Agilent Technologies 11974 Series User Manual page 31

Installation
Spectrum Analyzer Compatibility
Table 2-1. 11974 Compatibility with Spectrum Analyzers
Note: E4443A and E4445A do not support external mixing.
Model S/N Prefix
E4440A all
E4446A all
E4448A all
R&D BENCH HIGH PERFORMANCE SPECTRUM ANALYZER
Model S/N Prefix
8566A
<2007A
8566A ≥ 2007A
8566B
<2948A
8566B ≥ 2948A
(1) Retrofit kit contains materials and instructions for hardware modifications and an operating procedure update for the
11974.
(2) Mixer bias capability is converted to preselector peak, resulting in activation of a preselector peaking with the BIAS
PEAK function. Sweep times must be manually controlled in wide spans to avoid over sweeping the preselector.
(3) 70900 Local Oscillator firmware/hardware requirements:
Firmware Date Code
(YYMMDD)
850730
860203
861015
870501
880314
880901
890606
(4) Retrofit kit contains firmware update and new operation manual.
(5) Operation with 11974s will require entry of a frequency offset. Preselector peaking is performed manually with a
screwdriver adjustment. Sweep times must be manually controlled in wide spans to avoid over sweeping the
preselector.
(6) The serial number prefix on the 8566A/B refers to the RF section.
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PSA SERIES SPECTRUM ANALYZER
Option AYZ required
Option AYZ required
Option AYZ required
WITH 11975A LO AMPLIFIER
(6) External mixing is not available
(6) Only compatible if the 8566A to 8566B Conversion Kit and either
K74 or K75 upgrade kit are previously installed
NOTE The 8566A to 8566B Conversion, 8566B-K74, and
8566B-K75 upgrade kits for these analyzers are no
longer available.
(6) Only compatible if the 8566B-K74 upgrade kit is previously
installed.
(6) Fully compatible
LO Upgrade Kit Required
70907B-Option 098
(Firmware and CPU board)
70907B-Option 099
(Firmware on RAM/ROM card)
Fully compatible, no kit required
Compatibility
Compatibility
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