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Re: 8903B Gooey Crystal

 

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only those that do not know much and are afraid of everything ( they are our elected leaders). Also seems like the regular folks living in the high density population centers have the same tilt......I unfortunately live in the peoples republic of California where even common sense is legislated.
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On 3/17/22 2:30 PM, Lothar baier wrote:

Californians must be hyper sensitive ? lol because most of the substances known to cause cancer are used In 49 other states with no issues

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim Ford via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 4:27 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

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Yeah, along with 50,000 other chemicals we californians come into contact with every day!? I wasn't living here yet 30+ years ago when proposition 65 passed, but if people had known that those warning signs would be plastered all over the state, they might have thought twice about it.

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Jim Ford

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-------- Original message --------

Date: 3/17/22 2:18 PM (GMT-08:00)

Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

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Or it could have been the EPA nixed the good stuff. You know, this crap is known(?) to cause cancer to citizens of California!

?

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Tom, N8ZM

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim Ford
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 10:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

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Why a drop in quality in a later model?? There can only be one answer: some suit got a bonus for using a cheaper material.? Can I get a witness?

?

Jim Ford

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-------- Original message --------

From: Michael Kellett <mk@...>

Date: 3/17/22 2:21 AM (GMT-08:00)

Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

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The Analyser's last known address was Cambridge, England. Damp, but cooler than Florida !

I made a mistake in my previous posts. I'm working on an 8903A and the 8903B at the same time. After I discovered the goo in the 8903B I picked up and photographed the pcb screen from the 8903A.
The 'A has brown sticky back foam which looks OK.
But when I looked at the pcb screen from the 'B all was revealed. It has black foam with clear signs of oozing and movement. I've pulled it off. I found the best way to get rid of the residue left on the screen was to warm it with a heat gun and rub it off with paper towels. (IPA turns it into disgusting sticky rubbery balls that are hard to remove.)

The pictures show the pcb screen from the 8903B. I wonder why HP went backwards in foam quality between the A and the B instruments.

MK
Re: HP1662A logic analyser software?

 

Joe, did you ever have any luck finding a method to download waveforms?? I've been looking for the manuals (any/all operation, service, programming) and haven't had much luck.? Typically these are easy to find but for some reason these have not been.? I could potentially help you with creating LV code to get what you need.

Keith
Re: HP YIG replacement 3-7GHz

 

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I figured.?

Jim



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-------- Original message --------
From: Tam Hanna <tamhan@...>
Date: 3/17/22 2:39 PM (GMT-08:00)
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] HP YIG replacement 3-7GHz

Hi,

sorry for being so quiet. Too much work, it is just insane...


Tam

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On 17.03.22 21:40, Jim Ford wrote:
Good to hear from you again, Tam.? I haven't seen you on here or on TekScopes for a while.? I take it you've been busier than a one-armed paper hanger lately.

Jim Ford



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-------- Original message --------
From: Tam Hanna <tamhan@...>
Date: 3/17/22 1:11 PM (GMT-08:00)
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] HP YIG replacement 3-7GHz

Hello Gerald,

maybe I can help spread the word on Instagram - if you send me a picture, I can post it!


Tam

With best regards
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On 2022. 03. 17. 2:59, Gerald wrote:
Hi Everyone,

HP YIG's have been failing due to age and some reports of batch oscillator transistor faults.?

Luis Cupido -?CT1DMK did conduct repairs until his transistor stock ran out. There are plenty of freebay units about, good luck , and there is one reputable repair service about, but they are refurbished units,?not new, thus life expectancy is not guaranteed beyond initial 12 months.

I have been researching a very close replacement for your typical 3-7GHz YIG like the HP 5086-7903 and possibly others to suit spectrum analysers from DC-2.9GHz, 85/86 series possibly others.

A very close equivalent?unit is available after months of effort contacting Teledyne, The Teledyne FS3013R. Data sheet and an updated comparison sheet version 3.0 can be found in the files area ,YIG directory Paul created.

I recently received a quote from a Teledyne agent in Aus, a new FS3013R is approx. US$1,332 delivered to Australia. However, the greater the QTY the lower the cost. I would like to see a cost per unit for around US$900 delivered.

There is a catch, it is not a simple drop in and all will be OK. Extensive research and effort is needed to integrate the FS3013R into the analyser and it's YIG driver circuit along with the Cal process, however it is a very close fit?? ?

