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Re: Anyone able to do GC or GC-MS on Hp ThinkJet Black ink ( for the Hp ThinkJet 2225 printer; Hp 9226a Or Hp 51604a ink cartridges ) ?

 

On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 10:17 AM, gren wrote:
Possibly the MSDS
HP MSDS data for 2002, for 51604A Black

Component/Substance CAS Number ?EU Number % by Weight
Ethylene glycol ? 107-21-1 203-473-3 <35%?
Triethylene glycol 112-27-6 203-953-2 <15%?
Food Black 2 acid salt confidential confidential <6%
Water 7732-18-5 231-791-2 > 50%?
note that the secret sauce is the Food Black 2 @ acid salt combo. They are not fessing up to what the 'acid salt is' or how much of it is used.
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2002 is relatively recent; but, older MSDS might even be less informative... as they are only required in them... new or old... to mostly list 'hazardous' materials... and one man's hazard is another man's fun, on YouTube.


Re: Anyone able to do GC or GC-MS on Hp ThinkJet Black ink ( for the Hp ThinkJet 2225 printer; Hp 9226a Or Hp 51604a ink cartridges ) ?

 

Are you asking for someone to do this for free for you? As a favor?? I don't know how much experience you have with GC-MS (I worked as an analytical chemist for years) but there's a lot of work that goes into developing a method to run your sample.? Also, without having the standards required, GC-MS will only tell you what analytes are in your sample; it will not tell you in what concentrations unless you perform additional method development.? That means performing linearity, precision, and accuracy studies (i.e. validation) so that you can quantify the amount in the sample using known standards.? All this to say, this takes a lot of work and it isn't cheap.? So if this is something you were planning to pay for, then you can look up any number of GC-MS labs online that offer services to the public to do this kind of work.


Re: Anyone able to do GC or GC-MS on Hp ThinkJet Black ink ( for the Hp ThinkJet 2225 printer; Hp 9226a Or Hp 51604a ink cartridges ) ?

 

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-- Am? Still?? Looking for anyone able to do GC or GC-MS .... on the Hp black ThinkJet inks:
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I am trying to experiment on the inks & the printer for various purposes...
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? So knowing ? what,? ? & [?? ]'s?? are? actually? in the Hp 51604a & Original Hp 9226a
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??? would help !
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thank you,
rick
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Anyone have access to a GC-MS lab that might want to elucidate the ThinkJet ink adventure ?
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Expected major components in the ?Hp 51604A ?Thinkjet black ink cartridge:
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2-Pyrrolidone
Ethelyne Glycol
Food Back 2
Acid Salt 3
water
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UFI: 6UE7 - CQTV -A205 - GHXV
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Possibly the MSDS ?(Materials Safety) data sheet ( inserted into product box ), might have additional information ?
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.... but would be nice to have the GC-MS results,
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Looking for POWER keycap for 3586B

 

Anyone got a parts mule? ?I am looking for the Power button keycap for the 3586B. ?This is the standard "shadow" switch type keycap approximately 0.55 inch x 0.325 inch. ?The old one got lost probably when someone chucked this unit into an e-cycling dumpster. ?I replaced the switch, but need the cap. ?Otherwise the unit is working as intended, and passes all calibrations. ?Cosmetic only, I know.
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Tim Wright
Senior Engineer
Cumulus Media Chicago - WLS-AM
AL7DS


Re: problems with an E4407B spectrum analyzer

 

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Hej Peter

Pr?v og ring til mig

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Hardy

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Fra: [email protected] <[email protected]> P? vegne af Peter Hansen
Sendt: 4. oktober 2024 11:00
Til: [email protected]
Emne: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] problems with an E4407B spectrum analyzer

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Hi guys I am trying to learn about the ESA 4407B analyzer. I have "bricked" a unit. I pressed ESC + view/trace key during powerup. So the EEprom is erased. I need to enter new firmware now.

But it will not take my floppy(s). It starts to blink the light on the floppy but nothing then happens. Unit has option B72 so the EEProm size is 12Mb to store the firmware. The unti was working before the upgrade. What I am doing wrong how can I load new firmware.

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best regards OZ1LPR


Re: 8131A Error F500

 

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Hi,

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Swapping the cards between the two instruments is a good idea, you will have a better idea which cards are faulty. And if you have a fully functional generator, you can work on the first one in your spare time.

