David,

On 07/08/2014 10:49 PM, David Tang wrote:
Hi everyone,

This may be a rookie question...  I am trying to measure phase noise using Timelab and 
Agilent 53230a but I get a "This plot contains xDEV/phase/frequency data only -- no 
phase noise or AM noise records".  I tried the following settings and other 
variations but still get the same result.  Can someone point me to how to measure PN with 
a 53230a?  Thank you very much for your time.

In Time Lab
Measurement:  Phase noise
Acquire from HP 53220A/53230a at specified IP address
Data Type:  Time Interval  (also tried Frequency)
Input Frequency:10e6
Scale Factor 1.0
Bin Density 29
Bin Threshold: 4
Trace History:1
Trace Duration: 10 min

On the Counter
Period
Auto (also tried Continuous)

Have to break it to you, you can't make phase-noise measurements using TimeLab that way. You either have to have a TimePod or similar to get the phase-noise record.

The 53230A will just provide you with time-records. You want to use the time-interval measurement for that.

Cheers,
Magnus
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