I would like to see a cost per unit less then US$900 delivered.?This brings me to a question without notice, is anyone interested in a large group buy, the?greater the QTY the lower the cost?

I just need numbers for now, the formalities can come later if the enthusiasm is there.

Regards

Gerald
Vk3GJM

Re: Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!

 

On 3/17/22 17:00, Radu Bogdan Dicher wrote:
Any known good surplus outlets, recycled/retired instrumentation outlets, swap meets, ham shows, flea markets, etc, in SoCal vs northern side of the state?...
I can't speak to anything in California, but there's an annual hamfest about 45mins north of Pittsburgh ("Breezeshooters") that is still amazingly good. Quite a bit of good HP stuff turns up there too, to at least try to bring this on-topic.

-Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Re: HP YIG replacement 3-7GHz

 

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Hi,

sorry for being so quiet. Too much work, it is just insane...


Tam

- - - - -
With best regards
Tam HANNA 

Enjoy electronics? Join 13500 followers by visiting the Crazy Electronics Lab at
On 17.03.22 21:40, Jim Ford wrote:

Good to hear from you again, Tam.? I haven't seen you on here or on TekScopes for a while.? I take it you've been busier than a one-armed paper hanger lately.

Jim Ford



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-------- Original message --------
From: Tam Hanna <tamhan@...>
Date: 3/17/22 1:11 PM (GMT-08:00)
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] HP YIG replacement 3-7GHz

Hello Gerald,

maybe I can help spread the word on Instagram - if you send me a picture, I can post it!


Tam

With best regards
Tam HANNA 

Enjoy electronics? Join 19k7 other followers by visiting the Crazy Electronics Lab at
On 2022. 03. 17. 2:59, Gerald wrote:
Hi Everyone,

HP YIG's have been failing due to age and some reports of batch oscillator transistor faults.?

Luis Cupido -?CT1DMK did conduct repairs until his transistor stock ran out. There are plenty of freebay units about, good luck , and there is one reputable repair service about, but they are refurbished units,?not new, thus life expectancy is not guaranteed beyond initial 12 months.

I have been researching a very close replacement for your typical 3-7GHz YIG like the HP 5086-7903 and possibly others to suit spectrum analysers from DC-2.9GHz, 85/86 series possibly others.

A very close equivalent?unit is available after months of effort contacting Teledyne, The Teledyne FS3013R. Data sheet and an updated comparison sheet version 3.0 can be found in the files area ,YIG directory Paul created.

I recently received a quote from a Teledyne agent in Aus, a new FS3013R is approx. US$1,332 delivered to Australia. However, the greater the QTY the lower the cost. I would like to see a cost per unit for around US$900 delivered.

There is a catch, it is not a simple drop in and all will be OK. Extensive research and effort is needed to integrate the FS3013R into the analyser and it's YIG driver circuit along with the Cal process, however it is a very close fit?? ?

I would like to see a cost per unit less then US$900 delivered.?This brings me to a question without notice, is anyone interested in a large group buy, the?greater the QTY the lower the cost?

I just need numbers for now, the formalities can come later if the enthusiasm is there.

Regards

Gerald
Vk3GJM

Re: 8903B Gooey Crystal

 

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And I’ll bet that if you ate one of those signs you’d get cancer…if you lived long enough.

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Tom, N8ZM

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim Ford
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 5:27 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

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Yeah, along with 50,000 other chemicals we californians come into contact with every day!? I wasn't living here yet 30+ years ago when proposition 65 passed, but if people had known that those warning signs would be plastered all over the state, they might have thought twice about it.

?

Jim Ford

?

?

?

Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device

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-------- Original message --------

Date: 3/17/22 2:18 PM (GMT-08:00)

Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

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Or it could have been the EPA nixed the good stuff. You know, this crap is known(?) to cause cancer to citizens of California!

?

?

Tom, N8ZM

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim Ford
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 10:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

?

Why a drop in quality in a later model?? There can only be one answer: some suit got a bonus for using a cheaper material.? Can I get a witness?

?

Jim Ford

?

?

?

Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device

?

?

-------- Original message --------

From: Michael Kellett <mk@...>

Date: 3/17/22 2:21 AM (GMT-08:00)

Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

?

