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Re: 8341A *restoration adventure*
Hello Bruce I found the first (and hope the only) culprit of this issue: the band 0 power amp. Tried inside the 8341A and outside, feeding it with my lab power supply and sig gen and no amplification
By RubenRubio · #120357 ·
Re: I'm old 70+, the 70K system is old; good or bad omen?
Hi all regarding Duff 70900 I have been trying to find replacement capacitors for the 70900 for a time but low ESR is new to me and I am looking for a bit of help in choosing the correct ones?to
By Paul Bicknell · #120356 ·
Re: I'm old 70+, the 70K system is old; good or bad omen?
At least check the 70900A DIP switches on the top are set to something sensible, and check what the front LEDs display when you power (or attempt to power) it up.
By Steve G4KNZ · #120355 ·
Re: I'm old 70+, the 70K system is old; good or bad omen?
I have this very instrument. The 70900A should show up in row 0 column 18, and if the HPIB functionality is enabled for this module it will also show up on HPIB address 18. The RF section should show
By Craig Petersen · #120354 ·
Re: I'm old 70+, the 70K system is old; good or bad omen?
Thanks Vladan, That¡¯s a good postulate because I had to replace one of the fuses on the PS board to get this far in trouble shooting. BTW those fuses are rare and damned expensive. They are from the
By Gene Silvernail · #120353 ·
Re: I'm old 70+, the 70K system is old; good or bad omen?
Gene, I don't know the answers to your configuration question, but one possibility is that a power supply in the LO module is down. After years of service, the electrolytic capacitors in that module
By pianovt · #120352 ·
Re: I'm old 70+, the 70K system is old; good or bad omen?
TNX Paul, Agreed. Have been doing the reading and now that I've got a text searchable Volume 1 Service manual connecting the dots should be more productive. Its such a beautiful piece of hardware that
Re: I'm old 70+, the 70K system is old; good or bad omen?
Hi best suggestion is to see how close you live to another 70 K and then you could check out the 70900 By the way Do NOT open the IF unless it is faulty as you will upset the filters Suggest you spend
Re: I'm old 70+, the 70K system is old; good or bad omen?
Should've clarified that fans are running and verified all cables are in proper place. Have replaced battery in 70900A so up to speed on these issues... Other than the front panel LEDs on the 70900A
Re: I'm old 70+, the 70K system is old; good or bad omen?
Thanks Paul for the input, Unfortunately the 70900a doesn't appear under the Address Map and no instruments are realized when SELECT INSTR is initiated; just counts up to 30 and reports NO instrument
Re: Removing the Adhesive From Hell
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By Brad Thompson · #120347 ·
Re: I'm old 70+, the 70K system is old; good or bad omen?
Hi Gene Welcome to the 70 K equipment at $100 you are not going to lose any money Ok you have all the parts to make it work your first job is to find out if the 70900 is working as this is the Hart of
I'm old 70+, the 70K system is old; good or bad omen?
I'm new to the HP 70K system and just started on the learning process to decide whether to salvage parts or restore what I believe is? a true piece of great American engineering and implementation.
By Gene Silvernail · #120345 ·
Re: Placing Shelf on Casters for HP Equipment
Hi: I have a couple of HP 19" racks that are mounted on a platform that in turn has castors.? The key thing is that the platform sticks out in front of the racks.? That way if slides are used to
By Brooke Clarke · #120344 ·
Re: 5065A rubidium frequency standard, no 2nd harmonic.
It is almost impossible to adjust the 5 MHz crystal frequency unless the device is locked and you are watching the control voltage. I had the same problem with an HP Cesium standard. I would suggest
By Bruce · #120343 ·
Re: 5065A rubidium frequency standard, no 2nd harmonic.
Jared what is the reference you are comparing to? Also when adjusting the frequency what is the readout of the oscillator? Regards Paul.
By paulswed · #120342 ·
Re: Query about 40 GHz sig gens
hi jfphp, Any chance, when able, to get some photos *of inside* of the Z40 Option box for the 704340a ? And block diagrams, or docs ? I's like to replicate that. thank you, rick
By gren · #120341 ·
Re: HP8648b corrupted firmware
Wonderful! thanks a million ! yep I'm aware of that as I started reverse engineering my firmware with Ghidra and wrote a little python script to exactly that :-)
By hackwell@... · #120340 ·
Re: 5065A rubidium frequency standard, no 2nd harmonic.
Hmm, all the transistors in my A3 assembly test ok, but although I turn the OCXO coarse and fine adjustments, the 5MHz outputs on the front and rear panels don't seem to change..
By Jared Cabot · #120339 ·
Re: Placing Shelf on Casters for HP Equipment
Matt; for your in-out application, avoid SWIVEL casters as they will require a lot of horizontal force to get them to reverse direction, and when they finally swivel the unit could get tippy. Also
By John Stuart · #120338 ·