Select The Frequency Band - Agilent Technologies 11970 Series User Manual

Select the Frequency Band

2. Specify unpreselected external mixing by pressing
until UNPR is selected.
3. To select a frequency above 18 GHz:
a. Press
AUX CTRL, EXTERNAL MIXER
b. Enter the desired frequency directly using the center-frequency function.
c. Notice in
Table 2-1
that the desired band is selected, refer to
band, then use the full band function to enter this band.
d. In the external mixer menu, press
letter preceding BAND in the active function area corresponds to the desired
frequency band.
Table 2-1 External Mixer Frequency Ranges
Frequency Frequency
Band Range (GHz)
K 18.0 to 26.5
A 26.5 to 40.0
Q 33.0 to 50.0
U 40.0 to 60.0
V 50.0 to 75.0
E 60.0 to 90.0
W 75.0 to 110.0
F 90.0 to 140.0
D 110.0 to 170.0
G 140.0 to 220.0
Y 170.0 to 260.0
J 220.0 to 325.0
Chapter 2
Using the Mixers with the 856X Series Spectrum Analyzers
to set the analyzer to external mixer mode.
that some frequencies overlap and fall into two bands. To be sure
FULL BAND
Mixing
Harmonic
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, then
CONFIG EXT MXR PRE UNPR
and select the desired frequency
Table 2-1
, then press the step up
Conversion
Loss
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Operation
key until the
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