The Analyser's last known address was Cambridge, England. Damp, but cooler than Florida !

I made a mistake in my previous posts. I'm working on an 8903A and the 8903B at the same time. After I discovered the goo in the 8903B I picked up and photographed the pcb screen from the 8903A.
The 'A has brown sticky back foam which looks OK.
But when I looked at the pcb screen from the 'B all was revealed. It has black foam with clear signs of oozing and movement. I've pulled it off. I found the best way to get rid of the residue left on the screen was to warm it with a heat gun and rub it off with paper towels. (IPA turns it into disgusting sticky rubbery balls that are hard to remove.)

The pictures show the pcb screen from the 8903B. I wonder why HP went backwards in foam quality between the A and the B instruments.

MK
Re: 8903B Gooey Crystal

Lothar baier
 

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Californians must be hyper sensitive ? lol because most of the substances known to cause cancer are used In 49 other states with no issues

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim Ford via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 4:27 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

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Yeah, along with 50,000 other chemicals we californians come into contact with every day!? I wasn't living here yet 30+ years ago when proposition 65 passed, but if people had known that those warning signs would be plastered all over the state, they might have thought twice about it.

?

Jim Ford

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Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device

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-------- Original message --------

Date: 3/17/22 2:18 PM (GMT-08:00)

Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

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Or it could have been the EPA nixed the good stuff. You know, this crap is known(?) to cause cancer to citizens of California!

?

?

Tom, N8ZM

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim Ford
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 10:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

?

Why a drop in quality in a later model?? There can only be one answer: some suit got a bonus for using a cheaper material.? Can I get a witness?

?

Jim Ford

?

?

?

Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device

?

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-------- Original message --------

From: Michael Kellett <mk@...>

Date: 3/17/22 2:21 AM (GMT-08:00)

Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

?

The Analyser's last known address was Cambridge, England. Damp, but cooler than Florida !

I made a mistake in my previous posts. I'm working on an 8903A and the 8903B at the same time. After I discovered the goo in the 8903B I picked up and photographed the pcb screen from the 8903A.
The 'A has brown sticky back foam which looks OK.
But when I looked at the pcb screen from the 'B all was revealed. It has black foam with clear signs of oozing and movement. I've pulled it off. I found the best way to get rid of the residue left on the screen was to warm it with a heat gun and rub it off with paper towels. (IPA turns it into disgusting sticky rubbery balls that are hard to remove.)

The pictures show the pcb screen from the 8903B. I wonder why HP went backwards in foam quality between the A and the B instruments.

MK
Re: 8903B Gooey Crystal

 

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Yeah, along with 50,000 other chemicals we californians come into contact with every day!? I wasn't living here yet 30+ years ago when proposition 65 passed, but if people had known that those warning signs would be plastered all over the state, they might have thought twice about it.

Jim Ford



Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device


-------- Original message --------
From: n8zmTWH@...
Date: 3/17/22 2:18 PM (GMT-08:00)
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

Or it could have been the EPA nixed the good stuff. You know, this crap is known(?) to cause cancer to citizens of California!

?

?

Tom, N8ZM

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim Ford
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 10:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

?

Why a drop in quality in a later model?? There can only be one answer: some suit got a bonus for using a cheaper material.? Can I get a witness?

?

Jim Ford

?

?

?

Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device

?

?

-------- Original message --------

From: Michael Kellett <mk@...>

Date: 3/17/22 2:21 AM (GMT-08:00)

Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

?

The Analyser's last known address was Cambridge, England. Damp, but cooler than Florida !

I made a mistake in my previous posts. I'm working on an 8903A and the 8903B at the same time. After I discovered the goo in the 8903B I picked up and photographed the pcb screen from the 8903A.
The 'A has brown sticky back foam which looks OK.
But when I looked at the pcb screen from the 'B all was revealed. It has black foam with clear signs of oozing and movement. I've pulled it off. I found the best way to get rid of the residue left on the screen was to warm it with a heat gun and rub it off with paper towels. (IPA turns it into disgusting sticky rubbery balls that are hard to remove.)

The pictures show the pcb screen from the 8903B. I wonder why HP went backwards in foam quality between the A and the B instruments.

MK
Re: Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!

