8970B Noise Figure Meter Question - RF Cafe Forums

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John
 Post subject: 8970B Noise Figure Meter Question
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:47 am 
Hello all and thanks for reading.

If I set the 8970B Noise Figure Meter to one specfic frequency (say 500MHz) and I have no filtering in the test path, what is the operating bandwidth of the instrument? Lets assume the unit under test is a wide band device designed for 500MHz.

I looked in the operating manual and all I could find is that it's resolution is 1MHz but I do not believe that's the BW.

Thanks in advance.


 
  
 
GSM_Expert
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:17 pm 
John,

Are you by any chance in University of Louisiana, Lafayette?


 
  
 
Guest
 Post subject: 8970B Noise Figure Meter Question
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:33 am 
No I am not.

Posted  11/12/2012