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- The model number
- The function(s) listed below. Some instruments have multiple functions - for example, the 4195A is a VNA, spectrum analyzer and an impedance analyzer. Therefore the 4195A is listed in multiple categories
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- Accessory kits - various types
- AC power analyzers - PA2201A and PA2203A
- AC power supplies 6811C, 6812C, 6813C
- Airlines
- Arbitrary waveform generators M8194A
- Amplifiers?493A, 495A?
- Attenuators (optical) 8156A, 8157A, 8158B, 81566A, 81576A,?
- Attenuators (RF) 8494A
- Attenuator set (500 ¦¸) 350C
- Attenuator set (600 ¦¸) 350D
- Attenuator switch driver
- Audio analyzers? 8903A, 8903B, 8903E,? ?
- Base station test sets
- Bit error rate testers (BERTs)
- Cables
- Capacitance meters U1701A, U1701B, 4272A, 4278A, 4279A
- Capacitor Bridge 4270A,
- Capacitor standards 16380A, 16380C,?
- Carrier noise test setsi
- Cesium frequency standards
- Clamp ammeters
- Close field probes
- Crystal Impedance E4915A, E4916A
- Data Acquisition Systems (DAQs)
- DC power analyzers
- DC power supplies 6030A , 6031A , 6032A, 6033A, 6035A, 6131C, 6621A, 6622A, 6623A, 6624A, 6627A, 6255A, 6645A, 6671A, 6672A, 6673A, 6674A, 6675A, 62003A, 62003C, 62003E, 62004A, 62004B, 62004E, 62005A, 62005B, 62005E, 62006A, 62006B, 62006E, 62010A, 62010C, 62010E, 62012A, 62012C, 62012E, 62015A, 62015C, 62015E, 62018A, 62018C, 62018E, 62024A, 62024C, 62024E, 62028A, 62028C, 62028E, 62048A, 62048C, 62048E
- Delay lines
- Detectors
- Device current waveform analyzers
- Digital communications analyzers
- Directional couplers
- Distortion analyzers 330B, 330C, 330D, 331A, 332A, 333A, 334A, 339A, 8903A, 8903B, 8903E,???
- Dynamic measurement DC source
- Electrometers
- Fading simulators
- Femto ammeters
- Filters
- Frequency counters 522B, 5342A 5343A 5352B
- Frequency standards?
- Function Generators ? 3310A,? 8165A,
- GPIB controllers, extenders, cables etc.
- GPS frequency standards
- Harmonic mixers
- High resistance meters 4339B
- High resistance meter fixtures 16008B
- HEV EV Grid Emulators and Test Systems
- In-circuit test systems
- Impedance analyzers 4195A, 4291A, 4291B, 4395A, 4396A, 4396B, 4294A, E4990A, E4991A
- Impedance Analyzer Accessories
- Impedance / Gain Phase analyzer 4194A
- Impedance Meter 4193A,
- Isolators
- LCR meters? U1701A, U1701B, U1731A,? U1731B, U1731C, U1732A, U1732B, U1732C, U1733C, 4191A , 4192A, 4194A, 4195A, E4196A,? 4216A, 4260A, 4261A, 4262A? 4263A, 4263B, 4271B, 4274A, 4275A, 4276A , 4277A, 4284A, 4285A, 4286A, 4287A, 4291A, 4291B, 4294A, 4332A, 4342A, 4395A, 4396A, 4396B, E4980A and E4980AL
- LCR meter calibration devices? 16380A 42030A? 42090A, 42091A and 42100A
- LCR meter accessories
- 2-Terminal BNCs.
- 4-Terminal Pair (BNC connectors)
- Cable extension 16048A, 16048D, 16048E, 16048G, 16048H
- DC current bias accessories 42841A, 42842A, 42842B, 42842C, 42843A
- DC voltage bias accessories 16065A, 16065C,
- Kelvin clips 16089A, 16089B, 16089C,16089E
- Lead Components 16047A,16047B, 16047D, 16047E
- Material 16451B, 16452A
- Probes 42941A
- SMD 16034E, 16034G, 16034H
- 2-port 16096A
- 7 mm (APC7)
- 2-Terminal BNCs.
- LCZ meters? 4276A, 4277A,
- Lightwave clock / data receivers
- Lightwave converter
- Lightwave component analyzer
- Lightwave measurement system mainframes
- Lightwave polarization analyzers 8509B
- Logic analyzers
- Nemo wireless network solutions.
