When I worked with LP UHF & MMDS transmitters, we would actually use spectrum analyzers with tracking generators to check our cables. Depending on the application, RF power meters and directional couplers too. It can get pretty elaborate and cost prohibitive. I wonder if any folks doing this kind of work might have access to a frequency agile RF modulator? Not out of the question with home theater systems these days. If you do, that and a wide band power meter would give you the means of doing the equiv. of a 3 step(or more) slope test. You would just have to observe the flatness of the output of the modulator according to the meter before inserting the installation cabling into the path. I was looking at some of your posts about the various power meters. What do you do if the signal (cable?) isn't available yet? Do some of these meters also generate a signal that you can inject? Just curious.
Joe
