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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: Tantalum Capacitors
They have smaller ESR (also should be able to reach higher frequencies). I replace them with low ESR high temp aluminum ones (usually 50V). Additionally one can add the 100nF SMD between the legs. In
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DavidK
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Re: VNA Resonance Methodology
Jinxie, Bravo for the fine notes and topic. Happy to send you links or pix if you are interested. As a kid I wound Tesla coils since 1956 (!) of increasing sizes. By 1970s..1980s got classic Boonton
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Froggie the Gremlin
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Re: Tantalum Capacitors
Forgot to mention - one thing I've noticed is that much more modern non-hermetic Ta caps like encountered in surface-mount on things like PCs and laptops, don't seem to be much trouble. I'd expect
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ed breya
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Re: Tantalum Capacitors
So, on the subject of those dipped "orange drop" tants: they suck.? They go bad with age seemingly, because I am told, the seal is not made to last and they dry out and short. I have seen literally
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Jeff Kruth
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Re: Tantalum Capacitors
I think you'll find that your stock of non-hermetic (like dipped) Ta caps are less reliable than expected, due to environmental issues like humidity after many years, even if never used before. The
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ed breya
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Re: Tantalum Capacitors
Some tantalum capacitors needed a small resistor of a few ohms in series with the supply voltage to limit the dV/dt and inrush current as well. Hugh Gilbert [email protected]> wrote:
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Hugh Gilbert
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Re: Tantalum Capacitors
Hello Gary, Tantalum capacitors¡¯ working Voltage rating is for marketing purposes only. The Arrhenius equation regarding time to failure applies. As you approach the rated Voltage, the time to
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Brian
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Tantalum Capacitors
I'm sure we've all repaired some equipment where a tantalum capacitor has shorted. I lived for 30 years in San Jose, and collected lots of parts, including a lifelong supply of teardrop tantalum
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Gary Appel
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Re: VNA Resonance Methodology
Thanks. It's a long time since I wrote that software program but (to compute Q) I think the program uses a map based on empirical measurements made decades ago by Butterworth and Medhurst some time
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jmr
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Re: VNA Resonance Methodology
Thanks. It is a bit hard to see the blue arc in the image so I've thickened up the blue trace width and plotted it again without the markers. The top of the blue arc corresponds with the start
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jmr
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Re: HP 6114A - looking for R8A, 15.82K 0.1% 1ppm resistor
Maybe because I also wrote them?... The ones I ordered before - bulk foil Z201 - are not smd, though, and I wonder if that has to do with them coming up with an MOQ (the VSMP1206, which is what I
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Radu Bogdan Dicher
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Re: VNA Resonance Methodology
Thanks very much, jmr, for going to the trouble of running the numbers through Genesys. You've provided a valuable cross-check of my cheese formulas, which give L = 64uH, Q = 190, and srf = 16MHz. The
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Tom Lee
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Re: VNA Resonance Methodology
Richard, It is a short blue arc at the right edge of the chart.? Pretty hard to see unless you save the image and enlarge it. --John Gord
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John Gord
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Re: VNA Resonance Methodology
I see zilch on the chart. Did something get left out? -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles WB6KBL SKCC 19998
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Richard Knoppow
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Re: VNA Resonance Methodology
Here's what you should see on a smith chart with a start frequency of 1 MHz and a stop frequency of 2 MHz when resonated at 1.45 MHz with a 187pF cap and with a series 50R resistor inline.
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jmr
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Re: VNA Resonance Methodology
If it helps add some confidence to this stuff, I used the air cored solenoid model in Genesys to predict the inductance and Q vs frequency for your coil. 49 turns 31mm diameter length 22mm wire
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jmr
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Re: HP 6114A - looking for R8A, 15.82K 0.1% 1ppm resistor
I asked for the 1206 size as I only needed 1/8W and the price was less. Here's the part https://webdirect.texascomponents.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=VSMP%5F1206%5FCUSTOM%5F0%2E01 Looks like I
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Dave Schmidt
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Re: VNA Resonance Methodology
If I go with what you posted earlier I can assume that your current tank coil has 49 turns on a 31mm OD former using 0.4mm diameter wire (close wound) I can punch these numbers into the software
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jmr
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Re: HP 6114A - looking for R8A, 15.82K 0.1% 1ppm resistor
That's surprising to me - I hope they're not changing their business model. I've been able to order single parts at my exactly specified value to two decimals before, on the Z201 variety. Is this what
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Radu Bogdan Dicher
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Re: HP 6114A - looking for R8A, 15.82K 0.1% 1ppm resistor
I contacted TTC and the reality is less exciting than what their website suggests.? T heir reply was "The MOQ for the series is 5 pc. since is a very peculiar R value." Not sure why my 'any custom
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Dave Schmidt
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