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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: Shipping overseas?
Maybe.
Ship printed circuit boards to Germany, from the U.S., using a 'Priority Mail International Flat Rate' medium box. (or small, or large too)
AFIK, you gotta use customs form 'PS Form 2976-A'
On
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Roy Thistle
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Re: Shipping overseas?
Hi Gary,
I had similar problems from Canary Islands to Canada. They told me Canada would not
allow electronics so I send the stuff to Germany with a friend and he could send it to
Canada with DHL
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DF6NA Rainer
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GPIB/HPIB cables
Hi all,
If anyone is interested, Sphere Electronics has some gpib cables going cheap.
https://www.sphere.bc.ca/recently-added/
Regards,
Warren
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Warren
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Re: HP 3403C True RMS Voltmeter display fault
Polymer capacitors are readily available for voltages of 100 and under although modern low ESR electrolytics make perfectly fine replacements for tantalums and are, of course, available in a wider
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Harold Foster
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Re: HP8510C TRL Calibration
I note the HP8510C driver, so i should be able to use this to access the 'switch terms. Also i'm interested to see how fast it reads the s-parameters! Thank you for this, N
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neil
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Re: HP8510C TRL Calibration
However, when i run from the PC and file data, the first line in the s2p file is: !HP8510C.07.14: Aug 26 ?1998, so that indicates a different software version. (well the monitor is CRT, so pretty
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neil
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Re: HP8510C TRL Calibration
I've been looking at scikit-rf to do the TRL calibration and it mentions using the 'switch terms' to improve the calibration. I'm just wondering, how do i read the switch terms from the HP8510C, which
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neil
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Re: Shipping overseas?
Hey,
in the past, I used Stackry and was happy with their service. MyUS was also
great when it came to handling and shipping but their small print can
inflate your budget. This is 5 yr old
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Gabor Szucs
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Re: HP8510C TRL Calibration
Hi Ed, i did manage to get the NI GPIB / USB to laptop interface working. In terms of running the 8510C from the laptop it seems to work quite well but only with uncalibrated data. From the Operation
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neil
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Re: HP PN 04194-81803 What is it?
It is an analog to digital converter from the 4195A.
Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 9:32 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] HP PN
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Francesco Ledda
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Shipping overseas?
HP list,
I have attempted to assist a current HP list member in Germany with boards
from a 8660C.
The Post Office is telling me they cannot ship electronics to Germany.
(From the US). Parts,
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Gary Hitchner
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Re: HP PN 04194-81803 What is it?
Francesco,
From the Keysight parts finder, the picture shows that part number has several discrete components on a circuit board. Three ICs, and numerous R and C. No commercial equivalent but might be
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Steve - Home
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Re: HP 3403C True RMS Voltmeter display fault
50+ years ago, 400 Hz power supply plugged into 60 Hz source. Runs for a few minutes and then throws its guts all over the bench. Back before the days of power supplies that work from 48 - 440 Hz, 100
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Steve - Home
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Re: HP 3403C True RMS Voltmeter display fault
Yep, I have seen the fireworks in the lab, too. Been a while, fortunately. More than 25 years ago we had a technician who installed a few tant caps backwards into a VMEbus chassis. Blam, molten
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Jim Ford
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HP PN 04194-81803 What is it?
I am trying to find out if there is an equivalent commercial PN to replace an 04194-81803.
Thank you, Francesco Ledda
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Francesco Ledda
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Re: HP3325A Trouble, Calibration FAIL 2 & 3
Meanwhile i found a bad (high resistance) hf transistor Q219, located in the amp. It is a MM4018, which is not available. Can I use a 2N5160?
This is from the specs a similar type: PNP, 40V,hfe 10,
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Ralf Rosche
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Re: Manual for HP 466A amplifier
Thanks to all for the information on the HP-466A!
Hope I can help others from my HP experience ('77-'2001).
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WB2UAQ
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Re: HP 478 A? Thermistor mounts
I have, as listed in the 1994 Options List, an HP-478A-H63, which is spec'd
to operate from 100 KHz to 1 GHz and it really does respond that low and
lower. It belonged to HP Division 4 (does anyone
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Jeremy Nichols
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Re: HP 478 A? Thermistor mounts
Hi David? Thank you found the information so made a new file HP 478A? and put the information in there
Regards :Paul
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Paul Bicknell
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Re: HP 3403C True RMS Voltmeter display fault
Hey again,
Here are the photos. The one with the big blob is the blown one. It does melt with the iron so it's indeed solder. Thanks for the info on possible replacements.
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AArnaud
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