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- The model number
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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: Recommendation for an "up to 1GHz" generator + sweeper
Not sure about the newer IFR/aeroflex stuff but the marconi stuff I worked on back at tucker was horrible in terms of signal quality and reliability
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Re: Recommendation for an "up to 1GHz" generator + sweeper
Some of the user interfaces of the R&S and Agilent/Keysight sig gens aren't great, either.Jim Ford?Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
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Re: 8903B Gooey Crystal
To beat a dead horse, my standard answer when the question of why they did it that way comes up is, "It was cheaper."Jim Ford?Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
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Re: Recommendation for an "up to 1GHz" generator + sweeper
Radu At first you want to sweep, and none of those, except for 8662A and 8643A, can sweep. Regards, Ruben
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Re: Recommendation for an "up to 1GHz" generator + sweeper
Have you looked at the Marconi/IFR/Aeroflex 2023/2024/2025 sig gens. They have the ability to sweep, we use them here at work. Biggest knock is the menu system.......
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Re: 8903B Gooey Crystal
Years ago I talked to a retired HP engineer at a IEEE MTTS event , he said that the projected lifespan HP was designing and testing for was 10-15 years depending on the target market and price so many
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Re: Recommendation for an "up to 1GHz" generator + sweeper
I've seen mostly HPAK, with a few scattered R&S boxes at Powerwave Technologies (RIP), Broadcom, and Raytheon where I've worked over the past 2 decades.? R&S spec ans were used at Pwave for demanding
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Jim Ford
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Re: 8903B Gooey Crystal
And the product was never designed for a 30+ year lifespan to start with. So whining about "suits" has no place here anyway. Wilko (who has been exposed to the "suits" problem, thank you very much
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Re: Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
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
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Re: 8903B Gooey Crystal
Consider that in the 60s 70s and 80s computer simulation did not exist so long term predictions and studies were hard if not impossible to perform! Today you have computer simulation tools that are
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Re: 8903B Gooey Crystal
There is considerable lore regarding decomposing plastics and foams. Even today, we are learning about long term stability of these materials. The worst example I can think of is polyurethane. It
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Re: 8903B Gooey Crystal
I've had good results cleaning off bad foam, with 'Fast Orange' automotive hand cleaner. I put a thin layer on the mess and lay it out in the sun for a while, then hose it off.
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Michael A. Terrell
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Re: HP YIG replacement 3-7GHz
Hi Lothar problem is a hp yig drift cold to hot about 5mhz the round avantek drfift around 30mhz so even though the time to heat is small the yig still drift 30mhz ________________________________
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Peter Hansen
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Re: OT: Anyone know where to get EDC manuals?
Hi Victor, Glad I could help.? And you're absolutely correct in stating that not many companie would do that.? That kind of service is getting to be the exception rather than the rule. I've needed
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Re: 8903B Gooey Crystal
I am not a plastics guy but I am sure foam has a specifjed life expectancy , I think that agilent like most other manufacturer put a service life of probably 10 years on their products and picked a
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Re: 8903B Gooey Crystal
Sorry guys, but this cannot be blamed on "suits". Products of this vintage and quality class were not cost driven. The simple explanation is that HP rarely tested foam products to the degree they
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Re: 8903B Gooey Crystal
Yep, that's why I don't work for Broadcom anymore.? It was all about the bottom line after Avago bought Broadcom.? My current employer, Raytheon Technologies, still seems to have some care for
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Re: 8903B Gooey Crystal
Jim, Probably also a cheaper product to improve the ¡°bottom line¡± so that the investors will get a better ROI. Remember ¨C these days it is now all for the stockholders and investment companies,
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Greg Muir
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Re: Test Downtime Costing You Money?
Folks , Lets remember this is a piece of advertisement intented to help keysight sell a service NOT a scientific study there is certainly some cherrypicking involved !
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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Re: HP YIG replacement 3-7GHz
actually it shouldnt take long for the YIG to heat up , the heater in a YTO actually is a small thermistor mounted on the BeO rod that holds the YIG Sphere , the thermistor has a low DC resistance as
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