Fig. 6-19. Test equipment setup to
adjust and check
dispersion accuracy.
Type 491
FINE RF CENTER FREQ
Centered
PHASE LOCK Controls
Display of nominal
INTENSITY
INT REF FREQ
OFF
brightness
Adjusted for optimum
FOCUS
and
ASTIGMATISM
display definition
Time/Cm
1 ms
OFF
INTENSIFIER
Volts/Cm
.5
As desired
SCALE ILLUM
Input Coupling
AC
Adjusted for a
POSITION (Horizontal
and
o
horizontally centered
21. Adjust MHz/DIV Dispersion and
Vertical)
sweep on the graticule
Linearity
baseline
20 ms
NOTE
TIME/DIV
CAL
VARIABLE
Dispersion accuracy is a measure of the frequency
TRIGGER
dispersion error within 8 divisions of a 10 division
SLOPE
+
display. It is measured by positioning the 1st fre-
Triggered sweep
LEVEL
quency marker on the 1st graticule line, then not-
LINE
SOURCE
ing the dispersion error as the distance the 9th
MHz/DIV
DISPERSION RANGE
marker is displaced from the 9th graticule line.
10 MHz/div
DISPERSION-COUPLED
RESOLUTION
Linearity error is the measured distance any mark-
Midrange
DISPERSION CAL
er is displaced from its respective graticule line
Midrange
DISPERSION BAL
when compared over an 8 major division display.
All switches in off position
IF ATTENUATOR dB
Midrange (000)
IF CENTER FREQ
Dispersion accuracy and the display linearity are
OFF
VIDEO FILTER
affected by the RF output amplitude, circuit con-
LIN
VERTICAL DISPLAY
Midrange
GAIN
marily affects the dispersion accuracy and C358
ON
POWER
the linearity. If these two adjustments will not
MIXER PEAKING
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