Re: A homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
A long time ago, I remember an eBay seller offering NOS HP replacement thermocouples, with calibration labels, at incredibly low starting bid prices.? I really don't think he knew what he was
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Matt Corbett
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Re: 8642B displays A6A1 transient failure F3 when audio peaks at FM mod input
Update
I figured out a way to make the 8642B stop reporting A6 counter fault in FM mode when I go from internal to external dc. I turn on AM modulation and set it to internal then turn on FM and
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DW
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Re: A homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
wrote:
"parkertest" on ebay seem to have bought a lot of replacement thermocouples
and are selling them at $7200 obo for 20!
They will also repair an 8481A for $465 or sell a refurbished one for
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Orin Eman
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Re: WANTED: HP 606B Sig Gen RF Output Attenuator Module A10
Hi Jeremy,
Thanks for your suggestions. I've searched without success so far. Can't find a non-working 606B at this time. I'll keep monitoring.
Hi Kim,
Thank you for the offer of the unit. I'd be most
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Graeme Dennes
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Re: A homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
A local friend and I have done a lot of work on exactly that. The
idea has great potential, but there are some dragons hiding.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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Dave McGuire
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Re: A homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
I’ve long thought about using one of the Linear Tech or Analog Device RF sensor ICs as a front end to an HP power sensor head with blown thermistor/diode.
They have a great frequency and
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bownes
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Re: Readings from 436A power meter using 82357B USB-GPIB?
Hello,
Short update. Just recalling I had an Arduino setup for GPIB-USB (many thanks to Emanuele Girlando!). It works using that one to do a ++read and get a response, but then I don't seem to be
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Staffan
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Re: A homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
Mike
almost all of the 848x series power sensor heads use a thermocouple and not a diode. The replacement thermocouples were at one time available? directly from HP/Agilent. They were crazy
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Dave / NR1DX
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Re: A homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
I've been following this discussion about diode power sensors.
I assume the diode sensors fail because of blown diodes form overload. Has any repaired the faulty sensors by replacing diodes?
Mike
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Mike N2MS
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Re: Readings from 436A power meter using 82357B USB-GPIB?
Hello,
Thanks for the suggestions. I tried to figure out how to do low-level communication, but don't seem to find any way.?
I hope I'm just missing something trivial here. If anyone has an example
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Staffan
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Re: A homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
https://de.farnell.com/lumberg/kv-120/din-buchse-gerade-12-pin/dp/1243258?MER=bn_level5_5NP_EngagementRecSingleItem_1
https://de.farnell.com/lumberg/sv120/stecker-din-gerade-12-pin/dp/1321484?MER=bn_
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DF6NA Rainer
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Re: Measuring Phase with Agilent E5062A ENA
So I tried a quick test on my test cable and when put in the smith chart mode it functions in a similar manner to a Cartesian phase plot where the data is displayed from -180 degrees to +180 degrees,
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Gedas
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Re: Readings from 436A power meter using 82357B USB-GPIB?
And if you're into Linux, there is a GPIB driver package available with bindings for python and perl. It's at
https://linux-gpib.sourceforge.io/
and supports USB adapters as well as older
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John Ackermann N8UR
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Re: Readings from 436A power meter using 82357B USB-GPIB?
Staffan,
Have a look at python https://pyvisa.readthedocs.io/en/stable/rvalues.html
I am from the generation that used to use FORTRAN IV and punchcards but you have to move up with times at some
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Leo Bodnar
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Re: Measuring Phase with Agilent E5062A ENA
Hi Dave. The machine does actually have quite a bit of capability and I find it vastly superior to the older HP VNA's I have had in the past.? The problem is it is so poorly documented or not
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Gedas
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Re: Readings from 436A power meter using 82357B USB-GPIB?
Hello,
I can control the instrument so I guess termination is correct, but reading isn't working. I'd really like to do the low level byte by byte communication, but anyone knows hos to do this with
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Staffan
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Re: Measuring Phase with Agilent E5062A ENA
You could save the data as a Touchstone file the import it into the
software used for the VNWA.
https://www.sdr-kits.net/DG8SAQ-VNWA-software-documentation-user-guide
and display as "c. phase" which
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Dr. David Kirkby from Kirkby Microwave Ltd <drkirkby@...>
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Re: Measuring Phase with Agilent E5062A ENA
Hi Alwyn, thanks for that suggestion. Yes I am pretty sure the 5062A has that capability. I will give it a try and see how it correlates with the expanded phase option I think will also do exactly
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Gedas
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Re: Measuring Phase with Agilent E5062A ENA
I don't know your name but that's a great idea, thank you.
Gedas, W8BYA
Gallery at http://w8bya.com
Light travels faster than sound....
This is why some people appear bright until you hear them
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Gedas
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Re: A homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
Tobias
Interesting project.
I am surprised that you had trouble finding 848X schematics. They are in every service manual from the 1980's? ( and we of course have them available for modest purchase
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Dave / NR1DX
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