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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 5086-7906 YTO
Yves, your mention about the SW related to the flatness test is interesting. Is it software written by you or does it exist on the market? As for my 8595E I suspected that the intermittent spikes
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alfa beta
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Re: Introduction
Hi Jim, Uh Jim¡ I think you meant to say ¡°Cadillac¡± for the HP 8566A. It is a great Analyzer. Much earlier in my career, I would **beg** to use one for what I was working on. Very intuitive
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si_emi_01
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Re: HP 8554B, no RF after first successful run...
Its a simpson 260, open to hearing any tips before i go in! [email protected]> wrote:
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Bill Berzinskas
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Re: HP 8554B, no RF after first successful run...
Some analog VOMs put out enough current to fry a mixer diode. ________________________________ Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2024 7:48 AM To: [email protected]
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Dave Wise
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Re: HP 8554B, no RF after first successful run...
I did re-check, and I've since gotten more problems in this area... :-D -10v supply is no longer happy.. Lot of people saying it might be the mixer diodes, so I may check those w/ my old analog meter
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Bill Berzinskas
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Re: Introduction
....but the years are long. I almost missed that. Another "like the hot kiss at the end of a wet fist" moment. DaveD KC0WJN Thanks for all the fish. ============================== All spelling
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Dave Daniel
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Re: Introduction
Oh the damage I have done with vi! I am an emacs guy, and have the emacs mode-less editor model permanently seared into my brain... Invariably, while using vi, I will forget that I am in command mode,
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Chuck Harris
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Re: Introduction
Art is long.... (apologies if I misremember that). Harvey
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Harvey White
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Re: Introduction
I'd been using it for the last fifteen years or so. I dropped it for several reasons: 1. I think I remember running into some difficult to fix errors on their end 2. The code became less useful as I
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Harvey White
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Re: GPIB software: Prologix and Python
Given the code example friendly issued by Chuck I could not resist and spend a couple of hours to test it with my HP437B power meter. The result is not A-level programming but just a script that
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Harke Smits
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#147399
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HP 8566B Not Showing Any Signal
Hello All! This is my first post here, and I'm super glad to have found this group. I'm working on an HP 8566B that I purchased locally in Dallas. When I got the unit, the only issue I thought I had
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Brad Jackson
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Re: Introduction
No impact here; I'd not touch Visual anything with a ten-foot pole. I run *emacs*. Near-zero usage for such an emulation is not surprising at all. People who want an emacs emulation probably want it
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Dave McGuire
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Re: Introduction
Haa, no I never worked there. But I was in the startup company world for a long time; it sounds like the attitudes are similar. :) But even there, we never wire-wrapped in humor. ;) We do have a few
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Dave McGuire
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Re: HP8563E strange behavior
I should add that there are no visible error notifications on the screen.
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saevar
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Re: HP 8554B, no RF after first successful run...
Hi Bill, When I first read your post I thought you did some very low frequency stuff. Actually you're referring to MHz (Megahertz), not mHz (Millihertz). Since you left the unit running for a while
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Martin
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Re: Introduction
Delphi was very popular in Europe, Germany especially. There is also (previously? mentioned in another thread) EZGPIB, that is a Pascal based scripting system, for GPIB instrument/device control. I
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Dave_G0WBX
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Re: Introduction
Life is short.
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David C. Partridge
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Re: Introduction
Re:- From: Harvey White <mailto:madyn@...?subject=Re:%20Introduction> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:44:05 GMT Nope, Borland Pascal, then Delphi. It is possible to break the linker in Borland
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Dave_G0WBX
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Re: HP 141T Power Supply Help Needed
Does it "Bloom" with the trace intensity set to minimum? It does look like the storage sub-system needs attention. Dave B. (UK) -- Created on and sent from a Unix like PC running and using open source
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Dave_G0WBX
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Re: Introduction
Hi again. Ah..? the "Large Scale Systems Museum".? That's been mentioned before here. https://www.largescalesystemsmuseum.org/ If I'd known about that a few years ago, I'd have 110% definitely
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Dave_G0WBX
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