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EMI test receiver HP 85422E sweeps wrong frequency (100MHz = 73MHz)

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Subject: EMI test receiver HP 85422E sweeps wrong frequency (100MHz = 73MHz)
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by: Klaus Kragelund - Fri, 1 Sep 2023 19:43 UTC

I recently bought a EMI test receiver HP 85422E at an auction.

I have tested it, directing a single frequency into the RF input.

The gain is spot on, at most 0.5dB off. But the frequency is wrong.
If I enter 50MHz, I get 20MHz peak. If I then add 100MHz, it only increased the peak by 73MHz. It's consistent, every time I increase by 100MHz, only 73MHz is seen (generator has been checked on another spectrum analyzer)

I guess it works by sweeping a local oscillator, and generating an IF frequency.

What could be wrong?

Regards

Klaus

Re: EMI test receiver HP 85422E sweeps wrong frequency (100MHz = 73MHz)

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by: Phil Hobbs - Sun, 3 Sep 2023 16:32 UTC

On 2023-09-01 15:43, Klaus Kragelund wrote:
> Hi
>
> I recently bought a EMI test receiver HP 85422E at an auction.
>
> I have tested it, directing a single frequency into the RF input.
>
> The gain is spot on, at most 0.5dB off. But the frequency is wrong.
> If I enter 50MHz, I get 20MHz peak. If I then add 100MHz, it only
> increased the peak by 73MHz. It's consistent, every time I increase
> by 100MHz, only 73MHz is seen (generator has been checked on another
> spectrum analyzer)
>
> I guess it works by sweeping a local oscillator, and generating an IF
> frequency.
>
> What could be wrong?

Maybe a DAC reference voltage is off. (It would need a nice linearized
VCO for that to cause such a consistent error, but this is HP we're
talking about.)

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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EMI test receiver HP 85422E sweeps wrong frequency (100MHz = 73MHz)	Klaus Kragelund
Re: EMI test receiver HP 85422E sweeps wrong frequency (100MHz =	Phil Hobbs