Specifications
•MS8606A
Frequency range 300 kHz to 3 GHz
Max. input level MAIN connector: +40 dBm (10 W), AUX connector: +20 dBm (100 mW)
Input impedance 50 Ω, VSWR: ≤1.2 (≤2.2 GHz, MAIN connector), ≤1.3 (>2.2 GHz, MAIN connector)
Input connector N-type (MAIN connector), TNC-type (AUX connector)
Frequency: 10 MHz
Starting characteristics: ≤5 x 10
–8
/day (after 10 minutes of warm-up, compared to the frequency after 24-hour warm-up)
Reference oscillator Aging rate: ≤2 x 10
–8
/day, ≤1 x 10–7/year (compared to the frequency after 24-hour warm-up)
Temperature characteristics: ≤5 x 10
–8
(compared to the frequency at 25˚C)
External reference input: 10 or 13 MHz (±1 ppm), 2 to 5 Vp-p
Frequency range: 300 kHz to 3 GHz
Power meter Level range: 0 to +40 dBm
Measurement accuracy: ±10% (after zero calibration)
Frequency setting
Setting range: 0 to 3 GHz (band: 0), 10 MHz to 3 GHz (band: 1), Setting resolution: 1 Hz
Frequency accuracy
Display accuracy: ±(display frequency x reference frequency accuracy + span x span accuracy)
Normal marker: Same as display frequency accuracy
Delta marker: Same as span accuracy
Frequency span
Frequency Setting range: 0 Hz, 10 kHz to 3 GHz (band: 0); 0 Hz, 10 kHz to 2.99 GHz (band: 1)
Span accuracy: ±2.5%
RBW (resolution bandwidth)
Setting range: 300 Hz to 1 MHz (3 dB BW, 1-3 sequence)
Accuracy: ±2% (300 Hz to 300 kHz), ±10% (1 kHz)
Selectivity (60 dB : 3 dB): ≤5:1
VBW (video bandwidth): 3 Hz to 100 kHz (1-3 sequence), through
Side band noise: ≤–95 dBc/Hz (1 GHz, 10 kHz offset), ≤–115 dBc/Hz (1 GHz, 100 kHz offset)
Maximum input level
Continuous average power: +40 dBm (MAIN connector), +20 dBm (AUX connector)
DC voltage: 0 V
Average noise level (at RBW: 1 kHz, VBW: 10 Hz):
≤–90 dBm (MAIN connector, 10 MHz to 1 GHz, input attenuator: 20 dB)
≤–90 dBm + f[GHz] (MAIN connector, >1 GHz, input attenuator: 20 dB)
≤–110 dBm (AUX connector, 10 MHz to 1 GHz, input attenuator: 0 dB)
≤–110 dBm + f[GHz] (AUX connector, >1 GHz, input attenuator: 0 dB)
Residual response: ≤–70 dBm (MAIN connector, input attenuator: 20 dB), ≤–90 dBm (AUX connector, input attenuator: 0 dB)
Total level accuracy
MAIN connector: ±1.5 dB (reference level: +10.1 to +40 dBm, at 0 to –50 dB of reference level)
Amplitude (at Band: 1) AUX connector: ±1.5 dB (reference level: –9.9 to +20 dBm, at 0 to –50 dB of reference level)
Reference level
Setting range: –50 to +50 dBm (MAIN connector), –75 to +30 dBm (AUX connector)
Setting resolution: 0.1 dB
Accuracy: ±0.5 dB (MAIN connector, +10.1 to +40 dBm), ±1.0 dB (MAIN connector, –50 to +10 dBm)
±0.5 dB (AUX connector, –9.9 to +20 dBm), ±1.0 dB (AUX connector, –75 to –10 dBm)
RBW switching error: ±0.1 dB (referenced to RBW: 3 kHz)
Frequency response: ±0.5 dB [referenced to 100 MHz, input attenuator: 30 dB (10 dB for AUX); temperature range: 18 to 28˚C]
Log linearity:
±0.5 dB (0 to –50 dB, RBW: ≤1 MHz), ±1.0 dB (0 to –70 dB, RBW: ≤30 kHz), ±1.0 dB (0 to –80 dB, RBW: ≤3 kHz)
*
10 MHz to 2.2 GHz, reference level: ≥0 dBm (MAIN connector); ≥–20 dBm (AUX connector)
2nd harmonic distortion: ≤–55 dBc (10 to 100 MHz), ≤–60 dBc (100 to 1500 MHz)
*
At mixer input level: –30 dBm
Setting range: 100 ms to 1000 s (frequency axis sweep), 100 ms to 1000 s (time axis sweep, RBW: ≤1 kHz)
10 ms to 1000 s (time axis sweep, RBW: 3 to 10 kHz), 1 ms to 1000 s (time axis sweep , ≥30 kHz)
Trigger switch: FREERUN, TRIGGERED
Trigger source: WIDE IF VIDEO (3 dB bandwidth: ≥20 MHz, trigger slope: RISE/FALL)
Sweep EXT (trigger level: TTL level, trigger slope: RISE/FALL)
Trigger delay
Setting range: 0 µs to 100 ms, Resolution: 2 µs
Gate delay, gate width
Setting range: 2 µs to 100 ms, Resolution: 2 µs
Marker
Signal search: PEAK→CF, PEAK→REF
Zone marker: NORMAL, DELTA
Marker→function: MARKER→CF, MARKER→REF, ZONE→SPAN
Peak search: PEAK, NEXT PEAK, NEXT RIGHT PEAK, NEXT LEFT PEAK
Measurement
Functions Noise power: dBm/Hz, dBm/ch
C/N: dBc/Hz, dBc/ch
Occupied bandwidth: Power N% method, X dB down method
Adjacent channel power
Reference measurement: Total power/reference level method,
Display method: Channel designate display 2 channels x 2, graphic display
Average power of burst signal: Average power within the specified time range of the time axis waveform
Number of data point: 501
Others
Detection mode: POS PEAK, NEG PEAK, SAMPLE
Display function: TRACE A, TRACE B, TRACE TIME
Storage function: NORMAL, VIEW, MAX HOLD, MIN HOLD, AVERAGE, CUMULATIVE, OVER WRITE
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