NARDA 8718B User Manual

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Operating the Meter

7. The meter will continue to make real time

measurements until you initiate making the time-

averaged measurement.

8. Press F1 (START) when you are ready to begin the

time-averaged measurement.

9. The averaged value is displayed on the screen and will

flash every second each time it is updated. The meter

will automatically stop at the end of the averaging

interval, which was determined by the standard and

the frequency.

10. To end time averaging prior to the end of the

averaging interval, press F4 (STOP).

11. At the end of the averaging interval, the meter will

show the time-averaged value on the second line of

the display and the maximum value on the third line of

the display. The bar graph will be indicating the

instantaneous field strength in real time.

12. To make another time-averaged measurement at the

same frequency, press F1 (START) again.

8 . 7 1 W

m

c m

/

2

A V E R A G E

1 1 .

M A X

1 0 . 0 0 G H z

P

A U S E

S T O P

F1

F2

F3

F4

8 . 7 1 m W / c m

2

A V E R A G E

1 1 . 5 M A X

1 0 . 0 0 G H z

S T A R T C L R

M E N U

Q U I T

F1

F2

F3

F4

If you access the

menu system from

the Opening Menu

Screen, you will re-

turn to that screen.

Once a probe has

been selected and

zeroed, the mea-

surement screen will

reflect the averaging

mode that you have

selected.

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