 

NO, Uncle Sam's suits implemented ITAR and rather than trying to have bureaucrats figure out what was covered and what wasn't, they just destroy all of it.

Tom, N8ZM

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 4:00 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!

On 3/17/22 14:56, Wilko Bulte wrote:
Blast.. I am envious! So much nice stuff for sale over in the US of A... And for a song, compared to what we can get over here (in NL that is).

Still have the fluorescent orange business card from Weird Stuff, from when I first visited the
US ?
It's nowhere near as great as it used to be; the suits have wrecked
that too. Gone are the glorious DRMO (Dept. of Defense) surplus
auctions, gone are nearly all of the great surplus stores. After all,
precious snowflake little Jimmy might cut his finger on something and
the company would get sued out of existence!

-Dave

--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Re: 8903B Gooey Crystal

Lothar baier
 

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Yeah like MEK ?

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of n8zmTWH via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 4:18 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

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Or it could have been the EPA nixed the good stuff. You know, this crap is known(?) to cause cancer to citizens of California!

?

?

Tom, N8ZM

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim Ford
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 10:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

?

Why a drop in quality in a later model?? There can only be one answer: some suit got a bonus for using a cheaper material.? Can I get a witness?

?

Jim Ford

?

?

?

Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device

?

?

-------- Original message --------

From: Michael Kellett <mk@...>

Date: 3/17/22 2:21 AM (GMT-08:00)

Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

?

The Analyser's last known address was Cambridge, England. Damp, but cooler than Florida !

I made a mistake in my previous posts. I'm working on an 8903A and the 8903B at the same time. After I discovered the goo in the 8903B I picked up and photographed the pcb screen from the 8903A.
The 'A has brown sticky back foam which looks OK.
But when I looked at the pcb screen from the 'B all was revealed. It has black foam with clear signs of oozing and movement. I've pulled it off. I found the best way to get rid of the residue left on the screen was to warm it with a heat gun and rub it off with paper towels. (IPA turns it into disgusting sticky rubbery balls that are hard to remove.)

The pictures show the pcb screen from the 8903B. I wonder why HP went backwards in foam quality between the A and the B instruments.

MK
Re: 8903B Gooey Crystal

 

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Or it could have been the EPA nixed the good stuff. You know, this crap is known(?) to cause cancer to citizens of California!

?

?

Tom, N8ZM

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim Ford
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 10:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

?

Why a drop in quality in a later model?? There can only be one answer: some suit got a bonus for using a cheaper material.? Can I get a witness?

?

Jim Ford

?

?

?

Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device

?

?

-------- Original message --------

From: Michael Kellett <mk@...>

Date: 3/17/22 2:21 AM (GMT-08:00)

Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8903B Gooey Crystal

?

The Analyser's last known address was Cambridge, England. Damp, but cooler than Florida !

I made a mistake in my previous posts. I'm working on an 8903A and the 8903B at the same time. After I discovered the goo in the 8903B I picked up and photographed the pcb screen from the 8903A.
The 'A has brown sticky back foam which looks OK.
But when I looked at the pcb screen from the 'B all was revealed. It has black foam with clear signs of oozing and movement. I've pulled it off. I found the best way to get rid of the residue left on the screen was to warm it with a heat gun and rub it off with paper towels. (IPA turns it into disgusting sticky rubbery balls that are hard to remove.)

The pictures show the pcb screen from the 8903B. I wonder why HP went backwards in foam quality between the A and the B instruments.

MK
Re: Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!

 

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TRW swap meet.? Used to be IIRC every 2nd Saturday of the month. Of course, TRW used to be TRW? too; now it's Northrop-Grumman Space Technology.? At the corner of Marine and Aviation in Redondo Beach.? I haven't been for many years, though.? I'll ask around.

Jim Ford?


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-------- Original message --------
From: Radu Bogdan Dicher <vondicher@...>
Date: 3/17/22 2:01 PM (GMT-08:00)
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!

Any known good surplus outlets, recycled/retired instrumentation outlets, swap meets, ham shows, flea markets, etc, in SoCal vs northern side of the state?...

On Thu, Mar 17, 2022, 1:32 PM Wilko Bulte <wkb@...> wrote:
Oh yeah.. the local folklore in the US of sueing everything and the kitchen sink never ceases to amaze ? Also "suits", worn by lawyers in this case, and >> $1000 per suit. MBA are cheapskates in comparison ?
Re: Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!

