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Products => Test Equipment => Topic started by: Freddy2021 on February 15, 2021, 05:50:50 pm

Title: Advantest R3132 Spectrum Analyzer ---- RF fail ----
Post by: Freddy2021 on February 15, 2021, 05:50:50 pm

Hello people,

I'm new here.
I hope I can get help here.
I have a problem with my ADVANTEST R3132 Spectrum Analyzer (no options),
I bought the device used.
The device worked perfectly so far, except for the error when booting BACK UP RAM == NG
Not OK. and CPU fail (self-test), everything else was fine so far.

Today I replaced the BACK UP battery and now BACK UP RAM is O.K. and during the self-test
(Shift 0) CPU O.K. but the device now shows "RF fail" during the self-test.

Does anyone know what could be defective?

Please help

Thank you in advance

Freddy2021

Title: Re: Advantest R3132 Spectrum Analyzer ---- RF fail ----
Post by: Grandchuck on February 16, 2021, 01:54:48 pm

Does it have a self-calibration function?  If so, have you tried it?

Title: Re: Advantest R3132 Spectrum Analyzer ---- RF fail ----
Post by: Freddy2021 on February 16, 2021, 05:30:59 pm

Yes it does, the problem seems to be thermal.
If the device is cold, everything works, Cal O.K, Self-test O.K
As soon as the device is warm, the - RF Fail-  error occurs during the self-test.
Problem is the RF module ???
Circuit diagram ?

Title: Re: Advantest R3132 Spectrum Analyzer ---- RF fail ----
Post by: nctnico on February 17, 2021, 09:53:35 pm

Did you already search the forum? I think there are other threads about this problem for the R3132

Title: Re: Advantest R3132 Spectrum Analyzer ---- RF fail ----
Post by: Freddy2021 on February 18, 2021, 10:34:11 am

Yes, thank you .

I found it in the forum, there a similar problem is discussed

Is it also a temperature problem? Could be?