Making Relative Measurements; Procedure - Agilent Technologies E4418B User Manual

Power Meter Operation

Making Relative Measurements

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 pressing
selecting either or
dB %
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 allows you
Rel
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
2-34
. When the measurement result is displayed in % a prefix
is automatically set to "On" when
dBm/W
and
is pressed.
Rel
Rel Off On
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