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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 DVM / DMM technological history
Don't forget the 5265A Digital Voltmeter plug-in for the 5245-series counters! Jeremy N6WFO
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Jeremy Nichols
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Re: HP8593A Power Supply repair
see msg# 67510 in the group messages.. Regards John
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John <gielisj@...>
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HP 3325A ROM Replacement
I thought I would summarize a somewhat meandering thread. I¡¯ve received the Artek manual and it is great! It appears I do have a failing ROM IC. As time went by HP changed from 4 4k*8 chips to 2
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Max Frister
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Re: 8590E Video Display problem
Depending on the model the 8590 series video displays have different horizontal sweep rates. The video displays are externally identical but the 8590A has a lower sweep rate (15,750 Hz?) than the
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wb6iqs@...
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Free for shipping: HP 412A
Free for shipping ( We believe this thing will fit into a USPS large flat rate box ($26) to the lower 48: All electronic innards are there, including panel and meter and all panel switches. Outer case
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Ashley40@...
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Re: 8590E Video Display problem
Bad cap somewhere...holding an address line down on a cold start ...then on a warm start the cap is feeling better and lets the address line come up faster -- Dave Manuals@...
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Dave / NR1DX
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Date set for next Sphere Stuff Day/Ham Swap Meet
After lots of data collection, historical weather checking, and polling, Saturday, APRIL 9th is the date for the next Sphere Stuff Day and Okanagan Valley-wide Radio Amateur swap meet. This gives
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walter2@...
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8590E Video Display problem
I have an HP 8590E in which there is no video on initial power up. But consistently, if I shut the 8590E down anytime after about 2 minutes and turn it again, the display is perfect - until the next
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pbbob426@...
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Re: Weinschel step attenuator gets stuck
Tom, Afraid I don't have any help with this problem but a very warm welcome to the HP group. For those who don't recognise Tom's name and callsign, he is the brilliant designer of the DG8SAQ vector
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iancooper@...
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Re: Test Equipment where battery failure causes SERIOUS problems
drkirkby@...> wrote: Just to clarify, the extra hour was not for replacing the battery - the owner had already done that. The extra hour was for the fact every range needed zeroing
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Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) <drkirkby@...>
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Re: HP DVM / DMM technological history
The 970A- I'm still chasing a battery pack for one- dead or alive (I just need the case)- but son has recently got a 3D printer- I smell success looming! Dave, ZL3FJ
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Dave Brown <tractorb@...>
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Test Equipment where battery failure causes SERIOUS problems
For many bits of kit, a battery is used to run a real time clock, and a failure is not a big deal. But for others it can be quite serious. It would be useful if we had a list of HP equipment where
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Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) <drkirkby@...>
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Re: HP DVM / DMM technological history
I just won a 3476B on ebay. I always wanted one of these "tricorder" DMMs. Item No. 272125448332 (the lit decimal points are just low battery indication) Robert G8RPI.
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Robert G8RPI
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Re: HP DVM / DMM technological history
I have a 405AR and a 970A. Also a Non HP Digitec Z-204B.?Leon Robinson ?? K5JLR Political Correctness is a Political Disease. To: hp_agilent_equipment@... Sent: Tuesday, February 16,
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Leon Robinson <leon-robinson@...>
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Re: HP DVM / DMM technological history
Speaking of the 3478 (which I also have), is the 3468. It¡¯s very similar to the 3478, but uses HP-IL rather than HP-IB. (this was for use with the handhelds like the HP-41, HP-71 and the like). Daun
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Daun Yeagley
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HP/Agilent T&M Catalogs for Sale
I have all the HP/Agilent Test & Measurement Catalogs from 1985-2001 in excellent condition as well as 2ea 1989 (50th anniversary) catalogs in their original box. I worked at HP/Agilent in Baltimore &
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Mike Everhart
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Re: HP8593A Power Supply repair
Roumen, I would like to have a copy of the power supply schematics if it is possible. My HP8591A has the low 5.2 volt supply problem that others have mentioned. I am very experienced in this type of
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Michael Daniel
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Re: HP DVM / DMM technological history
How about the workhorse 3478? Very popular and as low as $150 guaranteed working on eBay. PS: My stable of HP DMMs is a 3456, 3457, and 2 3478¡¯s. Regards, John K1AE Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016
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John Allen
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Re: HP DVM / DMM technological history
A side note: HP advertised but never produced: >>> http://www.hp9825.com/html/analog_i_o.html <<< "Prism, the interface card that never was" I/O card for reading voltage. Dennis
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czelusniakd
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Re: Replacing ROMs!
Didier has done a great job with his site, then again it is always a good idea to have data in more than only one place at a time, the IT world MTBF is likely lower than the human one. Paul
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shakalnokturn
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