Re: DC Blocker - why not?
The Bird 100W block attenuators come apart ok. Quite chunky though ¨C not for hanging off a front panel! Colin Sent: 17 September 2021 17:54 To: [email protected] Subject:
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Colin Smithers
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Re: DC Blocker - why not?
jb or anyone, Have you ever seen a commercial attenuator that you could take apart (in the proper way without sawing or grinding)? So far I haven't. Hank __________________________________________
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Hank Riley
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Re: DC Blocker - why not?
To take it one step further, you could make your own as long as you verify its operation in the frequency range you desire. I like the idea of cheap protection Instead of expensive and labor intensive
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jb
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Re: DC Blocker - why not?
Alexandre, a DC block functions as a series capacitor in your input signal path. This keeps DC out, but being a capacitor, also has a response at RF that resembles a high pass filter. The cutoff
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Steve Van Frank
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DC Blocker - why not?
Dear sirs, I have a E8285A service monitor, and I know I can put no DC voltage on its inputs. So I have 3 questions: - Can I keep a DC blocker permanently connected to its inputs? - Is there a quality
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Alexandre Souza
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Re: Conecting external monitor to HP8924c
#video
#gbs8220
#vga
#hp8924c
The GBS8200/8220 does work without the sync separator but you lose part of the image. It's probably triggering on the wrong edge of the pulse or the first bit of video. I never bothered working out
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Robert G8RPI
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Re: x28c256 memory
#hp8920b
is it possible to get a backup file of an 8920B made from x28c256 from you to do some testing? if possible thank you .
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alfonso
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Re: E8285A - how to backup calibration data?
Em 11/06/2021 20:57, Hank Riley via groups.io escreveu: Yep, just tried it right now After making the hardware connection (null-modem cable to SERIAL 9 - no, it won't work on serial 10) I was able to
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Alexandre Souza
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Re: x28c256 memory
#hp8920b
backing up the calibration EEPROM is always a good idea.? I typically do that when working on a unit. You can get a boot up checksum error from a couple of places. Usually if it's the cal data than a
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John Yelmgren
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Re: x28c256 memory
#hp8920b
ok thank you jeff, unfortunately my instrument is not equipped with rs232 and I have the problem to make it start. start problem is because it gives me checksum error and I have not understood why.?
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alfonso
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Re: x28c256 memory
#hp8920b
Hi! Yes, you can do that pretty easily.That's what I did prior to begin thinkering with calibration data on my 8920A...At a first glance it is just a block of bytes, but when comparing the content of
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Jeff
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x28c256 memory
#hp8920b
hello, can someone tell me if the x28c256 memory installed on hp8920b can be copied with the programmer to have a .bin or .hex file to store it in case of failure. and if so, what results did it give?
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alfonso
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Re: DIY SRAM cards for Epson and regular PCMCIA styles
After opening the other 40pin Epson 32k card that was HP branded, all I found was blobs of epoxy.? No joy. I did order out some 512k ultra low-power chips to try in the Agilent card, but is on the
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jb
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Re: Intermittent error
#hp8920b
Just a little more detailed description than was posted here before. Hank ______________________________________ There's a problem with dbm levels *only* in spectrum analyzer mode.? The 8920B
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Hank Riley
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Re: Intermittent error
#hp8920b
Thanks Hank. I'm sure there are members here with a lot of knowledge to help me. thank you for your support. Regards
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Alem?o Engenharia
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Re: Intermittent error
#hp8920b
Your English is fine. Maybe the temperature dependence and the screenshot you provided will give someone some clues as to where the problem lies. Hank
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Hank Riley
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Re: Intermittent error
#hp8920b
Dear Peter, I tried to clean all modules and all coax cables, but I wasn't successful, when HP8920B is on for 1 or 2 hours the failure is constant, but after 3 or 4 hours on, this failure becomes
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Alem?o Engenharia
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Re: Intermittent error
#hp8920b
Hi Alemao, After some time the rigid co-axial cables at the underside of the unit develop poor connections due to corrosion. they are very small and delicate but with care can be disconnected and
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Peter Lowmass
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Intermittent error
#hp8920b
Hi I have got an intermittent error with my HP8920B. The error is "Receiver assembly (low)". Could someone please provide some clarity on this issue. Thanks in advance!
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Alem?o Engenharia
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Re: Conecting external monitor to HP8924c
#video
#gbs8220
#vga
#hp8924c
Thank you, Alexander, for your email. Pls note that as I wrote in my previous, in the next step I will try with a sync separator. But I think that reporting this easy way to get a picture to the
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sv1mne
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