Now is there any impact on the calibration, you will know if you do some performance test measurements (service manual section 4).

There are also adjustments on the output card if necessary (service manual section 3).

For the timing board, this alignment is done in the factory only according to the manual.

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I assume you already have the manuals, but here is a link anyway.

Yesterday I uploaded both the user's and service guide to the site.

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/g/HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment/files/All%20HP,%20Agilent%20and%20Keysight%20instruments%20in%20folders%20by%20part%20numbers/8000%20to%208999/8131A%20High%20speed%20pulse%20generator%20%28pulse%20width%20500%20ps%20to%2099.9%20ms%29

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Yves

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·¡²Ô±¹´Ç²â¨¦?: 4 octobre 2024 05:59
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Objet?: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] 8131A Error F500

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Yes that's true, I may have been a bit hasty. I had a brief look at it today and Channel 2 does indeed work correctly. I also found that channel 1 although it has the same error code as my existing 8131A it appears to be a different fault.?

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Unit 1 (single channel) - Channel 1 just outputs DC, the DC level varies as the output level is changed.

Unit 2 (dual channel) - Channel 1 does output a pulse/square wave, but at a reduced amplitude from what it should be. Channel 2 works normally.?

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With Unit 1 I 100% know the fault is on the timing board as I tested the other boards in a known good working unit I borrowed. I don't know if it's a fault that affects both channels as it's only a single channel unit. I'll have to try it with an extra output board and see if it throws an error for channel 2 as well (E404)

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With unit 2 the fault could be on the timing board or output board, I haven't got into it yet. It's possible the output board is at fault here. So I maybe able to take the known good output board from the first unit and fit it to this one to fix it.? Admittedly wouldn't be learning much, but at least it would work.?

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Unit 2 also has a defective power button (it won't stay latched pushed in), some sticky front panel buttons, an old schaffner filter, and rather sluggish fans. All of these are good in the first unit so definitely going to be swapping bits around to make one good unit.??

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Re: problems with an E4407B spectrum analyzer

 

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Hi,

In my case I did not have the B72 option.

I had bought and installed the missing circuits on the flash card and repositioned a jumper.

I also used an old PC under XPpro to create the diskettes.

But during the installation there were difficulties with the loader diskette and another diskette during the second attempt.

I had recreated another diskette kit and everything had worked fine.

Don't worry too much, you will eventually get there

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Yves

De?: [email protected] <[email protected]> De la part de Peter Hansen
·¡²Ô±¹´Ç²â¨¦?: 4 octobre 2024 05:00
??: [email protected]
Objet?: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] problems with an E4407B spectrum analyzer

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Hi guys I am trying to learn about the ESA 4407B analyzer. I have "bricked" a unit. I pressed ESC + view/trace key during powerup. So the EEprom is erased. I need to enter new firmware now.

But it will not take my floppy(s). It starts to blink the light on the floppy but nothing then happens. Unit has option B72 so the EEProm size is 12Mb to store the firmware. The unti was working before the upgrade. What I am doing wrong how can I load new firmware.

?

best regards OZ1LPR


Re: 8131A Error F500

 

Here's a link I found online to the service manual for 8131A if you don't have it already. ? https://www.doe.carleton.ca/~nagui/labequip/datagen/8131A_Service%20Manual.pdf


Re: E8401A VXI Mainframe Power Supply

 

That's what I first thought - no signs or smell. I took the filter out and nothing suspicious on the outside.
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Thx, Wolfgang


Re: problems with an E4407B spectrum analyzer

 

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Hi Peter,

I have used second option Razvan mentioned to upgrade my 4402B (after upgrading flash module by soldering 2 more memory chips).


What I did:

1. download A.14.06 firmware package (.exe) from Keysight (or A.07.06 version for smaller 8MB flash option)

2. create 9 floppy disks - I used old WinXP computer with internal floppy drive (tried external USB connected floppy drive but it didn't work) to run exe file from keysight, some feature sw packages are also downloadable in exe form and this exe writes it to floppy disks

3. erase flash by holding ESC + view/trace key during turn-on

4. wait 10 minutes for flash erase completion, then turn off analyser by disconnecting power plug (power button doesn't work)

5. for a while disconnect battery what is placed on CPU board - this will clear NVRAM but you wont loose any hardware based options (software based will have to be enabled again after firmware installation with appropriate pass keys)

6. insert floppy disk 1 with bootloader and turn analyser on

You should see that floppy drive will start reading disk, it will take 20-30s, then it will display bootloader on the screen and will show you what to do next. If floppy drive will try to read disk just for few seconds and then nothing happens, something is wrong - dirty floppy drive, incorrectly created or faulty floppy disk, or....


