Existing setups to measure the attenuation and impedance behavior of EMC filters mostly work off line, without any load current flowing through the filter and with terminations either at 50 Ohms or using a standard LISN. With an ever increasing number of filters required on the network to keep larger PLC rollouts stable, their impedance and attenuation in realistic operating conditions becomes an increasingly important, but hard to measure specific. A measurement system design is presented to measure an EMC filter's impedance and attenuation in the narrowband-PLC range up to 1 MHz while connected to mains, at high load currents and with realistic terminations. Through a comprehensive, system level design approach the measurement system's dynamic, accuracy and repeatability are increased, while its handling is less error prone and the overall safety of the system's usage is increased.