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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: HP8412B
Hi Rafael, What you are doing is very nearly what I did for my master's thesis back in the early 1980's. I took an 8410A system, and a bunch of miscellaneous bits of test equipment, synthesizers,
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Chuck Harris
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Re: HP8412B
Hi Chuck, This is a complex issue and will require a lot of effort. Anyway for now I am satisfied with being able to process the images on the PC and print them, save them etc. I am aware that the
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ea7hwx@...
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Re: HP8412B
You are probably aware, but the 8409 ANA system mostly uses the visual indications on its P-M and Polar screens for your amusement. It does not use a storage normalizer. The 8409 ANA system does not
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Chuck Harris
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Re: HP34702A Ohms converter issues
George, you are bringing back some ancient memories!? Way back then I was up in the Farmington/Novi offices (near Detroit, MI) and worked a lot with the automotive companies, before I transferred to
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Daun Yeagley
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Re: Looking for silicone HV potting goop
A lot of potting is done with the same wax material that is used in the medical industry for theraputic things. It melts at a cozy temperature, and is quite flexible. Same sort of stuff used for
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Chuck Harris
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Re: HP34702A Ohms converter issues
Daun, HPIL was also designed to go long lengths for remote operation.? The cable was nothing special, just a two wire parallel cable like zip cord.? If you needed a longer length, you could simply
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Re: HP34702A Ohms converter issues
HP Interface Loop. A serial implementation of an instrumentation communication system similar to HPIB. it was designed to use programmable calculators or desktop PCs as controllers and didn¡¯t really
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Glen Hoag
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Re: HP34702A Ohms converter issues
Jeff, If the batteries in circuit are reading 3.03v, then they are in good shape yet.? I would expect them to drop to around 2.7 - 2.8v before going belly up.? A new lithium cell unloaded will read
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Re: HP34702A Ohms converter issues
"Hewlett Packard Interface Loop".? It was a very low power serial interface that formed a loop (all devices in a circular loop).? It was designed for use with battery operated (i.e. low power)
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Daun Yeagley
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Re: HP34702A Ohms converter issues
At 2019-02-15 10:06 AM, Jeff Anderson wrote: Unfortunately, the 3468B instruments have HP-IL ports in lieu of HP-IB. What is HP-IL?
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Steve Hendrix
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Re: HP34702A Ohms converter issues
Jeff, The lithium cells hold voltage up to end of life and then die not gradual.? If you are clever, you can parallel another battery clipped into the circuit to hold the voltage and cal constants
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Re: HP34702A Ohms converter issues
These look like excellent buys and will take offers: https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-3478A-multimeter/183547520109?hash=item2abc48e46d:g:ynMAAOSw8Dpb9XMd:rk:27:pf:0
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Re: HP34702A Ohms converter issues
This last year I checked the RAM-backup batteries on my two 3468B and two 3478A multi-meters.? All were at about 3.03 volts.? Never the less, I and Dick Benson, W1QG, wrote MATLAB scripts to let us
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Jeff Anderson
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Re: HP34702A Ohms converter issues
There are several 3478A meters for sale on EBAY for under $100 including shipping.? It always pays to make an offer even when that option is not stated.? ?The 3478A is identical to the 3468A/B in
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Re: HP 3478A question...
Thanks, Leo. DC Volts works fine.? But to quote the 3478A manual troubleshooting section (section 7-A-31, DC Current Troubleshooting): "If the DC Volts Function is good, the only components that can
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Jeff Anderson
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Re: Looking for silicone HV potting goop
When I have a very small amount of potting to do, I use Permatex silicone windshield sealant. It is a clear, 1 part RTV that is not acid cure (though there was a time when it was, so use your nose).
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Chuck Harris
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Re: Looking for silicone HV potting goop
You got there before me.?? "Dow Corning Sylguard"? But I forget the actual product number, there are several variants.? "Water clear silicone two part rubber compound".? The annoying thing was
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Dave_G0WBX
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Re: Unleveled E4436B
G'day Colby, Can the Agilent ESG-D3000A be hacked to the E4437 standaed? I understood the ESG-D3000A was equilivant to the E4432 standard. Regards CRO-TEK Sydney, Australia
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Re: HP8412B
At 2019-02-15 05:18 AM, ea7hwx@... wrote: What happens is that I already have a GPIB to USB converter (I bought the prologix a long time ago). Maybe I have not explained myself correctly (sorry
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Steve Hendrix
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Re: HP34702A Ohms converter issues
Greg, Yes someone did grab the $75 one ;-) All this discussion made me want one. Don't know why but seemed like I needed one. I will report back once it arrives. Dave VE7HR
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Dave Miller
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