Continuous, Single,
and Manual Sweep
Operation
Continuous sweep is the op eration mo de set when the swept
signal generator is preset. It simply means that when the swept
signal generator is p erforming a swept operation, the sweeps will
continuously sweep-retrace-sweep-retrace until a dierentsweep mo de
is selected. Tocho ose this sweep mo de, press
4
CONT
5
.
Tochange from continuous sweep to single sweep op eration, press
4
SINGLE
5
. This causes the swept signal generator to abort the sweep in
progress and switch to the single sweep mo de. This initial keystroke
causes the swept signal generator to switchsweep mo des, but it
does
not
initiate a single sweep. A second keystroke (press
4
SINGLE
5
)
initiates a single sweep. When the swept signal generator is in single
sweep op eration, the amber LED ab ove the key lights. When the
swept signal generator is actually performing a sweep in single sweep
mo de, the green SWEEP LED lights.
The manual sweep mo de lets you use the rotary knob to either sweep
from the start frequency to the stop frequency or to sweep p ower.
Refer to menu map 7, SWEEP.
Press
4
PRESET
5
.
Press SWEEP
4
MENU
5
.
Select
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Manual Sweep
.
The active entry area displays:
--> SWEPT MANUAL: XXXXXXXXX MHz
Use the rotary knob to sweep from the start to the stop frequency.
The green SWEEP LED is o in manual sweep mode b ecause the
sweeps are synthesized.
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