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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 Ω) 350C
- Attenuator set (600 Ω) 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 54512B (pair) repair
Radu,
I am not sure what the chemical is that they are using. You need to find out what it is from someone who is familiar with chemicals such as a chemical engineer. I would guess that
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Michael Bafaro
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Re: 48-440 Hz AC power compatibility option (HP 8660B OPT 003) - acoustic noise (hum/buzz) from the unit?
Well I have run into the laminates also.
But on a HP8640b it was the transformer and it finally let the smoke out.
This happened some 20 years ago and on that generator I plumbed in a
external linear
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paulswed
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Re: 48-440 Hz AC power compatibility option (HP 8660B OPT 003) - acoustic noise (hum/buzz) from the unit?
Years back I had a problem in my 8660 where I had 60 Hz sidebands on the CW output that exceeded spec.? After extended troubleshooting and consultations with the (at the time) Yahoo group it came out
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Peter Gottlieb
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Re: HP 3403C True RMS Voltmeter display fault
Hey everyone,
I'll check whether or not the blob will melt. Both capacitors have this blob, although it is more pronunced on the dead one. Considering that we can now see inside the capacitor I think
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AArnaud
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Re: E5052A Power On Test (3.3V Bus Supply)
Thanks, Jim!
We have gone through all the usual suspects when choosing the phase noise kit for this round. There was also NoiseXT (is it former Aeroflex?)
Cross-correlation is a great advantage but
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Leo Bodnar
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Re: E5052A Power On Test (3.3V Bus Supply)
Thank you Jeremy,
I might pick one up to play with.
I have spoken to Jeremy Everard last year about shared low phase oscillators development and ended up sending him the actives I was using that
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Leo Bodnar
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Re: HP 3403C True RMS Voltmeter display fault
When the orange “tombstone” plastic encapsulated surface mount tantalum caps fail, they fail shorted.
Last year, while powering up a 9000/715, I saw one actually flame because I had the good
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Ed Marciniak
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Re: HP8510C TRL Calibration
Once calibration/correction constants have been computed externally on a computer, would it be possible to upload the computed correction constants to the 8510C so it can do calibrated measurements
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tom_iphi
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Re: 48-440 Hz AC power compatibility option (HP 8660B OPT 003) - acoustic noise (hum/buzz) from the unit?
My AC mains 60 Hz (however, good question!)
Other than irritating (and not really all that bad, seeing as the cooling fan is about the same total dBa), it was more of a concern that it might be
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David Feldman
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Re: 48-440 Hz AC power compatibility option (HP 8660B OPT 003) - acoustic noise (hum/buzz) from the unit?
Do you mean that the audible noise is there when operating on 400 Hz, or that it's there at 50 or 60 Hz now? You are right to suspect the core laminations buzzing. On transformers intentionally built
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ed breya
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48-440 Hz AC power compatibility option (HP 8660B OPT 003) - acoustic noise (hum/buzz) from the unit?
My HP 8660B (subject of the instability issue now resolved) includes option 003 which is compatibility with 48-440 Hz power sources.
The HP 8660B has a linear power supply (ca. 1970s, predates
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David Feldman
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Re: 8656B HPIB connector
Save money and defer the repair until such time as you have a need to use GPIB.
The connectors are reasonably easy to find around here but very costly to ship.
Peter
KB2VTL
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Peter Gottlieb
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Re: 8656B HPIB connector
Hi thanks for the reply, I think part of the connector may be missing, I have moved house a few times , with the back panel hanging of the unit? from when I was investigating the power socket issue.
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Wayne Eckert
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Re: 8656B HPIB connector
You know, if it's not broken too badly, you can reattach the IDC into the ribbon cable manually by slowly and carefully jamming the leads against the forks in the connector. Put the connector in a
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ed breya
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8656B HPIB connector
Hi all, working on my 8656B sig gen, and managed to break the IDC Centronics connector , so the cable is no longer attached. Is there a suitable replacement available taht is not too ex[ensive. Have
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Wayne Eckert
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Re: HP 54512B (pair) repair
Jim - a lot of Elmers out there, it turns out...
Radu
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Radu Bogdan Dicher
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Re: HP 54512B (pair) repair
Nope, Radu, a cable tie would require labor to install (“costs too much” in suit-speak). Cheaper to glue it down. I had a mechanical engineer coworker years ago with the nickname Elmer because
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Jim Ford
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Re: E5052A Power On Test (3.3V Bus Supply)
Unlikely to have been from a switching reg -- 1kHz is pretty low. Close-in spurs are often suppressed by some form of cancellation, and a little drift can cause the reappearance of spurs at around
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Tom Lee
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Re: HP 3403C True RMS Voltmeter display fault
Yes, Ed, I know exactly what you mean regarding the orange leadless tantalum caps. Sprague used to make them, and they told us that the orange material prevented them from printing the value,
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Jim Ford
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Re: E5052A Power On Test (3.3V Bus Supply)
70 MHz Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) BPFs used to be common for satcom. 10 kHz is very narrow, though.
I’m snickering a bit at the differences in spur performance in sig gens because I’ve seen
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Jim Ford
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