Tektronix 1502C - Noise

Operator Tutorial
1502C MTDR User Manual
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Noise
On a longer cable, “grass” might appear on the displayed waveform. This is
primarily caused by the cable acting as an antenna, picking up nearby electrical
noise.
1. Set the 1502C front-panel controls:
CABLE 3-ft cable
NOISE FILTER 1 avg
VERT SCALE 500 mr
DIST/DIV 1 ft (0.25 m)
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POSITION 40.000 ft
2. Attach the 50 W terminator to the end of the test cable using the female-to-
female BNC adaptor (both of these items are supplied with the instrument).
3. Increase VERT SCALE to 1.00 mr. Use the
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POSITION control to keep
the waveform on the display. As the VERT SCALE setting increases, there
will be noise in the form of a moving, fuzz-like waveform with a few
random spikes.
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Figure 2–14: Noise on the Waveform
4. Turn the NOISE FILTER control clockwise to 8. This will average out much
of the noise.