Re: YIG device failure modes
Tobias,
The main coil is for pretune -- which brings the center frequency of the YTO to the YTO PLL's capturing range which is usually +/- 20~30mhz around the CF. The FM coil is used to perform the
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Calvin Guan
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#86256
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Re: Plan to deep cleaning my gear
Thank a lot for all your inputs guys! My instruments work very well for their age. I just wanted to make them great again:)
After reading your posts, I figured I will stay away from using any
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Calvin Guan
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#86255
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Re: Question about HP3586B and measuring Power.
The 3596 was used to measure carrier levels in a multiplexed system at 75 ohms. The 75 ohm input would be used to terminate a 75 ohm output directly. The 10k input would have been used to bridge a
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Tom Miller <tmiller11147@...>
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#86254
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Question about HP3586B and measuring Power.
One of the inputs on the 3596B is a 75ohm, another is a 10k ohm//50pf.
I can understand with a Voltage across a 75 ohm resistor how to get
a power reading. What happens when you switch the unit to
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lamontcranston17
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#86253
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Re: Just purchased HP 3586B--EBAY
Hi George, I don't know. I'll receive the unit this week, I'll see if I bought trouble or if I got a deal.
Qmavam
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lamontcranston17
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#86252
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Re: Plan to deep cleaning my gear
I keep hearing folks here mentioning water penetration
of circuit board substrates, I think I can help you lay
that myth firmly to rest. The process of making pcb's
has always involved many long
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Chuck Harris
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#86251
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Re: HP items for sale
Hello,
sorry for being a bit slow to respond here. The Fluke313 Sounds interesting - would you be willing to ship it inside the USA to a freight forwarder?
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With best regards
Tam HANNA (emailing on
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Tam Hanna
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#86250
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Re: Plan to deep cleaning my gear
I had to remove BI/Beckman trimpots from our products at somewhere around 2000 because they would fail after the boards were cleaned. We switched to Bourns, and the problem went away. BI denied that
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Michael A. Terrell
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#86249
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Re: Plan to deep cleaning my gear
I agree with this. I have been involved in many product developments over
40 years ( not for HP) and would not use anything but >99% IPA or DI water,
and only if the parts are rated to be cleaned with
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Mark Goldberg
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#86248
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Re: Plan to deep cleaning my gear
I understand the desire to try and get the insides to look like new! Like Paul, I guess I have 50+ bits of oldish HP and Tek equipment, but I'm not sure I would do what you intend, especially with
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Adrian Nicol <fenland787a@...>
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#86247
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HP 5343A S/N 2440A Service Manual
Looking for a HP 5343A Service Manual for S/N 2440A prefix. All kinds a manuals for the 2014A prefix. I am working on issues with the 10Hz to 500Hz section of my counter and the A3 Direct Counter PCBA
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Rich Gill
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#86246
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Wanted: HP1346A/HP1347A EPROMS and service manual
Hi,
Ansgar Kueckes have gotten hold of a prototype HP1347A used to produce the "NORAD" graphics for the Wargames movie, and it does not match the 1346/1347 OPM manual on Keysights homepage.
For
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bsdphk
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#86245
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5342A: blown sampler?
Hi all,
one of my other projects I'm working on is a 5342A which does not count on the high frequency input.
I checked the sampler according to the service manual. I used a 34401A for the resistance
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Tobias Pluess
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#86244
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Re: Plan to deep cleaning my gear
Hi Calvin
My recommendation is you just dust equipment out clean edge connectors and
service fan assemblies / motors / bearings
In short if it is not broken do not fix it I only use soap and water
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Paul Bicknell
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#86243
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Re: Plan to deep cleaning my gear
Just be careful about possible water ingress at the edges of the fiber glass boards. It can actually cause some problems with high impedance circuits (Been there...) I would use an ordinary oven and
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Ulf Kylenfall
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#86242
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Re: YIG device failure modes
I regularly check eBay for spare parts list as “working”. Just keep looking. You would get what you want one day.
Calvin
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Calvin Guan
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#86241
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Re: Plan to deep cleaning my gear
As a fan of cleaning old electronics I would make a few comments:
Look at a number of past threads on cleaning,
Not everything really needs total cleaning, some things should not be
"cleaned" and some
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ykochcal
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#86240
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Re: Plan to deep cleaning my gear
Hi
I would not soak the PCBs. Just blow away dirt using air. Somewhere I once read that the laminate of the PCBs can sponge up the water and I don't know whether this is nice. Better not to try it,
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Tobias Pluess
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#86239
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Re: YIG device failure modes
Jeff,
re-fitting a different YIG was an option which I was thinking about when I repaired my 8341A sweeper. The YIG is a 5086-7323 which operates from 2.3 to 7GHz and tuning coil sensitivity is
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Tobias Pluess
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#86238
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Plan to deep cleaning my gear
Hi,
I am thinking of deep cleaning of my gear. 8566 SA, 8510 VNA, 8515A S-parameter test set, 8350/83592 sweeper.
I think I am going to remove all PCBs, soak them into clean water, brush them and
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Calvin Guan
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#86237
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