HP 4934A - Signal to Noise Measurement Principles

Signal to Noise
Principles
The signal-to-noise measurement determines the ratio of received signal-
plus-noise power to noise power and gives a measure of the margin between
the data signal and the background noise.
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How it is Measured
1 The transmitter sends a 1004 Hz holding tone at the nominal data level.
2 The receiver notches out the 1004 Hz holding lone and what is left is measured
via a filter (C-Message, 3 kHz Flat, 15 kHz Flat, Program or 50 kfiit) then
compared with the original signal-plus-noise. The computed ratio is displayed in
dB.
Making Measurements 2-15