Re: 50 ohm thermocouples was RE: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 478A power sensor recal for HP meters (was diode mounts)
The screws are weird!? Back in the late '70's when a 478A head was worth $250 working (real money then!), I used to repair these. I ran a lab at Westinghouse Defense in Baltimore that did MIC work,
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Jeff Kruth
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Re: Rad Labs -
Hi interested in a set
but the red lab books are new to me can you tell me the titles that make up
the set
Paul B
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Paul Bicknell
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Rad Labs -
I have a couple of complete sets of the RadLab books. They are available for sale if any one is interested. Thanks & have a great Thanksgiving - Mike
Mike B. Feher, N4FS
89 Arnold Blvd.
Howell NJ
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Mike Feher
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Re: 50 ohm thermocouples was RE: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Issue with homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
Interesting point. I have not worked with thermistor heads since ages but I always wondered how the screws work on the HP478 and HP8478?73 de
Harke
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Harke Smits
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Re: 50 ohm thermocouples was RE: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Issue with homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
Hi Jeff
good to talk to you again regarding the 478 and rebalancing the head using
the screws
I have found that the temperature compensation isn't as good after you have
to rebalance using the
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Paul Bicknell
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Re: Rad Lab was NOT in Tuxedo Park! MIT
[with a grin]
...And it pains me to see an educational thread corrupted by posting a New Topic, when you meant to post a Reply...
I also have several of the original RadLab books. The one titled
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saipan59 <saipan1959@...>
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Re: 50 ohm thermocouples was RE: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Issue with homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
Really? Because HP used the same idea in the 478A & 8478A heads, they were 200 ohms series under AC bias, 50 ohms to RF, but when measured "cold" with an ohm-meter they were approx 3-4K ohms. I would
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Jeff Kruth
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Re: 50 ohm thermocouples was RE: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Issue with homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
The reference is "Tuxedo Park" by Jennet Conant, a marvelous book! I use this as well as others when I talk about electrotechnology and the importance of WWII to my students.? However the facts as
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Jeff Kruth
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Re: 50 ohm thermocouples was RE: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Issue with homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
Are the diode sensors for lower levels good and linear so a transfer from a 432A sensor gives a good cal on the nanowatt ranges?
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John Griessen
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Re: 50 ohm thermocouples was RE: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Issue with homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
Hi regarding the HP power meters
HP 430 was the first of the microwave power meters its coaxial thermistor
mount HP 477 10 mhz to 10 Ghz
The HP 430 sold for $300 in 1967 and the HP 477
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Paul Bicknell
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Re: Rad Lab was NOT in Tuxedo Park! MIT
Mixing two stories. Loomis tested first Maggie in Tuxedo Park.Rad Lab was at MIT.Please review your history!? I teach this stuff and it pains me to see it corrupted.
Jeff KruthTechnical Historian
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Jeff Kruth
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Re: 50 ohm thermocouples was RE: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Issue with homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
Regarding the TFT Marconi power meter they had 2 thermisters at 100 ohm
each
And connected so that DC they added up to 200 ohm but presented a 50 to an
AC signal
The power sensor was
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Paul Bicknell
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Re: Warning to buy equipment on Ebay on auctions using GSP (global shipping programme)
This happens to me occasionally (I buy a lot of gear from the US). In one case they told me the item can't be exported (it was a standard RAID controller that is sold all across the world). Another
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Ben Gawert
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Re: 50 ohm thermocouples was RE: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Issue with homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
Thanks for the Rad Lab link. It appears that all the volumes are available in PDF format. I'm downloading them all now. Having read a history of the Rad Lab and a biography of the man responsible,
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Reginald Beardsley
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Re: Warning to buy equipment on Ebay on auctions using GSP (global shipping programme)
Battery fitted inside equipment is exempt
David
Sent: 22 November 2018 12:58
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Warning to buy equipment
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David C. Partridge
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Re: Warning to buy equipment on Ebay on auctions using GSP (global shipping programme)
Ahh the GSP "police"
There are two main reasons why GSP may say something is restricted
1/ it's hazardous to ship e.g. batteries chemicals. The rules on batteries are complex, but a internally
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Robert G8RPI
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Re: Warning to buy equipment on Ebay on auctions using GSP (global shipping programme)
Someone I know had a lithium ion battery distroyed. The seller should never
have shipped such an item in the first place, and the seller lost his
money.
It seems the GSP was kind to the seller in
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Dr. David Kirkby from Kirkby Microwave Ltd <drkirkby@...>
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Warning to buy equipment on Ebay on auctions using GSP (global shipping programme)
I just bought a HP 8593E on ebay. It was going through the Global Shipping Programme (GSP). For no good reason they said it is restricted unit and it cannot be exported to Denmark.
The seller will
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Peter Hansen
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Re: 50 ohm thermocouples was RE: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Issue with homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
The GM / Marconi TfT deivces are thermocouple arrays. Bismuth /nichrome couples bad as a electrical generation device but can be made to match 50R.
The resistor thermocouple types were common in RF
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Robert G8RPI
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Re: 50 ohm thermocouples was RE: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Issue with homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
There's a copy of the Rad Lab series on ko4bb.com:
http://eww.ko4bb.com/getsimple/index.php?id=manuals&dir=03_App_Notes_-_Proceedings/RadLab_Series
-- john, KE5FX
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John Miles
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