 

Any known good surplus outlets, recycled/retired instrumentation outlets, swap meets, ham shows, flea markets, etc, in SoCal vs northern side of the state?...

On Thu, Mar 17, 2022, 1:32 PM Wilko Bulte <wkb@...> wrote:
Oh yeah.. the local folklore in the US of sueing everything and the kitchen sink never ceases to amaze ? Also "suits", worn by lawyers in this case, and >> $1000 per suit. MBA are cheapskates in comparison ?
Re: HP YIG replacement 3-7GHz

Lothar baier
 

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The experience i made dealing with people is that most folks want turnkey solutions, which means if you want to pursue this you would have to put together a kit and offer it which adresses the mechanical interface as well as electrical interface , but then you also have to adress the potential legal ramifications by adding appropriate disclaimers that you can’t guarantee original specs blah blah blah and so on?


On Mar 17, 2022, at 15:40, Jim Ford via groups.io <james.ford@...> wrote:

?
Good to hear from you again, Tam.? I haven't seen you on here or on TekScopes for a while.? I take it you've been busier than a one-armed paper hanger lately.

Jim Ford



Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device


-------- Original message --------
From: Tam Hanna <tamhan@...>
Date: 3/17/22 1:11 PM (GMT-08:00)
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] HP YIG replacement 3-7GHz

Hello Gerald,

maybe I can help spread the word on Instagram - if you send me a picture, I can post it!


Tam

With best regards
Tam HANNA 

Enjoy electronics? Join 19k7 other followers by visiting the Crazy Electronics Lab at
On 2022. 03. 17. 2:59, Gerald wrote:
Hi Everyone,

HP YIG's have been failing due to age and some reports of batch oscillator transistor faults.?

Luis Cupido -?CT1DMK did conduct repairs until his transistor stock ran out. There are plenty of freebay units about, good luck , and there is one reputable repair service about, but they are refurbished units,?not new, thus life expectancy is not guaranteed beyond initial 12 months.

I have been researching a very close replacement for your typical 3-7GHz YIG like the HP 5086-7903 and possibly others to suit spectrum analysers from DC-2.9GHz, 85/86 series possibly others.

A very close equivalent?unit is available after months of effort contacting Teledyne, The Teledyne FS3013R. Data sheet and an updated comparison sheet version 3.0 can be found in the files area ,YIG directory Paul created.

I recently received a quote from a Teledyne agent in Aus, a new FS3013R is approx. US$1,332 delivered to Australia. However, the greater the QTY the lower the cost. I would like to see a cost per unit for around US$900 delivered.

There is a catch, it is not a simple drop in and all will be OK. Extensive research and effort is needed to integrate the FS3013R into the analyser and it's YIG driver circuit along with the Cal process, however it is a very close fit?? ?

I would like to see a cost per unit less then US$900 delivered.?This brings me to a question without notice, is anyone interested in a large group buy, the?greater the QTY the lower the cost?

I just need numbers for now, the formalities can come later if the enthusiasm is there.

Regards

Gerald
Vk3GJM
Re: Youtube video HP service center in the 90th

 

Amazing how the video bounces up/down in time with the music! Almost as if it was supposed to do that.

Regards.

??? Dave B.

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Created on and sent from a Unix like PC running and using free and open source software:
Re: HP YIG replacement 3-7GHz

 

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Good to hear from you again, Tam.? I haven't seen you on here or on TekScopes for a while.? I take it you've been busier than a one-armed paper hanger lately.

Jim Ford



Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device


-------- Original message --------
From: Tam Hanna <tamhan@...>
Date: 3/17/22 1:11 PM (GMT-08:00)
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] HP YIG replacement 3-7GHz

Hello Gerald,

maybe I can help spread the word on Instagram - if you send me a picture, I can post it!


Tam

With best regards
Tam HANNA 

Enjoy electronics? Join 19k7 other followers by visiting the Crazy Electronics Lab at
On 2022. 03. 17. 2:59, Gerald wrote:
Hi Everyone,

HP YIG's have been failing due to age and some reports of batch oscillator transistor faults.?

Luis Cupido -?CT1DMK did conduct repairs until his transistor stock ran out. There are plenty of freebay units about, good luck , and there is one reputable repair service about, but they are refurbished units,?not new, thus life expectancy is not guaranteed beyond initial 12 months.

