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Making Measurements
Using Markers
Setting the Electrical Delay
This feature adds phase delay to a variation in phase versus frequency, therefore it is only applicable for
ratioed inputs.
1. Press .
2. Press and turn the front panel knob, or enter a value from the front panel keypad to
position the marker at a point of interest.
3. Press to automatically add or subtract enough line length to the receiver input
to compensate for the phase slope at the active marker position. This effectively flattens the phase trace
around the active marker. You can use this to measure the electrical length or deviation from linear
phase.
Additional electrical delay adjustments are required on devices without constant group delay over the
measured frequency span.
Figure 1-27 Example of Setting the Electrical Delay Using a Marker
Setting the CW Frequency
1. To place a marker at the desired CW frequency, press:
and either turn the front panel knob or enter the value, followed by a unit terminator.
2. Press .
You can use this function to set the marker to a gain peak in an amplifier. After pressing
, activate a CW frequency power sweep to look at the gain compression with
increasing input power.