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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 8566B repair
IIRC II is probably found in the IF A3 section, the video processor or detector. Do you have a problem? What are your symptoms? If you are asking after the video digital sweep vs. the analog sweep,
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Don Bitters
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Re: ftp.agilent.com tar-file on archive.org
Thanks. I'll give that a try. Wolfgang ========================================
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Wolfgang Schraml
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Question: Is there a correct* way to get an HP T141/855X Spectrum Analyzer to sweep logarithmically? (* as in: HP provided specific instructions/equipment for this)
(Bear with me, I¡¯m still learning how to use this platform) I¡¯m primarily interested in obtaining logarithmic sweeps/bode plots while using my 8556A audio frequency plugin and 8570A Storage
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Petejalley@...
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Re: Twelve(+/-) bins of original HP/Agilent manuals free for pickup in San Diego
I'm resurrecting this thread as I've taken a chunk of these manuals at that time with the intention of figuring a way to scan them or make them available some other way. In the meantime, my storage
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Radu Bogdan Dicher
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Re: ftp.agilent.com tar-file on archive.org
I'm not sure, but the older versions are much smaller in size at maybe 100Mb. On the wayback machine, all the older 78xxA downloads show up as access forbidden. It is still possible to get the main
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jmr
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Re: ftp.agilent.com tar-file on archive.org
Hi Jeremy, I am also looking for the N78xx software but from what I know all versions need a license. Or this not valid for the older versions and only new ones need the license? Regards, Razvan
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Razvan Popescu
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Re: ftp.agilent.com tar-file on archive.org
Thanks for this. There's lots of useful stuff there. Does anyone have a link to an older archive of the Agilent website that might still have the N7810A calibration SW for the old E4440A spectrum
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jmr
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Re: ftp.agilent.com tar-file on archive.org
I download the whole archive a few years ago. I also had issues with the download at that time but it was easy to resume the download because I started it using "wget". If you don't have a Linux box
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Razvan Popescu
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ftp.agilent.com tar-file on archive.org
The Internet Archive has what appears to be a snapshot of ftp.agilent.com from 2014. Link is https://archive.org/download/ftp.agilent.com. The file is rather large (317GB) and an attempt to download
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Wolfgang Schraml
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Re: HP 432B display
Oh, you know what. I missed that the display is for a "B" model. Sorry, I don't have one. Dave - W6TE DXCONNECTION
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Dave Smith
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Re: 5334A part reference
I appreciate all the input on the replacement.? Under the circumstances I am going to see if I can avoid replacing this part as I do not have the facilities, or the nerve, to fiddle with EPROMs.? My
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Joe White
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Re: 5334A part reference
Excellent teardown and photos! The service manual does list A1U19, the Executive microprocessor, as two items; the microprocessor and UVPROM, those have different part numbers. MK38P70/02D and
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Ed Koloski
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Re: 5334A part reference
For the option 010 you might look at this item. https://www.ebay.com/itm/156837432635 Greg
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Greg Muir
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Re: 5334A part reference
Ed, I remember I found an Easter egg in the PROM of the 5334A (this is a picture from a few years ago):? you can see the name of the programmer in the ROM. Shalom Kattan, who later founded Carmel
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BI4LBK
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Re: 5334A part reference
I remember that in my 5334A, the PROM was stacked on the processor. It was nothing special, just a 27C64. I have the PROM dump, it will take a few days to find the file and upload it - please wait.
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BI4LBK
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Re: 5334A part reference
Jim, That is a truly fascinating bit of information, and thank you for sharing it. It makes sense that HP would eventually replace the microprocessor and UVPROM with a more cost effective mask ROM,
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Ed Koloski
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Re: 5334A part reference
The microprocessor you have was primarily used as a development part. The PROM was in most of the Mostek microprocessors for one time mask programming. What you have allowed the developer to write the
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Jim n8qoh
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Re: HP 432B display
Hi Dave just to confirm the HP 432B is a digital meter and this is what I am looking for The HP 432A is the analogue meter and I already have these Regards Paul Sent: 14 May 2025 15:55 To:
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Paul Bicknell
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Re: 5334A part reference
Joe, I'm not sure if HP changed this part out at some point. I popped the hood on my 5334A and found a microprocessor with a piggybacked ROM, both of which in place of A1U29, yet the service manual
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Ed Koloski
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HP E6380A - 8935 Frequency range
A question on the HP E6380A - 8935 test set.? Does that test set allow you to test 1.2 GHz analog FM equipment?? The set mentions the range from 1.7 to 2.0 GHz and then 400 kHz to 1 GHz from what I
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Siegmund Souza
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