Agilent Technologies Agilent E6474A manual Test 3 Receiver testing by measuring the noise floor

6Get Assistance, if You Need It

If your system is equipped with a navigator, perform the tests in Table 5 on page 116 next. If you experience problems in setting up the tests, refer to “Troubleshooting your E6474A system" on page 102.

Test 3 - Receiver testing by measuring the noise floor

NOTE

Use this procedure only if you do not have a signal generator and there is no known channel in the system. Connect a 50-ohm load (customer supplied) to the input of the receiver.

Preparing the hardware

1Connect the system as shown in Figure 54.

Figure 54 System Configuration for Measuring the Noise Floor

2Turn on the Agilent receiver.

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