Vladimir


Hello Peter,

The E4407B is not having EEPROMs, it has NAND flash memory. In total
there are 4 NAND chips, one is on the CPU board soldered directly there
and the other 3 are on a so called Flash SIMM board parallel to the RAM
memory stick. Each NAND chip is 4MB in size for the total of 16MB flash
if you have B72 option.

Now for the floppy disks. First disk is the called LOADER disk and this
is a little bit tricky since it needs to be written in a way that the SA
will read it.

You can try the following 2 options:
1) format the floppy on the analyzer and after that move it to PC and
copy the LOADER files.

2) use an old PC/Laptop with windows xp/2000 and run the .exe file that
makes all disks. It will not work on newer windows machines.

I think point 1) you cannot try because you already formatted the NAND
flash and the analyzer will not boot now...

Try second one with the old windows xp or windows 2000.

Regards,
Razvan

On 04/10/2024 10:59, Peter Hansen via groups.io wrote:
Hi guys I am trying to learn about the ESA 4407B analyzer. I have
"bricked" a unit. I pressed ESC + view/trace key during powerup. So the
EEprom is erased. I need to enter new firmware now.
But it will not take my floppy(s). It starts to blink the light on the
floppy but nothing then happens. Unit has option B72 so the EEProm size
is 12Mb to store the firmware. The unti was working before the upgrade.
What I am doing wrong how can I load new firmware.

best regards OZ1LPR
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Re: problems with an E4407B spectrum analyzer

 

Hello Peter,

The E4407B is not having EEPROMs, it has NAND flash memory. In total
there are 4 NAND chips, one is on the CPU board soldered directly there
and the other 3 are on a so called Flash SIMM board parallel to the RAM
memory stick. Each NAND chip is 4MB in size for the total of 16MB flash
if you have B72 option.

Now for the floppy disks. First disk is the called LOADER disk and this
is a little bit tricky since it needs to be written in a way that the SA
will read it.

You can try the following 2 options:
1) format the floppy on the analyzer and after that move it to PC and
copy the LOADER files.

2) use an old PC/Laptop with windows xp/2000 and run the .exe file that
makes all disks. It will not work on newer windows machines.

I think point 1) you cannot try because you already formatted the NAND
flash and the analyzer will not boot now...

Try second one with the old windows xp or windows 2000.

Regards,
Razvan

On 04/10/2024 10:59, Peter Hansen via groups.io wrote:
Hi guys I am trying to learn about the ESA 4407B analyzer. I have
"bricked" a unit. I pressed ESC + view/trace key during powerup. So the
EEprom is erased. I need to enter new firmware now.
But it will not take my floppy(s). It starts to blink the light on the
floppy but nothing then happens. Unit has option B72 so the EEProm size
is 12Mb to store the firmware. The unti was working before the upgrade.
What I am doing wrong how can I load new firmware.

best regards OZ1LPR
_._,_._,_


Re: E8401A VXI Mainframe Power Supply

 

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Could the bang be the mains filter (X1,X2 caps) if it has one?

These are notorious for that type of failure ¨C usually with a spectacularly noxious smell¡­

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Just my initial 2p worth.

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Regards

Nigel

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Wolfgang Schraml via groups.io
Sent: 04 October 2024 13:05
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] E8401A VXI Mainframe Power Supply

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Hello,

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I have an "interesting" scenario:
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I bought an E8401A VXI mainframe from our favorite auction site to dabble in the world of test automation. It arrived incredibly dirty and grimy (it has no air filter), but powered on. I spent several hours blowing out dust and dirt, including the fan and power supply. It still worked fine afterward.
I then installed the first VXI card (E1405B Command Module) and let it run overnight - no issues.

