National foreword
Cooperating organizations
CHAPTER I: GENERAL
Section one - Introduction
1 Object
2 Scope
Section two - General notes on measurements
3 Introduction
4 Description of measuring conditions
5 Accuracy of measuring instruments
6 Presentation of results
7 Deviations
Section three - Environmental conditions
8 Introduction
9 Standard reference conditions
10 Standard referee conditions
11 Standard testing conditions
12 Other environmental conditions
Section four - Precautions during measurements
13 Damage to equipment
14 Safety arrangements
Section five - Power supply
15 Types of power supply and relevant measuring
conditions
16 Mains-operated receivers - normal conditions
17 Mains-operated receivers - overvoltages and
undervoltages
18 Accumulator-operated receivers - normal conditions
19 Accumulator-operated receivers - overvoltages and
undervoltages
20 Primary battery-operated receivers - normal
conditions
21 Primary battery-operated receivers with tubes or
valves - undervoltages
22 Primary battery-operated receivers with transistors
- undervoltages
23 Additional information
24 Power and current comsumption of receivers
Section six - Toleration of surge discharges of
limited energy, applied to the
aerial input circuit
25 Introduction
26 Method of test
CHAPTER II: AUDIO-FREQUENCY SIGNALS
Section seven - General notes on audio-frequency
signals
27 Introduction
28 Setting of tone controls
29 Setting of selectivity controls
Section eight - Recommended audio-frequencies for
measurements
30 Introduction
31 General table of preferred frequencies
32 Standard reference frequency
Section nine - Audio-frequency output power
33 Introduction
34 Audio-frequency substitute load
35 Method of measurement of output power
36 Standard output power
CHAPTER III: RADIO-FREQUENCY SIGNALS
Section ten - General notes on radio-frequency
input signal
37 Introduction
38 Recommended value of modulation factor
39 Pre-emphasis
Section eleven - Recommended radio frequencies for
measurements
40 General table of preferred frequencies
41 Restricted frequency requirements
42 Spot-frequency receivers
Section twelve - Radio-frequency input arrangements
43 Introduction
44 Artificial aerials for receivers with unbalanced
input terminals that are normally connected to an
open aerial, for the frequency range 100 kHz to 30
MHz
45 Simulating networks for providing a specified source
impedance for the receiver requiring such impedances
46 Input arrangements for magnetic aerials
47 Combining networks
48 Balanced radio-frequency input circuit
49 Method of measurement of the unbalance ratio
50 Loading network for radio-frequency input terminals
for special applications
Section thirteen - Recommended values for radio-
frequency input signal levels
51 Introduction
52 Input signal levels, expressed in terms of the
apparent signal source voltage
53 Input signal levels, expressed in terms of the
available power
54 Input signal levels, expressed in terms of the
equivalent free space electric field strength
CHAPTER IV: TUNING METHODS AND RADIO-FREQUENCY STABILITY
Section fourteen - Tuning
55 General methods of tuning
56 Frequency limits of the tuning ranges
Section fifteen - Automatic frequency control
performance characteristics
57 Introduction
58 Method of measurement
59 Presentation of the results
Section sixteen - Operating frequency and its
stability
60 Introduction
61 Operating frequency
62 Method of measurement
63 Variation of operating frequency with time
64 Method of measurement
65 Period of initial variation of operating frequency
66 Method of measurement
67 Presentation of the results
68 Operating frequency as a function of the supply
voltage
69 Presentation of the results
70 Operating frequency as a function of the input
signal level
71 Presentation of the results
Section seventeen - General mechanical properties of
tuning systems
72 Introduction
73 Ease of tuning
74 Ease of reading
75 Calibration error
76 Play in the tuning mechanism
Section eighteen - Performance characteristics of push-
button tuning systems
77 Introduction
78 Method of measurement
79 Presentation of the results
Section nineteen - Performance characteristics of
automatic search systems
80 Introduction
81 Methods of measurement
82 Presentation of the results
APPENDIX
A Survey of input arrangements for magnetic aerials
CHAPTER I: GENERAL
Section one - Introduction
1 Object
2 Scope
3 Conditions of application of the various methods
Section two - Calibration
4 Resonance method of calibration
5 Aperiodic method of calibration
6 Construction of a measuring loop
CHAPTER II: INPUT ARRANGEMENTS
Section three - Methods with small screened loops
7 Origin of Method A
8 Measuring set-up
9 Considerations and limitations
10 Origin of Method B
11 Measuring set-up
12 Considerations and limitations
13 Origin of Method C
14 Measuring set-up
15 Considerations and limitations
Section four - Method with a partly-screened loop
of medium dimensions
16 Origin of Method D
17 Measuring set-up
18 Considerations and limitations
Section five - Methods with large loops for use in
a screened room
19 Origin of Method E
20 Measuring set-up
21 Considerations and limitations
22 Origin of Method F
23 Measuring set-up
24 Considerations and limitations
Section six - Methods with multiple screened loops
25 Origin of Method G
26 Measuring set-up
27 Considerations and limitations
28 Origin of Method H
29 Measuring set-up
30 Considerations and limitations
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