HP Saw E4419B manual Making the Measurement, Sensor Tbls Screen

Power Meter Operation

Making Measurements using Sensor Calibration Tables

tables are currently selected. The “Sensor Tbls” screen is displayed as shown in Figure 2-4.

Figure 2-4: “Sensor Tbls” Screen

Making the Measurement

To make the power measurement, you zero and calibrate the power meter,

then set it for the frequency of the signal you want to measure. The power

meter automatically selects the calibration factor from the sensor

calibration table.

Note

The following procedure details the calibration for channel A. To

calibrate channel B use the same procedure using the equivalent

channel B softkeys. To calibrate both channels, zero the power

meter using

in step “2”, then follow this procedure for

Zero Both

channel A then repeat step “3” through to step “9” using the

equivalent channel B softkeys.

1.

Press

.

Zero

Cal

2.

Press

. During zeroing, which takes approximately 10

Zero A

seconds, the wait symbol is displayed.

3.

Press

. The setting of the reference calibration factor is

Cal

obtained from the sensor calibration table and displayed under the

softkey.

A Ref CF

4.

Connect the power sensor to the POWER REF output.

5.

Press

to calibrate the power meter. During calibration the

Cal A

wait symbol is displayed. (The power meter automatically turns

on the POWER REF output.)

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