I have been researching a very close replacement for your typical 3-7GHz YIG like the HP 5086-7903 and possibly others to suit spectrum analysers from DC-2.9GHz, 85/86 series possibly others.

A very close equivalent?unit is available after months of effort contacting Teledyne, The Teledyne FS3013R. Data sheet and an updated comparison sheet version 3.0 can be found in the files area ,YIG directory Paul created.

I recently received a quote from a Teledyne agent in Aus, a new FS3013R is approx. US$1,332 delivered to Australia. However, the greater the QTY the lower the cost. I would like to see a cost per unit for around US$900 delivered.

There is a catch, it is not a simple drop in and all will be OK. Extensive research and effort is needed to integrate the FS3013R into the analyser and it's YIG driver circuit along with the Cal process, however it is a very close fit?? ?

I would like to see a cost per unit less then US$900 delivered.?This brings me to a question without notice, is anyone interested in a large group buy, the?greater the QTY the lower the cost?

I just need numbers for now, the formalities can come later if the enthusiasm is there.

Regards

Gerald
Vk3GJM

Re: Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!

 

Oh yeah.. the local folklore in the US of sueing everything and the kitchen sink never ceases to amaze ? Also "suits", worn by lawyers in this case, and >> $1000 per suit. MBA are cheapskates in comparison ?
Re: Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!

 

Excess Solutions in San Jose may still exist; they ‘inherited’ some/much of the stuff from Wierdstuff and HSC.?

Jeremy?
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On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 12:58 PM paulswed <paulswedb@...> wrote:
Wilco
I think all of my California surplus business cards are bad. Weirdstuff?went out of business maybe 5-7 years ago. That leaves only 2 companies left and by now maybe none.
You seem to have on occasion run across fantastic deals.
Enjoy
Paul
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Re: Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!

 

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In the immortal words of Metallica, "sad but true".

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-------- Original message --------
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@...>
Date: 3/17/22 1:00 PM (GMT-08:00)
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!

On 3/17/22 14:56, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> Blast.. I am envious! So much nice stuff for sale over in the US of A... And for a song, compared to what we can get over here (in NL that is).
>
> Still have the fluorescent orange business card from Weird Stuff, from when I first visited the
> US ?

?? It's nowhere near as great as it used to be; the suits have wrecked
that too.? Gone are the glorious DRMO (Dept. of Defense) surplus
auctions, gone are nearly all of the great surplus stores.? After all,
precious snowflake little Jimmy might cut his finger on something and
the company would get sued out of existence!

?????????????? -Dave

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Re: HP YIG replacement 3-7GHz

 

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Hello Gerald,

maybe I can help spread the word on Instagram - if you send me a picture, I can post it!


Tam

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On 2022. 03. 17. 2:59, Gerald wrote:

Hi Everyone,

HP YIG's have been failing due to age and some reports of batch oscillator transistor faults.?

Luis Cupido -?CT1DMK did conduct repairs until his transistor stock ran out. There are plenty of freebay units about, good luck , and there is one reputable repair service about, but they are refurbished units,?not new, thus life expectancy is not guaranteed beyond initial 12 months.

I have been researching a very close replacement for your typical 3-7GHz YIG like the HP 5086-7903 and possibly others to suit spectrum analysers from DC-2.9GHz, 85/86 series possibly others.

A very close equivalent?unit is available after months of effort contacting Teledyne, The Teledyne FS3013R. Data sheet and an updated comparison sheet version 3.0 can be found in the files area ,YIG directory Paul created.

I recently received a quote from a Teledyne agent in Aus, a new FS3013R is approx. US$1,332 delivered to Australia. However, the greater the QTY the lower the cost. I would like to see a cost per unit for around US$900 delivered.

There is a catch, it is not a simple drop in and all will be OK. Extensive research and effort is needed to integrate the FS3013R into the analyser and it's YIG driver circuit along with the Cal process, however it is a very close fit?? ?

I would like to see a cost per unit less then US$900 delivered.?This brings me to a question without notice, is anyone interested in a large group buy, the?greater the QTY the lower the cost?

I just need numbers for now, the formalities can come later if the enthusiasm is there.

Regards

Gerald
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