I have the following:
0 dBm 50 MHz HP calibrator
30 dB by 1 dB JFW attenuator
200 kHZ to 1 GHz diode noise source
which I'm willing to devote to helping calibrate RF gear, I don't have cals on this stuff, but I intend to develop that as I get my lab set up. However, I have a contact with a commercial RF cal lab who has offered to do a cal, so we might actually be able to get NIST traceability.
At the moment, the best I can do is to test against my current gear. I feel confident that the noise source is flat to within +/- 1 dB and expect that once I test with my 8970B I should be able to calibrate it to within 0.5 dB allowing for uncertainties.
What else should be included in an initial package? Ultimately, I'd like to have L & C standards, but this seems to me a decent start.
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Reg