Re: looking for HP 8340/41B Manual change supplement for 2804A and 2812A Serial# range
"Lothar baier" <Lothar@...> writes: Interesting, thanks for sharing. I checked my own manuals. The one I purchased from Artek has the 2812A component level service manual for the 8340B,
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Matt Huszagh
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Re: HP8640B RF Fails Several Seconds After Power Up
Hello George, from 12,000 miles away. If only I had met you when I lived and worked in the UK. I have a couple of 8640Bs that I¡¯ve managed to keep going ¨C the odd capacitor failing, and those
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Brian
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Re: 8350B *restoration adventure?*
Hi Ruben, sorry, for white/white-red wire, the AC current for ¡°no plugin¡± is 2.67A, not 267mA¡I forgot to multiply by ten for this measurement, my probe was on the scale 100mV/A. Yves De :
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Yves Tardif
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Re: Newbie to KE5FX
LO that, My experience would not agree with your thoughts. The one I recently bought off eBay seems to work as described in my previous message to Lou. NI software seems to like it as does at least
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Dave Miller
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Re: looking for HP 8340/41B Manual change supplement for 2804A and 2812A Serial# range
Its the 8516A 40GHz testset ! The manual outlines that FW 11.88 is required and SN 2812A or higher. Yes there are hardware changes, the CPU and sweep board have different part numbers , the 8516 uses
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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Re: Newbie to KE5FX
Not surprised at all ! Virtually all ¡°NI¡± GPIB/USB adapters sold by Chinese vendors on ebay are Fake , unfortunately this also starts to spill over on US sellers as people who bought them from
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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Re: Newbie to KE5FX
Hi Lou, I believe I have NI-Visa 19.5 64 bit installed. I did an upgrade to the newest version tonight as the tool claimed I had an old version. I can confirm that both my Old and New NI-GPIB-HS both
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Dave Miller
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Re: looking for HP 8340/41B Manual change supplement for 2804A and 2812A Serial# range
What¡¯s the test set and does it provide any reason why it requires a newer serial number source? I had a compatibility issue with my 8341 and 8510C but it was firmware related and simply fixed by
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Matt Huszagh
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Re: Newbie to KE5FX
Interesting Dave, You must have installed NI drivers to get it to work. What version are you using? Regards Lou VK3ALB
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Lou Blasco
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Re: Newbie to KE5FX
I purchased recently from EBL2018 on a NI USB HS and it seemed to recognize fine on time labs. I can¡¯t say 100% that I did anything else other than plugging it in and seeing software found it FWIW.
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Dave Miller
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Re: Newbie to KE5FX
Thanks All, It probably won't surprise you as much as it disappointed me to learn that I bought a fake adapter from eBay. The seller gave me all my money back in a heartbeat as soon as I lodged a
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Lou Blasco
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Re: HP8640B RF Fails Several Seconds After Power Up
John made a custom connector for LSSM not long ago, for a Varian 620 minicomputer. It needed some cleanup (copper whiskers from the milling
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Dave McGuire
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Re: HP8640B RF Fails Several Seconds After Power Up
Hi All HP8640B's should have a card extender clipped over the main capacitors along with some spare PSU fuses, check if one is there.? Over the long manufacturing lifetime a number of different power
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george edmonds
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Re: HP8640B RF Fails Several Seconds After Power Up
You should ask John Nery (WA1ESO) for a set of 8640B extenders. He is selling sets for specific instruments on the big platform or directly at avery reasonable price. These are sold as kits
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ChrisBeee
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Re: HP 1727A CRO: Problem with the vertical output amplifier.
Just realized I made a duplicate response, my last one went to the second page and I didn't notice, so I thought I never asked my question about the focus. oops, now I feel stupid :)
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Alex_03
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Re: HP8640B RF Fails Several Seconds After Power Up
Jim- that is how it happened to me. Thought about it for a moment and it worked....still have a case of canned air...so it will be a while...not like the old days when we had Freon.... maybe someone
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Ren¨¦e
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Re: Scoping the Power Rails [8566B]
Ref unlock is a symptom in any case - it indicates, that soon you should do the 10MhZ Ref adjustment and probably also the 100MHz REF Oscillator adjustment. The diagnostic section of the earlier 8566
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Bruce
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Re: Scoping the Power Rails [8566B]
Thanks for all the tips, guys; really helpful. I've found a very readable and comprehensible description of the various functional blocks concerned and how they inter-relate to one another in the
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Jinxie
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Re: HP8640B RF Fails Several Seconds After Power Up
Ok.? Just wondering because it seems whenever I need one, all I have is the other!? So tempting to just turn it upside down....JimSent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
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Jim Ford
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Re: HP8640B RF Fails Several Seconds After Power Up
works for me, although seems the condensation is worse with canned air, may be my imagination. Ren¨¦e
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Ren¨¦e
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