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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: 4195A question
I will say that I love my 3588A, just wish it was a bit faster. :) Oh, and I wouldn't part with my 54542A for anything.
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Bill E
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Re: 4195A question
Tam I'm glad you said it first, tearing down a working 4195A is seriously straitjacket territory. A lot of us have those. Mine has never needed calibration (empirically...it agrees with a few other
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Dave McGuire
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Re: Racks for older equipment
I use them for the bench equipment. I use the 6 shelf, rolling, 2 foot deep by 4 foot wide variety.? You do need to make some modifications, though.? There seem to be two varieties, one with the
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Harvey White
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Re: 4195A question
Heh,? thanks. That's (mildly) encouraging. One issue, I had to replace the earom, so it has zero cal data, but I'm guessing that's really not a problem. If it needs cal, it needs full cal.
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Bill E
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Re: Racks for older equipment
What is a ".HEIC" file?? I can't open it. Daun Daun E. Yeagley II, N8ASB
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Daun Yeagley
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Re: 4195A question
Hi Man, Sorry for my bluntness: tearing down a 4195A is a total madness. We use the unit all the time in the lab, worst case you can sell it. It goes down to 10HZ, which is really useful. I have some
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Tam Hanna
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Re: 4195A question
I did see a couple of previous posts from a while back, still looks like far more effort than it's worth (or is practical to do).
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Bill E
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Re: Racks for older equipment
The other thing that works well is the wire rack rolling carts. They will hold a lot of weight and an outlet strip fits well behind the handle. I keep the gear on a set of wire rack shelves, roll the
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bownes
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4195A question
I picked up a 4195A top half for peanuts from a local reseller, supposedly dead, Replace a few caps, alive. He also has the bottom sections as well as the interconnect cables. Thought I'd put together
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Bill E
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Re: HP 334A Balance Pots
Forgot to mention that the HP P/N is 2100-1736. Thanks again, Barry - N4BUQ
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n4buq
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HP 334A Balance Pots
The balance pots in my 334A have gotten pretty erratic. Am I correct to assume these are carbon-track types and not wire-wound? I presume that this application would demand carbon-track but in my
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n4buq
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Re: Craigslist HP 8566B Indianapolis
I have a few of these units all operational and yes they are seriously heavy. This unit is nice as it appears to have the interconnect cables. It is a really nice SA. There was a flood of units some 7
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paulswed
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Re: Racks for older equipment
Wally Depends on largely on 1) The size of the castors ( wheels), bigger wheels are generally easier to deal with and actually less likely catch and tip 2) The floor surface they are rolling on
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Dave / NR1DX
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Re: Seeking advice on a precision DVM
There are plenty of 34401A displays on ebay for under $30. I assume they're clones since there are so many but have no reason to think they're bad. I'm hoping the prices on 53131A displays will also
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Adrian Godwin
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Racks for older equipment
I have a bunch of old HP and other equipment and am using a Tek scope stand for some of it. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions about rolling stands for TE, Do the rolling racks?that
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Wallace Gasiewicz
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Re: Craigslist HP 8566B Indianapolis
Just recently, I was working on my Marconi 2380 Spectrum Analyzer and realized there was a need for a decent anti gravity device. However my inquiries to the government about their gravity wave
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Wallace Gasiewicz
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Re: HP54603B Software Gremlins
Hi Askild, thanks a lot for the clear and detailed pointer. With "nonvolatile trace memory" mentioned in the manual, I thought of something more durable (EEPROM, FlashROM) than a battery back-up SRAM
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DG7RBN
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Re: Hints on removing burned tantalum residue
So I looked up this HexaWave HWF1681RA - definitely a MESFET. If it turns out they're shot, you may be able to find NEC brand equivalents. I vaguely recall that I have some amplifiers that have
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Ed Breya
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Re: OT: Help identifying these mixers required - ADTEC
Hi Jeff, Thanks for the info, very interesting. Both devices test good on the diode range of the 34401A, next test is to see what I can do with them I have a Tek ext mixer on its way to me and I
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Tim Tuck
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Re: Hints on removing burned tantalum residue
Sounds like you don't have a manual/schematic, but if you can look at the actual circuit and poke around for measurements, look for how the MESFETs are biased. If the sources are grounded, then there
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Ed Breya
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