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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: 3457a on the way
Jeff,
The history of the 3457A on the way to you doesn't seem unreasonable. If
it was built in the early to mid 90's it may have been calibrated
annually until 97, and a year later when it was due
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Steve - Home
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Re: DIY: Repair of HP 8568B Step Attenuators - another question...
Tom,
The dimensions are .039" ID, .024" xsection diameter, and the originals
were made of nitrile. I haven't had an 8568 attenuator apart but maybe
one of the list members can verify if HP used the
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Steve - Home
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Re: DIY: Repair of HP 8568B Step Attenuators - another question...
Do you guys have the dimensions or a suggested part number for replacements?
Since these are for the 8568, they would most likely be used in other units. If they have a minimum quantity, maybe a group
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Tom Miller <tmiller11147@...>
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Re: 3457a on the way
I didn't know that's how the revisions numbers worked. So the one I have on the way is 1991 revision. Interesting.
I do fully plan on sending the meter off to Agilent, assuming it doesn't have any
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Jeff Machesky
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Re: DIY: Repair of HP 8568B Step Attenuators - another question...
Thanks Karl - I've emailed them to see if they will sell in small
quantities.
Steve K.
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Steve - Home
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Re: 3457a on the way
The battery looks like it is original, so it could theoretically be up
to 25 years old based on the oft-quoted adage that adding 60 to the
first two digits of the sn prefix gives the year of the
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Steve - Home
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Re: HP 11660A Shunt for HP 8556A
Martin and all:
I built a shunt conforming to the information Martin provided and reran the test. The results were approximately the same. The same 10 readings were within the specifications and
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KJ5RV
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#48637
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Re: Hypothetical question about S-parameter test sets
Context- I have an N2PK VNA and it works great. It offers 90dB dynamic range which is not bad although I would like to improve that if possible. By comparison the Array Solutions products only offer
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james.schatzman
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Re: Hypothetical question about S-parameter test sets
<james.schatzman@...> wrote:
What would be your idea - create a unit controlled via USB and have a
PC as the interface? Like this sort of
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David Kirkby <david.kirkby@...>
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Re: Pozi-Drive bits
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David M
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Re: DIY: Repair of HP 8568B Step Attenuators - another question...
Ran across these guys while designing a gas analyzer. They make
all kinds of 0-Rings.
http://www.applerubber.com/
Karl
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Karl Schmeer
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Re: Oscilloscopes - analog but with digital capability?
wrote:
Could you point out any examples of DSOs that do this?
All of the modern ones I am familiar with rely on high real time
sample rates and post processing to prevent aliasing if the
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David Hess
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Re: Oscilloscopes - analog but with digital capability?
Dave Jones on eevblog reckons you need a sample rate of 10 times the
maximum frequency you want to display in single shot mode. Can't say I
disagree with him on that. So a sample rate of 40MS/s can
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Orin Eman
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Re: 3457a on the way
Thanks for the information Steve. Hopefully mine will have the 3.6 volt battery seeing as how it has the newer serial number prefix. How old do you figure your battery is to still have that voltage
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Jeff Machesky
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Re: Oscilloscopes - analog but with digital capability?
Speaking of old scopes, the first digital scope I got circa 1986 was a Tek with a sample rate around 20 or 50 Msps, bandwidth 100 or 200 MHz. For repetitive signals it dithered the sample clock to
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erich_schlecht
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Re: DIY: Repair of HP 8568B Step Attenuators - another question...
I've got an attenuator for an 8672A that suffers from failed O-rings. In
this case it appears someone used something nasty to try to clean the
spring contacts and attenuator pads and whatever was
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Steve - Home
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Re: 3457a on the way
Joe and all,
I just had a quick look inside my 3457A again. Mine has the 3.0 volt
lithium battery, SAFT LX-1634. Obsolete at Agilent, as is the newer
battery. Google was no help either. Mine
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Steve - Home
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Re: Oscilloscopes - analog but with digital capability?
Hi Peter,
As I said, "any competently designed DSO". An analog scope gives
you the full vertical bandwidth regardless of the timebase setting.
A competently designed DSO should also.
You can be a
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Chuck Harris
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Re: Oscilloscopes - analog but with digital capability?
I hadn't thought of that. I will swab things down with some De-oxit to help clean things up.
Peter
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Peter Gottlieb <hpnpilot@...>
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Re: Oscilloscopes - analog but with digital capability?
But it's not just filtering above the Nyquist. There are other ways a sampling digital scope can give you a wrong picture of reality. If all of these scopes ran their digitizers constantly at full
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Peter Gottlieb <hpnpilot@...>
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