The 60 watt option is a "nice to have" but not at all necessary. Mine is the standard 3 watt version, so I use a 150 watt 40 DB attenuator (eBay). The nice thing about the 8924C is that you can can compensate for the external attenuator in both transmit and receive modes, so that the measurements read correctly, without operator intervention.
I'm not sure what other options there are besides the 1.9 GHz adapter, which you obviously won't be needing. They default to CDMA digital modes, but it's easy enough to get it to power up in analog modes. Mel - WA6JBD #yiv524921269 p {margin:0;} Looking for advise on a HP 8924C What Options needed for normal 2 way work. Who knows who is selling these & reputations etc Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance Ralph, W7HSG