- Noise and interference test set
- Noise figure analyzers
- Noise sources 346A, 346B. 346C ,
- Matching pads (50 ohm to 75 ohm or similar)
- Materials test equipment
- Microwave repeaters
- Microwave downconverters 70427A
- Microwave / THz sources
- Milliammeter 428B
- Milliohm meter
- Mobile communications DC source
- Modular instruments
- AXIe
- Data acquisition (DAQ)
- USB
- PXIe
- Modulation analyzers
- Multimeters 427A, 970A
- Optical attenuators
- Optical heads
- Optical sources
- Optical spectrum analyzers
- Oscilloscopes 120A, 120AR, 120B, 122A, 130A, 130B, 130BR, 130C, 140A, 140B, 141A, 150A, 150AR, 160B, 180A, 180AR, 180CD, 181A, 181AR, 181T, 181TR, 182C, 182T, 183A, 183B, 184A, 184B, 185A, 185B, 1200A, 1200B, 1220A, 1221A, 1703A, 1707A, 1707B, 1710A, 1710B, 1715A, 1722A, 1725A, 1726A, 1740A, 1741A, 1742A, 1743A, 1744A, 1746A, 1980A, 1980B, 5403A, 6000A, 6000L, 16533A, 16534A, 54100A, 5410B, 54100C, 5100D, 54111D, 54120A, 54120B, 54200A, 54501A, 54502A, 54503A, 54504A, 54520A, 54520C, 54540A, 54540C, 54542A, 54542C, 54600B, 54601A, 54601B, 54602B, 54603B,? 54645A, 54654N, 54710A, 54720A, 54750A, 54825N, E1428,?
- Oven controlled crystal oscillators (OCXOs)
- Pattern generators
- PCM terminal test set
- Phase noise measurement
- Pico ammeters
- Printers 2225
- Plotters 7470A, 7475A?
- Probes
- Protocol analyzers and exercisers.
- Power booster test sets
- Power meters 431A, 431B, 431C, 432A, 435A, 435B, 437B, 438A
- Power splitters
- Power supplies
- Pulse generators
- Q-meters 4342A?
- Q-meter calibration inductors 16470A
- Reflection transmission test set
- Return loss module (optical)
- Relays / switches / switch matrices (optical)
- Relays / switches / switch matrices (RF)
- Resistor standards 42030A?and 42100A
- S-parameter test sets
- Scalar network analyzers
- SCSI bus preprocessor interface E2324A
- Selective level meters 3746A
- Semiconductors
- Semiconductor parameter analyzers 4145A, 4155B, 4156B,
- Signal analyzers
- Signal generators / sweep generators / signal sources / oscillators 200CD, 201B, 209A, 204D,? 608A,? 8165A
- Software
- Source measure units
- Spectrum analyzers 4195A,???
- Switch control units
- SWR meter 415E?
- Time interval? counters
- Time mark generator 226A
- Timing and data state modules
- Torque wrenches
- Transmitter testers
- Trigger modules
- Ultrasound transducers
- Universal bridge? 4260A, 4265A, 4265B?
- Vacuum tube voltmeter 410C
- Vector Impedance Meter 4193A, 4800A, 4815A
- Vector Network Analyzers (VNAs) 4195A,? 8510A, 8510B, 8510C, 8753A, 8753B, 8753C, 8753D, 8753E, 8753ES, 8752ET, 8719A, 8719B, 8719C, 8719D, 8720A, 8720B, 8720C, 8720D, 8720ES, 8722A, 8722B, 8722C, 8722D, 8722ES,
- Vector Network Analyzers (VNA) calibration kits 85032B, 85032E, 85033C, 85033D, 85033E, 85050B, 85050C, 85050D, 85052B, 85052C, 85052D, 85054A, 85054B, 85054D, 85056A
- Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) verification kits
- Vector Signal Analyzer 89650S, 89600S
- Vector voltmeters 8405A, 8508A,
- VXI mainframes 70000B, 70000C
- Waveform and function generators
- Waveguide to waveguide and waveguide to coaxial transitions.