The next day, a second card I ordered arrived and I installed it. When powering on with the two cards, the power went out within about a second. I removed the second card, and still, the unit was dead. No standby LED or any other sign of life.
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I figured the power supply had died on me.
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I contacted the seller, and they worked with me to send me a second unit (complete E8401A mainframe). When that arrived, it was even dirtier than the first one. But again, it turned on. I cleaned the power supply and put it into the first mainframe. It powered up fine but the PS fan was very noisy. So I used the one from the original PS.
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I installed the command module, no issues. I installed the second card (the one after which the first mainframe died), and still, everything was fine.
While all this took place, a third card I had ordered arrived, and I also installed it. Again, the unit powered up without issues! My hopes were going up that I had a fully functioning unit now.
I let it run for hours without problems.
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I then let it run overnight. Later the next morning, the temperature and fan LEDs were blinking, indicating overheating. This was strange since I had the unit next to an open window and the temperature had dropped into the low 60s that night. Within a ?few minutes, the mainframe shut down. For a brief moment, all LEDs on the front module lit, and then - dead.
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Hmmm ¡­ I disconnected the power cable, let it sit for a few minutes, and reconnected power. No signs of life, but after about 10 seconds, a loud "bang" from the inside. As bad as that was, it gave me some hope that it would be easy to identify which component had failed in such a spectacular manner. I open the power supply to investigate, and found - nothing! All looked good. No exploded caps or resistors as far as I can tell.
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My questions are:
? ? ? Has anyone had such a mainframe and experienced similar issues??
? ? ? Does anyone have a schematic of the power supply? I have the CLIP for the mainframe, but it does not include any details for the PS.
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One other interesting piece of information is a service note that indicates issues with a cap in the fan supply of these power supplies (). It doesn't provide further details other than a replacement part number for the PS.

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Thank you for any thoughts or tips.??
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Wolfgang
KI7PFX

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E8401A VXI Mainframe Power Supply

 

Hello,
?
I have an "interesting" scenario:
?
I bought an E8401A VXI mainframe from our favorite auction site to dabble in the world of test automation. It arrived incredibly dirty and grimy (it has no air filter), but powered on. I spent several hours blowing out dust and dirt, including the fan and power supply. It still worked fine afterward.
I then installed the first VXI card (E1405B Command Module) and let it run overnight - no issues.
The next day, a second card I ordered arrived and I installed it. When powering on with the two cards, the power went out within about a second. I removed the second card, and still, the unit was dead. No standby LED or any other sign of life.
?
I figured the power supply had died on me.
?
I contacted the seller, and they worked with me to send me a second unit (complete E8401A mainframe). When that arrived, it was even dirtier than the first one. But again, it turned on. I cleaned the power supply and put it into the first mainframe. It powered up fine but the PS fan was very noisy. So I used the one from the original PS.
?
I installed the command module, no issues. I installed the second card (the one after which the first mainframe died), and still, everything was fine.
While all this took place, a third card I had ordered arrived, and I also installed it. Again, the unit powered up without issues! My hopes were going up that I had a fully functioning unit now.
I let it run for hours without problems.
?
I then let it run overnight. Later the next morning, the temperature and fan LEDs were blinking, indicating overheating. This was strange since I had the unit next to an open window and the temperature had dropped into the low 60s that night. Within a ?few minutes, the mainframe shut down. For a brief moment, all LEDs on the front module lit, and then - dead.
?
Hmmm ¡­ I disconnected the power cable, let it sit for a few minutes, and reconnected power. No signs of life, but after about 10 seconds, a loud "bang" from the inside. As bad as that was, it gave me some hope that it would be easy to identify which component had failed in such a spectacular manner. I open the power supply to investigate, and found - nothing! All looked good. No exploded caps or resistors as far as I can tell.
?
My questions are:
? ? ? Has anyone had such a mainframe and experienced similar issues??
? ? ? Does anyone have a schematic of the power supply? I have the CLIP for the mainframe, but it does not include any details for the PS.
?
One other interesting piece of information is a service note that indicates issues with a cap in the fan supply of these power supplies (). It doesn't provide further details other than a replacement part number for the PS.
?
Thank you for any thoughts or tips.??
?
Wolfgang
KI7PFX
?


