[time-nuts] HP ET2702 5 MHz distribution amplifier

jim_johnson at agilent.com jim_johnson at agilent.com
Fri Jul 1 14:15:44 EDT 2005


Hi ... I'm not familiar with the 2702 designation
but I can tell you that "ET" stands for Electronic
Test, and just means that it was, indeed, an in-house
test fixture or test board that was never intended to
be a product in the HP catalog.

Happy July 4th holiday,
Jim Johnson
Agilent Laboratories
Palo Alto, CA



>-----Original Message-----
>From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com]On
>Behalf Of Daun Yeagley
>Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 6:57 PM
>To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>Subject: RE: [time-nuts] HP ET2702 5 MHz distribution amplifier
>
>
>Hi Bob
>
>The "ET" designation was generally used for production test, 
>special demo boxes,
>or other similar uses.  My guess is that it was an "in house" 
>unit, and using
>what was called the "next bench syndrome" may have indeed been 
>the inspiration
>for the regular production amps.
>
>Daun
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com]On
>Behalf Of Bob Voelker
>Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 4:15 PM
>To: time-nuts at febo.com
>Cc: pickypicky101 at yahoo.com
>Subject: [time-nuts] HP ET2702 5 MHz distribution amplifier
>
>
>Does anyone have any information, specs, or
>history of the HP ET 2702 5 MHz distribution
>amplifier?
>
>I suspect that it is a very rare unit,
>based on the "ET" model number prefix.
>Could it be the predecessor of the
>HP 5087A distribution amplifier?
>




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