- Wireless 58 OTA chambers
- Wireless channel emulators
- Wireless network emulators
- Wireless communication test sets
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Re: HP 3456A Problem Solved
Which versions of the 3456A does this apply to?? Or all three(?) -Dave
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Dave Seiter
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Re: HP System One feet
I have noticed the same issue. Five years ago those things seemed really common, now it took looking on eBay for a couple of months just to find a single set of four. That said, I am sure they are
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medasaro
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Re: HP 3456A Problem Solved
Larry, I had a similar symptom with my 3456A.? It was intermittent when I got it, but since it worked a good part of the time I decided to keep it and live with it. After a while the intermittent
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Bob Albert <bob91343@...>
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HP 3456A Problem Solved
A few weeks ago, I reported a problem with my 3456A where it would fail at startup with "--------" on the readout and fail Test 3. I reseated one of the microprocessors and the problem seemed to go
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n4buq
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Re: HP 8591 external reference connector (1250-1499)
Daun is right a bnc to bnc will work fine. Do it all the time. Any reasonable cable length will work. Have fun Regards Paul WB8TSL
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paulswed
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Re: HP 8591 external reference connector (1250-1499)
All - Thanks. I am glad to hear that a regular piece of short quality BNC (HP 10502A or similar I presume) will work fine. I figured that the special form factor is just for mechanical convenience,
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medasaro
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Re: Testing dummy loads with a VNA
Leave it to the ME to mess up the Ohm¡¯s law :) I meant of course F=ma vs I=V/R, and mass is then the equivalent of conductance, not resistance. D¡¯oh. - Kuba
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Kuba Sunderland-Ober
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Re: Testing dummy loads with a VNA
I can chime in as a ME wearing an EE hat :) I see S11 measurement as essentially a shaker table measurement where you are not allowed to touch anything but the interface plane. Imagine a shaker and a
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Kuba Sunderland-Ober
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Re: HP 8591 external reference connector (1250-1499)
Matthew: Re: Connector for Ref Osc Intetconnect It is not special other than being a low profile shape. A BNC - BNC cable will work fine. If you want a work around - two BNC Male-Female elbows + one
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Daniel Nelson
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Re: Testing dummy loads with a VNA
What you missed Jeff is that he didn't state what sort of test equipment he had, and what frequency range he intended to use as well as connector types. With a modern piece of equipment like the
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Stuart Landau
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Re: HP 8591 external reference connector (1250-1499)
There's nothing particularly special about it,
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Dave McGuire
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Re: HP 8591 external reference connector (1250-1499)
A regular BNC cable will work fine.? It's just the "packaging" for mechanical convenience. Daun Daun E. Yeagley II, N8ASB
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Daun Yeagley
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HP 8591 external reference connector (1250-1499)
Hi all, I am working on getting an HP 89441A up and running (I am trying to measure the multi-path interference of received ATSC TV signals). Before I can dive into it, I need to gather the
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medasaro
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Re: Advice on Accessories for HP Equipment
At 2020-03-07 10:26 AM, Robert G8RPI via Groups.Io wrote: The 8590xE should have reference input. It is next to the fan on the rear panel and is conected to the reference output by a solid bar type
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Steve Hendrix
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Re: 693B sweep oscillator restoration
Just for a slightly alternate view: I think David's advice is sound, but too conservative in some cases. Some comments inserted below. -Pete I know that this is very common advice, but if you happen
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saipan59 (Pete)
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Re: Testing dummy loads with a VNA
First, you did not state what equipment you are using; that makes a lot of difference. Some network analyzers like the NanoVNA are complet and self contained; others are not. With those ports
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Stuart Landau
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Re: Testing dummy loads with a VNA
Uhhh...wha?? No. That's one thing that they can do, but the assertion that they are "intended" to only do thru measurements is false. Very, very false. I've never seen a VNA that is unable to do
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Dave McGuire
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Re: 693B sweep oscillator restoration
1. I had a manual problem with my 651B, Found several manuals which had portions with teh same circuit boards as my unit and that was good enough to get by. 2. Barring blowing any of it in sensitive
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David C <k_8_b_y_p@...>
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Re: Testing dummy loads with a VNA
Jinxie, Ideally, you would use a 85044a transmission / reflection test set. Those things cost quite bit, so you could use some kind of a bridge or coupler instead. A bridge out of a 8505 VNA would
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pianovt
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Re: Testing dummy loads with a VNA
I came in to the middle of this. But I sense mumbo-jumbo. After 40 years as a professional microwave engineer working with (and owning many) VNA's,I can say definitively that 1 port networks exist, as
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Jeff Kruth
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