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

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?

Regards

Klaus

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Klaus Kragelund
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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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Phil Hobbs

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