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66 -- MICROWAVE GENERATOR SOL NB814000704241MB POC Michelle Bernal, Purchasing Agent, (303) 497-3983 or FAX (303) 497-3163 E-MAIL: NOAA; MASC Acquisition Management, Michelle.A.Bernal@noaa.gov. The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) requires a microwave generator with the following specifications: (1) Output frequency is continuously variable from 0.01 to 60 GHz. Maximum output frequencies lower than 60 GHz are unacceptable. (2) Output power is continuously variable from 0 to -110 dBm, with the option 2D step attenuator. This broad range of continuously variable output power is a strict requirement. (3) Output signal has high spectral purity. (side- band phase noise: -54, -83, -88, and -90 dBc/Hz for 100, 1k, 10k, and 100k offsets, respectively, from the carrier frequency at 60 GHz with better performance at lower frequency. Spurious harmonic and harmonic related signals are less than -50, -40, and -- -30 dBc for the frequency ranges 2-20 GHz, 20-40 GHz, and 40-60 GHz. There is no formal RFQ. Interested sources may submit a bid by fax or mail but it must be received on or before August 15, 1997. (0211)

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