Re: 8924C PSU failure
Chances are it is some bad capacitors.? ?I do not know if the files made it over from yahoo, but there is some info on them.?? There is a small vertical circuit board that has a 14 pin IC and two
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Ralph Mowery
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8924C PSU failure
My 8924C Radio Test Set must have sensed the presence of the 8920B downstairs. It's gone in a huff and won't turn on :-( 4 Philips and 32 Torx fasteners later and I've got the PSU out. Nothing on the
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Robert G8RPI
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Re: Program to retrieve HP8920 calibration data...
I have not ran it in a long time, but there is some sort of self test/calibraton? that includes a jumper or two and an attenuator pad that is ran just using the menu on the test set. Ralph ku4pt
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Ralph Mowery
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Re: Program to retrieve HP8920 calibration data...
Good evening gentlemen, Thank you all for your contributions to this thread, and for your encouragements! I already spend quite some time digging in the cal data structure. I think I begin to
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Jeff
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Added Folder HP8920 CRT module manuals
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ik0ibi added folder HP8920 CRT module manuals
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[email protected] Notification <HP8924-Family-Spectrum-Analyzers@...>
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Re: Program to retrieve HP8920 calibration data...
Hi, Hank, your HP group.io moderator here. I favor, for important documenation, data, and software, the use of file storage rather than attachments.? Several reasons for that, none of which I'll go
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Hank Riley
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Re: Program to retrieve HP8920 calibration data...
Hi CrazyFin, Your asks are welcome ! Using the Jeff's software, I attached two "full calibration data" (not only from s.a.) from two different 8920 sets of mine,?just some post before in this thread.
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ik0ibi
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Re: Program to retrieve HP8920 calibration data...
Hi @Angelo / ik0ibi I did not fully understand if you attached the cal data file in your post or into the files section? @Jeff and all others looking on how to calibrate the spectrum analyzer module.
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CrazyFin
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Re: Program to retrieve HP8920 calibration data...
Hi Finn, Hi Jeff, this in attachment is an Epson card, that I bought some times ago from an honest vendor on Ebay USA. Should contain S.A. calibration data to download in 8920. Of course serial number
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ik0ibi
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Re: LCD replacement screen for 8920A
Roberto Barrios has very good page where he has documented his LCD-conversion on his HP 8920A: https://rbarrios.com/projects/8920lcd/
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CrazyFin
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Re: Program to retrieve HP8920 calibration data...
@Jeff: First of all: Thank you very much for your hard work on creating that program that can download the calibration factors for the spectrum analyzer module in HP 8920A:s!! I currently do not own a
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CrazyFin
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Re: Added Folder HP8920 Instructional Video
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I am also hosting it on my website at http://www.fathermulcahy.net/HP8924C/ case sensitive.
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lobos305@...
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Re: Program to retrieve HP8920 calibration data...
Hi, Not really. Cal data is stored in EEPROM and this program is only there to get to this cal data (if you are curious about how it looks...). If I'm correct Lithium battery on 8920A is only there
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Jeff
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#113
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Added Folder HP8920 Instructional Video
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RFI-EMI-GUY added folder HP8920 Instructional Video
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[email protected] Notification <HP8924-Family-Spectrum-Analyzers@...>
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Re: Program to retrieve HP8920 calibration data...
I got into this thread late. Is this program something useful for backing up my 8920B before replacing the lithium Ion memory battery?
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RFI-EMI-GUY
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Re: HP 8920A Diagnostic Test Error
just happened to be looking at the CLIP ....there are only two MMIC's in that that like an MSA-0486 IIRC. Would just replace both and see what happens. The 8920? CLIP may be in the files area ....at
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John Yelmgren
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Re: HP 8920A Diagnostic Test Error
Wow, that really is counter-intuitive but it now makes sense. Thanks for the detailed explanation about the signaling paths. I¡¯m inclined to leave well enough alone for now, then perhaps at a later
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Paul Christensen
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Re: HP 8920A Diagnostic Test Error
The way that the 8920 generates the low frequency is somewhat counter intuitive. There are three paths in the Outpur Assembly The synthesizer runs from 500-1ghz? ?so that range is just straight
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John Yelmgren
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Re: HP 8920A Diagnostic Test Error
The replacement Output Module arrived and the 8920A now passes all self tests.? Thanks to all for their assistance. If i can figure how to crack open the Output Module, I may try to find the
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Paul Christensen
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Re: 8920A DC power connector
Super! Thanks Colin Sent: 22 July 2020 20:33 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HP8920/8935 Family] 8920A DC power connector Description: Connector body Agilent Part No:
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Colin Smithers
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