) key.

The Shift annunciator activates when you press the Shift key. When you press the Pwr Offset key, the Shift annunciator and the frequency display disappear, the Pwr Offset annunciator at the left side of the display activates, and the power offset value is set to 00.00, as shown below:

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Rel Freq

 

 

dB

 

dB

Rel Pwr

Watts

mW

Offset

uW

%

 

3 Use the left- and right-arrow keys to move the focus to the digit(s)

 

 

in the power-offset display that you need to adjust to enter the

 

 

offset value, and then use the up- and down-arrow keys to adjust

 

 

the value for each digit.

 

 

 

 

 

The flashing digit is the digit that currently has the focus. This means

 

 

that you can change the value of the flashing digit using the up- and

 

 

down-arrow keys.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE

 

If you enter a value for Power Offset that results in a power reading that

 

 

is out of the Counter’s specified power-measurement range, the Counter

 

 

displays HI in the power display when the Power Offset function is

 

 

enabled.

 

 

 

 

4 Press the Sign (+/–) key (if desired) to change the sign of the

 

 

offset value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rel Freq

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rel Pwr

Watts

 

 

 

 

 

 

mW

 

 

 

 

 

 

Offset

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Agilent Technologies 53150A, 53152A, 53151A manual Power-offset display that you need to adjust to enter

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