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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: HP-8443A Tracking Generator Problems
I said that two sentences later:
"At narrow
RBW settings, you have to fine-tune the TG to be exactly
on frequency, that's the screwdriver adjustment on the front
panel. Since you don't know that
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Dave Wise
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Re: HP-8443A Tracking Generator Problems
ONLY, if the TG is actually putting out the same frequency as the SA is
tuned to. I have an AIL 757 and TG. If the tracking control is not tuned
right, the YIG in the SA's front end will be tuned to a
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J Forster <jfor@...>
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Re: HP-8443A Tracking Generator Problems
Take a look at the Wiltrons. The advantage is that the marker accuracy is independent of the GHz/Volt calibrations. In fact, I have a little home brew unit in a Tek TM-500 PI that does just that...
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J Forster <jfor@...>
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Re: DIY: Repair of HP Step Attenuators
FWIW, do it over a tray w/ turned up edges. I just spent over an hour chasing
small bits of an assembly because I ignored that precaution.
Best,
-John
g47g wrote:
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J Forster <jfor@...>
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Re: Hp-8443A Tracking Generator Problems
They did call them by an obsolete name, "selectro" (or was it "sealectro"?).
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Dave Wise
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Re: Hp-8443A Tracking Generator Problems
usually HP used SMC and SMB on the inside of most instrument, i havent seen anything special in any of the HP Gear
Dan Rae <danrae@...> wrote: David C. Hallam wrote:
David if you
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lothar baier <microwaveengineer1968@...>
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#9115
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Re: Hp-8443A Tracking Generator Problems
David C. Hallam wrote:
David if you do look for another one, try to find a later one with LED displays rather than nixie tubes, they are a little bit more reliable.
But they are pretty easy to work
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Dan Rae
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Hp-8443A Tracking Generator Problems
Thank you to all who replied to my request for help. I now understand more
about the operation of this piece of test gear and also believe the solution
to my problem is more complex than I originally
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David C. Hallam <dhallam@...>
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Re: DIY: Repair of HP Step Attenuators
Thanks. I'll try to disassemble the unit, then I hope I'll see the
reason of the failure.
<microwaveengineer1968@...> wrote:
cam in place is missing
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g47g
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Re: HP-8443A Tracking Generator Problems
You don't even have to select zero span. The function and
purpose of a TG is to output, at all times, whatever frequency
the SA is listening to. As the SA scans, so does the TG.
In all scan modes,
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Dave Wise
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Re: HP-8443A Tracking Generator Problems
I cant be bothered to look at the manual as it it out of reach, but has it
occured that you are assuming that the marker and RF output are
connected......they may not be. Check you actually have a RF
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Alan Melia
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Re: DIY: Repair of HP Step Attenuators
most likely the cam is worn out or the little ball that locks the cam in place is missing
g47g <g47g@...> wrote: Hi Lothar,
I have a 8495A manual step attenuator, and though it has
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lothar baier <microwaveengineer1968@...>
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Re: HP-8443A Tracking Generator Problems
yes i think so
John Miles <jmiles@...> wrote: Isn't that what the 86222 sweeper plugin with the marker option does? Those
are pretty common.
-- john, KE5FX
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lothar baier <microwaveengineer1968@...>
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Re: DIY: Repair of HP Step Attenuators
Hi Lothar,
I have a 8495A manual step attenuator, and though it has the correct
attenuations on every step(?), but it needs force to switch the
attenuator in different positions, and also the well
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g47g
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Re: HP-8443A Tracking Generator Problems
David C. Hallam wrote:
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Dan Rae
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Re: HP-8443A Tracking Generator Problems
Lothar,
I hate to be stubborn or dense, but where does the marker come from if the
"RF is dead on the tracking generator"?
I do have an operation and maintenance manual. I quote from the
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David C. Hallam <dhallam@...>
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Re: HP-8443A Tracking Generator Problems
Isn't that what the 86222 sweeper plugin with the marker option does? Those
are pretty common.
-- john, KE5FX
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John Miles <jmiles@...>
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Re: HP-8443A Tracking Generator Problems
they actually made several options on the 8444A, one incorporated another fixed frequency oscillator, this option was created for people using the 8444 with the 8558B which only had the first LO
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lothar baier <microwaveengineer1968@...>
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Re: HP-8443A Tracking Generator Problems
this is another way but i havent seen anyone using this in centuries, the last time i saw it was on a old jerrold sweeper, everything i had ever since was using the approach i described, problem with
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lothar baier <microwaveengineer1968@...>
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Re: HP-8443A Tracking Generator Problems
Lets go back to the basics,
A spectrum analyzer basically is a swept receiver, in the case of the 8553 you have three conversion steps to reduce the input signal to 3MHz IF, the first LO normally is
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lothar baier <microwaveengineer1968@...>
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