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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: 8516A cable question
With the 6 foot cable my system seems to be about 40% working. From 20-40GHz S12 and S22 sometimes fully work. S11 and S21 only up to ~30ghz works, then the NO IF FOUND errors comes up. Changing the
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Willy
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Re: Recommendation for an "up to 1GHz" generator + sweeper
BTW the 4438C has reverse power protection but there are a few differences depending on the frequency! The 4438C was available in 2GHz , 3GHz , 4GHz and 6GHz , versions to 4GHz were protected up to
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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Re: Recommendation for an "up to 1GHz" generator + sweeper
One word to this subject, some generators had RPP offered as option so you might want to double check
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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Re: Recommendation for an "up to 1GHz" generator + sweeper
If component level data is available, look at the diagram and parts list to determine the type of DC protection. Cheers! Bruce Quoting Radu Bogdan Dicher <vondicher@...>:
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Bruce
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Re: Recommendation for an "up to 1GHz" generator + sweeper
I guess my question would be why you want sweep to begin with ? If you want to measure filters than sweeping is only half the rent, you still need some way to display your response in a dB linear
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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Re: Recommendation for an "up to 1GHz" generator + sweeper
Honestly, probably worth its separate topic is how many of these units have AC and/or DC protection on their output. DC - far more important in my book. In a hobby environment of experimenting and
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Radu Bogdan Dicher
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Re: Recommendation for an "up to 1GHz" generator + sweeper
Ruben, You're right, there's just two sweepers on that list, which complies with my original requirements. But I decided to keep the list a bit "looser" than how I started it; besides, there's just
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Radu Bogdan Dicher
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
They usually do; people have to learn somehow. But who do you think is writing that example code? Adafruit and SparkFun are staffed by far younger people than you and I. It's not all gloom and doom.
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Dave McGuire
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
So you are telling me that the modules sold by adafruit or any of the other stores don¡¯t come with any example code and integration examples because I sincerely doubt this
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
I am not trying to be dismissive or negative just stating observations , as far as driving kids away I got a 5 year old grand daughter that just learned how to solder a DB9 connector for a wiring
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
ABSOLUTELY DISAGREE - Different yes - less challenging or technical NO. Natively the module knows little except a protocol at sole level. DOING something with that basic functionality is the
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Bruce
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
If it comes to DSP or SDR one line of code wont get you too far ? SDR is a amazing field and you can do a lot of things which is why the technology has been found its way into both military and
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
I agree, but that's not all they're doing. Don't be so dismissive; the only thing that will accomplish is make you bitter and drive the kids away from their interests. -Dave
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Dave McGuire
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
Buying a Bluetooth or zigbee module and tacking it on a mcu module is not the same as designing a circuit all the way to the circuit board and then building and testing it just saying
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
Absolutely agree with Dave - how any of the buiders canwrite a line of code, that might just replace a piece of hardware or make it easier to use ?? Quoting Lothar baier <Lothar@...>:
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Bruce
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
...and Bluetooth and Zigbee and LoRa...They certainly ARE doing RF, just mostly not the same RF that you did. And that is ok! True, all true. But to assert that it's somehow not an area of interest
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Dave McGuire
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Re: Test Downtime Costing You Money?
As I said before its marketing material nothing more nothing less ¡.. Most companies bitch about the cost of downtime but at the same time managers frown on buying or holding backup equipment just
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
They might be building stuff but nothing that has to do with RF , maybe microcontrollers robots and drones .... As far as HAM RADIO goes ( and I am a HAM btw ) 'giving them out " is about correct
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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Re: Test Downtime Costing You Money?
wrote: Obviously losses due to downtime are going to be higher with larger companies, To me, the number is meaningless. What meaning can you attach to what Keysight wrote? I expect lives have been
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Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
No, the kids aren't buying microwave parts at hamfests. This is what I was meant when I said "it is DIFFERENT now". They are buying parts from Adafruit, SparkFun, and Amazon, and hundreds of other
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Dave McGuire
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