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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: A homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
On Wed, 9 Apr 2025, David Feldman via groups.io wrote:
They used to be OK until some time in the past when they got totally broken
and never recovered ever since.
They are not alone though -- e.g.
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Sergey Kubushyn
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Re: A homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
I just purchased 12 pcs without difficulty using a credit card for payment.
Lynn C. KA7FPH
[email protected]> wrote:
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Lynn C
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Re: A homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
Hi Sergey,
I too have had system problems with Newark online ordering in the past - they are not my favorite, but sometimes low-cost items appear that I can use (and these prices appear in
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David Feldman
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Re: A homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
On Wed, 9 Apr 2025, David Feldman via groups.io wrote:
They were $4.12 when I added 10 to my cart. Then, when tried to checkout
they suddenly became $9.15 and "We can't process Credit Crd payments at
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Sergey Kubushyn
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Re: A homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
??? I can't speak to having built the project, but... I just took the precaution of ordering a dozen of these connectors for my stash. Considering how widely they were used in HP gear, and how
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Bruce Lane
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Re: A homemade diode power sensor for HP meters
This is about the Amphenol Tuchel female connector discussed in this thread's history (used by HP for panel and device mounting the 8480 series power sensors and 43x series power meters.)
This
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David Feldman
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Re: where to find a manual for the older 6268A? (plenty out there for the B)
Thanks, I'm looking those pages over, and the diagrams 3-2, 3-3 confirm I guessed correctly for the jumpers to allow front panel meters to work.
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John Griessen
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John Griessen
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File /All HP, Agilent and Keysight instruments in folders by part numbers/000 to 999/437B High Performance Single Channel Average Power Meter/HP 437B Service Manual - Including Schematics and Service Notes.pdf uploaded
#file-notice
The following items have been added to the Files area of the [email protected] group.
* /All HP, Agilent and Keysight instruments in folders by part numbers/000 to 999/437B
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Group Notification <noreply@...>
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HP 4193A Vector Impedance Meter - Looking for info on the special Adjustment Board
I have a working 4193A with probe. I went through (nearly) all adjustments, but gut stuck on the ALC Ref Voltage Adjustment (A13) and the IF BPF Gain/Phase Adjustment (A12). Both adjustments call for
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Herbert Birthelmer
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Re: E4402B SA power problem - need DC socket connections
Quick update.? I extracted the psu pcb and started testing cap ESRs working forward from the main ac input.
The main caps after the bridge are a pair of 680uF/200V devices in series.? No balancing
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Jeremy Owen
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Re: 54831M Booting Problem
Huh, thats interesting.? What TiN describes is pretty much exactly what is happening with my scope.? Before I try and track down a possible hardware problem I am going to try and swap in a new drive
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zgoode
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Re: where to find a manual for the older 6268A? (plenty out there for the B)
I have a manual on fiche - March 1978 rev 1 06268-90001 (paper)? 5951-6173 (fiche)
Have scanned (hopefully) relevant pages here - ?Files? -> A temporary directory for photographs and help relating
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Peter Brown
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Re: 54831M Booting Problem
Hi zgoode,
I probably won't help much but I can only point you to a very similar problem with a Tektronix scope. Please see this
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wojciechoo@...
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HP 4957A Protocol Analyzer - looking for disks
Hey all, I'm playing with an HP 4957A protocol analyzer and looking for some of the software that came with the ISDN/T1 pods. I know CuriousMarc has some of the standard disks but curious if anyone
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Jeffrey Golas
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54831M Booting Problem
I'm working on restoring my 54831M, but have run into a weird error.? With the original Win95 (maybe 98, don't remember which one its on), I can't get it to boot past the Infinium splash screen.? I
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zgoode
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where to find a manual for the older 6268A? (plenty out there for the B)
I came across one and it still works, but...
Not sure I have the strapping right on the back terminal strip.
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John Griessen
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Re: 8591E CAL AMPTD failure
Yves, Excellent! I’m going to need to find some connectors I have the caps and resistors needed.
Andrew
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KB2LMN
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Re: Manuals for an HP3456B DMM?
Hi.
It's worth checking the DC power rails for the GPIB logic section.? It's possibly isolated from all the "measurement" analogue/digital stuff.
My old 3438A had "a lot" of 50Hz ripple on the GPIB
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Dave_G0WBX
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#151260
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Re: Manuals for an HP3456B DMM?
Regarding the meter that only returns values, could it be that the ‘talk only’ switch is set and therefore the instrument is not accepting commands.
As was mentioned earlier, it could simply be a
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nigel adams
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#151259
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Re: 8591E CAL AMPTD failure
Hi Andrew
I redid the alignment of the crystal filters of my 8591A.
I used a 10nF capacitor and a 91 Ohm surface mount resistor to build the 3
CRYSTAL SHORT.
Here are the results obtained; it
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Yves Tardif
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