HP 24A, 83620A, 22A manual Getting Started Basic l-19

Select Power Sweep (asterisk on).

Press (SINGLE].

The synthesizer performs a power sweep beginning at -20 dBm and ending at f5 dBm. The power meter indicates +25 dB.

Power Slope Operation This function allows for compensation of high frequency system or cable losses by linearly increasing the power output as the frequency

increases. For this example refer to the “Menu Map” section.

Press Power Slope , the active entry area displays:

--> RF SLOPE: X. XX dB/GHz, where X is a numeric value.

Power slope is now active, notice that an asterisk is next to the key label.

Use the entry keys, rotary knob, or arrow keys to enter a value for the linear slope.

Press Power Slope again to turn this feature off.

Getting Started Basic l-19