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Tek 492 is way off in frequency


 

Good afternoon,

I have a Tek 492 spectrum analyzer that is way off in frequency. A 100 MHz signal shows up at 77 MHz on the display. 1000 MHz is at 908. 2500 MHz shows up at 2291. And so on. Is there a simple way to adjust this, or should I just use a lookup table and deal with it?

Thanks and 73, David W9HQ


 

That's way off and of course not adjustable, it's a fundimental failure but sound fixable. First check the 100 MHz is really 100, which can be done from the ref out without opening anything. Then its documentation time and checking power supplies. It's tuning but not evenly, 23% off, then less so for higher freqs. That fact and as the older units don't have good stabilization it's most likely something analog in the yig control loop. The good news is that the older 492s are simpler than the later models. At some point you may need a counter to dig into the phase gate but as this is so far off I bet you can get results with a scope and basic dvm. Board extenders will be necessary if serious trouble shooting is required.


 

I don't know what diagnostics are available in the early s/w but you will have to somehow determine if the problems exist in the1st or 2nd if too.


 

Thanks for the reply, Edward. The reference out is exactly -20 dBm at 100 MHz, so that's not it. At this point I doubt I'll pursue it much further, as I am using the ADALM Pluto/SATSAGEN combo to get some capability at 10 GHz. Thanks again for your comments!