Leveling with Power
Meters
Hint
Leveling with a power meter is similar to leveling with a diode
detector. Figure 1-13 shows the setup for power meter leveling.
Figure 1-13. Leveling with a Power Meter
1. Set up the equipment as shown. Be sure to set the power meter to
manual range mode and note the range.
2. Refer to menu map 1.
3. Press a).
Select Pwr Mtr Range. Enter the range value set for the power
meter as noted in step 1.
6. Select Coupling Factor , press @'J (de(m)).
Unlike detector leveling, power meter leveling provides calibrated
power out of the leveled RF port.
To obtain flatness corrected power refer to "Optimizing Synthesizer
Performance, Creating and Applying the User Flatness Correction
Array," later in this section.
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