Re: 8131A Error F500

 

Yes that's true, I may have been a bit hasty. I had a brief look at it today and Channel 2 does indeed work correctly. I also found that channel 1 although it has the same error code as my existing 8131A it appears to be a different fault.?
?
Unit 1 (single channel) - Channel 1 just outputs DC, the DC level varies as the output level is changed.
Unit 2 (dual channel) - Channel 1 does output a pulse/square wave, but at a reduced amplitude from what it should be. Channel 2 works normally.?
?
With Unit 1 I 100% know the fault is on the timing board as I tested the other boards in a known good working unit I borrowed. I don't know if it's a fault that affects both channels as it's only a single channel unit. I'll have to try it with an extra output board and see if it throws an error for channel 2 as well (E404)
?
With unit 2 the fault could be on the timing board or output board, I haven't got into it yet. It's possible the output board is at fault here. So I maybe able to take the known good output board from the first unit and fit it to this one to fix it.? Admittedly wouldn't be learning much, but at least it would work.?
?
?
Unit 2 also has a defective power button (it won't stay latched pushed in), some sticky front panel buttons, an old schaffner filter, and rather sluggish fans. All of these are good in the first unit so definitely going to be swapping bits around to make one good unit.??
?
?
?
?


problems with an E4407B spectrum analyzer

 

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Hi guys I am trying to learn about the ESA 4407B analyzer. I have "bricked" a unit. I pressed ESC + view/trace key during powerup. So the EEprom is erased. I need to enter new firmware now.
But it will not take my floppy(s). It starts to blink the light on the floppy but nothing then happens. Unit has option B72 so the EEProm size is 12Mb to store the firmware. The unti was working before the upgrade. What I am doing wrong how can I load new firmware.

best regards OZ1LPR


Re: HP 8568B bandpass filter alignment.

 

When the 8568B was first purchased, it should have included the operators manual and this is made up of several documents including the performance and adjustments document. The instructions to adjust the filters are in this document.
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The troubleshooting and repair documents for the RF and Display sections had to be ordered separately and this is what many people refer to as the service manual for each. I don¡¯t think the instructions to adjust the filters are included in these documents. I went through all this a few years ago when my 8568B filters went out of adjustment. It is quite a fiddly and time consuming process to adjust all the filters but it is well worth it :)


Re: HP 8568B bandpass filter alignment.

 

In my Performance Test Part 1 manual (08568-90051) the adjustments for the 21.4MHz stage start on p50 and the details of the filters are on the last page.

Regards

Lou
VK3ALB


On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 11:34?AM ed breya via <eb=[email protected]> wrote:
I still think that's in the service manual, but maybe they count as two. In the big multiple volume notebooks for these models there is a section or volume for the RF unit, which could be 8566 or 8568, which are different SA models, and another for the IF/display unit, which is the same for both models, and is where all this filtering stuff physically resides. It should all be covered, but you may have to hunt for it through the volumes.
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Ed


Re: Please don¡¯t upload ArtekManuals.

 

If you need to share a few pages tto get help, use a PDF print porogram to extract those pages into a new PDF. I use PDF995, but there are many others. Then pu it on Google Drive, Dropbox or another file ssstorage site. St it to private, them send the the link for that file. No one else can open it, , and will even know it exists. Delete it when you finish the repair.

On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 1:31?PM Radu Bogdan Dicher via <vondicher=[email protected]> wrote:
Plus one!!
Radu

On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 10:21?AM Joel Setton via <setton=[email protected]> wrote:
I wholeheartedly agree ! There's no question that Artek needs our business and deserves our support. Give them any and all business you can. Uploading their manuals to an open server will kill their business.
And never forget that we would never be able to maintain and repair our instruments without such a great source for manuals !

Joel Setton

(For the record : I have no affiliation with them, I'm just a grateful and satisfied customer of theirs ...)


Re: Advice or a little driver help needed with an E5504A phase noise measurement system wand VXI digitizer

 

Hi Peter, where can download ?version A.03.02?
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On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 03:39 AM, Peter wrote:

A.03.02


Re: HP 8568B bandpass filter alignment.

 

I still think that's in the service manual, but maybe they count as two. In the big multiple volume notebooks for these models there is a section or volume for the RF unit, which could be 8566 or 8568, which are different SA models, and another for the IF/display unit, which is the same for both models, and is where all this filtering stuff physically resides. It should all be covered, but you may have to hunt for it through the volumes.
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Ed