Making Relative Measurements; Procedure - Agilent Technologies E4419B User Manual

Making Relative Measurements

Relative mode allows you to compare any measurement result to a
reference value. The relative reading can be displayed in either dB or % by
dBm/W
pressing and selecting either
result is displayed in % a prefix multiplier may be shown.
Relative mode is window dependent and when enabled displays "Rel" in
the window to which it's applied.

Procedure

To set a reference value on the currently selected window:
Rel
1. Press .
Offset
2. Press to use the current reading as the reference value. This
Rel
allows you to compare any measurement result in dB or
percentage (%).
3.
Rel Off On
Successive measurements are now displayed relative to the reference
value. The relative mode can be disabled and re-enabled simply by
pressing
Rel Off On
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or
dB
is automatically set to "On" when
.
Power Meter Operation
Making Relative Measurements
. When the measurement
%
is pressed.
Rel
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