M8920A PXIe Radio Test Set

M8920A PXIe Radio Test Set

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M8920A PXIe Radio Test Set  

100 kHz to 3.8/6 GHz

Unlock the Future of Radio Test  

Field radios are a vital lifeline for public safety, firefighters and peacekeepers. That’s why the new Keysight M8920A is designed to deliver the excellence you expect from your radio. All along your lifecycle, we open up capabilities that ranges from deep analysis in design to fast testing in production.

Accelerate Radio Manufacturing  

Digital 2-way radios being developed for the radio market bring new testing challenges and hurdles to overcome for manufacturers and depot testing. Radio technologies are requiring wider bandwidths, higher frequencies, and multiple radio format capabilities.

Product description

Keysight’s M8920A PXIe Radio Test Set supports many formats by combining PXI hardware with application-specific software in a single flexible and scalable chassis, providing broad multi-format coverage for next-generation radio testing. With Keysight’s new Radio Test Measurement Application (N9093), you can access and control multiple instruments on one screen while viewing a variety of critical measurements at the same time. Keysight can help deliver the operational excellence you expect from your radio.

Applications  

  • Cover all necessary analog AM and FM modulation test requirements.
  • Test APCO P1/P2, TETRA1, DMR, dPMR, and custom modulation formats.
  • Test commercial connectivity formats including WLAN, LTE, Bluetooth®, etc.
  • All measurements can be performed with one click of a button.
  • Test analog Avionics Radios, and your Avionics Databus with optional Databus modules.

Technical Specifications  

Definitions and conditions  

Specifications describe the warranted performance of calibrated instruments. Data represented in this document are specifications under the following conditions unless otherwise noted.  

  • Specifications are valid from 40° to 65 °C for individual module temperature, as reported by the module, and 20° to 35 °C for environment temperature unless otherwise noted
  • Calibrated instrument has been stored for a minimum of 2 hours within the allowed operating range
  • If instrument has previously been stored at a temperature range inside the allowed storage range, but outside the allowed operating range, instrument must have been stored for a minimum of 2 hours within the allowed operating range before turn-on
  • 30-minute warm-up time • Calibration cycle maintained
  • The RF, IF, and Source Alignments have been run within the previous 7 days
  • An ALL Alignment has been run within the previous 8 hours
  • If the temperature has changed more than 5 °C from the previous ALL Alignment  

Typical describes additional product performance information that is not covered by the product warranty. It is performance beyond specifications that 80% of the units exhibit with a 95% confidence level. This data, shown in italics, does not include measurement uncertainty, and is valid only at room temperature (approximately 25 °C) after alignment within the stated alignment time and temperature limits. Nominal values indicate expected performance or describe product performance that is useful in the application of the product but are not covered by the product warranty

Recommended best practices in use  

  • Use slot blockers and EMC filler panels in empty module slots to ensure proper operating temperatures. Keysight chassis and slot blockers optimize module temperature performance and reliability of test.
  • Set chassis fan to high at environmental temperatures above 45 °C.