To measure sideband power
1 Complete the one of the previous tasks: “To measure a wideband spectrum” or “To
measure a narrowband spectrum.”
2 Activate the trace you want to measure.
3 Press [
Marker
][
MARKER TO PEAK
] or turn the knob to place the marker on the carrier
frequency.
4 Press [Marker Fctn][
SIDEBAND MARKER
][
CARRIER FREQ
], then press the [
Mkr Value
]
hardkey (located on the numeric keypad).
5 Press [
Marker
][
REFERENCE SETUP
][
REFERENCE TO MARKER
], then turn the knob to
place the main marker on the first sideband to the right or left of the carrier.
6 Press [Marker Fctn][
SIDEBAND MARKER
][
SIDEBAND INCREMENT
][
Mkr Value
].
7 If the sideband markers do not quite line up with the sidebands, adjust the value of
[
SIDEBAND INCREMENT
] until they do.
8 Press [
SIDEBAND POWER
].
When you press [
SIDEBAND POWER
], the analyzer displays the rms summation of all
marked sidebands at the bottom-left corner of the trace you are measuring. You can
limit the number of sidebands included in the summation by changing the value of
[
NUMBER OF SIDEBANDS
].
The result of the sideband power calculation
appears here.
Agilent 35670A
Measuring Spectra and Networks Operator's Guide
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