[time-nuts] HP 8566A, 8568B and 3585A Noise floor.

Brooke Clarke brooke at pacific.net
Thu Jul 4 14:31:32 EDT 2013


Hi John:

How can I make a noise floor plot for my HP 4395A?
http://www.prc68.com/I/4395A.shtml

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke
http://www.PRC68.com
http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html

John Miles wrote:
>> I just had a discussion about older spectrum analyser versus the new Rigol
> type
>> SA.
>>
>> They are saying the Rigol is -80dBc.
>>
>> Unfortunately I don't know what the specs of mine are.
>> Could someone help me out with some noise floor figures for the following?
>>
>>
>> *         HP 8566A
>>
>> *         HP 8568B
>>
>> *         HP 3585A
>>
> If you could find a baseline phase noise plot for the Rigol you could
> compare it with these:
> http://www.ke5fx.com/floors.gif
>
> It'll be influenced by various factors, such as the carrier frequency where
> it's being measured.  I don't know what their block diagram looks like so
> it's hard to say.
>
> -- john, KE5FX
> Miles Design LLC
>
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