I did the same tests as you, results in the tables.
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I attached a picture showing the diodes of the first mixer, I did the repair of two Spectrum this year with damaged diodes, so the one with which I did the attenuator tests today.
Maybe you should do this check. Ideally, if you had another measuring instrument that would allow you to know the RF level at the J3 connector of the first converter, you could know if the first converter is OK.
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correction at OFF
SPAN 100kHz
resBW 10kHz
vidBW 100Hz
MKR peak
REFlevel at -10dBm
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300MHz
-20dBm
ATT
Level measured
0
-19.4
10
-19.3
20
-19.7
30
-19.7
40
-19.8
50
-19.9
60
-20.0
1500MHz
-20dBm
ATT
Level measured
0
-21.2
10
-21.2
20
-21.5
30
-21.5
40
-21.8
50
-21.7
60
-21.8
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Yves
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Continuing on the cal signal I checked the attenuator steps.
After factor default and with correction off I found the following:
At 300MHz:
Att? |? Level
10? -22
20? -12
30? -21
40? -26
50? -19
60? -21
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at 1500 MHz
Att? |? Level
10? -28
20? -32
30? -27
40? -32
50? -30
60? -30
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I'm guessing my 20db attenuator is toast but I would have expected to have seen the issue coming back at the higher attenuation levels. Could this behavior be caused by something else??