On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 06:43 Chuck Harris via <cfharris=[email protected]> wrote:
Nice copies of the various HP3456A manuals are available
on Ko4bb.com
-Chuck Harris
On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 23:37:26 -0400 "Dave Daniel via "
<kc0wjn=[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes. There was a time when a 3458A was on my list of expensive
> instruments to acquire for my lab, but I ended up with the 3456A as
> an interim solution and it has fulfilled my needs. I wish I could
> find a replacement for the small aluminum panel on the RH side on
> which the binding posts are mounted because mine is badly and deeply
> scratched, but tha's a nit.
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> It sounds as if i should scan my 3456A manual and upload a copy of
> the PDF to the HP Wiki. I an in the process of scanning a Tektronix
> 7934 manual (the foldouts are tedious to properly scan), so the 3456A
> manual scan would be queued behind that.
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> Everyone should own an HP 345xA, a Fluke 27 and af least one Simpson
> 260, lol.
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> DaveD
> KC0WJN
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> On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 22:54 Dave McGuire via <mcguire=
> [email protected]> wrote:
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> > On 4/2/25 22:48, Dave Daniel via wrote:
> > > They made 3455s, 3456s, 3457s and 3458s. I think but am not sure
> > > that these were all "A" models, i.e., 3456A. My understanding is
> > > that the 3458A is the (or one of) gold standard(s).
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> >? ? The 3458A is indeed the gold standard, and one of the few
> > instruments to be made with all three names on the front.
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> > > I own a 3456A.
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> >? ? They are great meters, even (especially?) by today's standards.
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> >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?-Dave
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> > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> > New Kensington, PA
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