[time-nuts] Selecting a used HP sweep/frequency generator

Mike Feher mfeher at eozinc.com
Thu Apr 14 19:33:45 UTC 2011


This is amazing - now I have to get one. 73 - Mike

Mike B. Feher, EOZ Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of Pete Lancashire
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 3:17 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Cc: k6rtm at comcast.net
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Selecting a used HP sweep/frequency generator

And if you get a 3314A is can do something non of the others can do

http://www.slack.com/hp3314a.html

-pete

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:47 AM,  <k6rtm at comcast.net> wrote:
> Bob--
>
> For that frequency range, I like the 3314A - 1 to 20 MHz with sweep,
bursts, gate, arb, and an easter egg. Lots of modulation capabilities.
>
> No easy way to synch it to 10MHz, as it runs off an internal crystal clock
(2 MHz?). I've thought about bootlegging it to my house (tbolt) standard,
but haven't done that yet.
>
> My real RF sweeper is a boat anchor, an old 8660C, which was incredibly
cheap by the pound when I got it...
>
> I paid around $200 for the 3314A on the usual auction site two or three
years ago; the current batch listed seem high.
>
> bob k6rtm
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> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:38:58 -0400
> From: Bob Bownes <bownes at gmail.com>
> To: Bob Bownes <bownes at gmail.com>
> Subject: [time-nuts] Selecting a used HP sweep/frequency generator
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> Thought I would consult the assembled wisdom here.
>
> I'm looking for an HP frequency generator with sweep capability in the
> 1-20Mhz range. I can live with 1-11, and would really love 1-55, but
> 1-20 seems to be the most common. Other instruments I already own
> cover 10 and up. The goal here is to have something complementary to
> the 8640B, the 8620, and the 10m-20G sweeper.
>
> The candidates at present are the 3324 and 3325.
>
> The questions are:
>
> 1) Of the 3324 and 3325, are there any of the A/B/C/etc variants to
> favour or avoid?
>
> 2) Are there any other candidates to consider?
>
> This is for home, not work. Cost is, of course, a consideration. I
> already have 10mhz standard, so being able to lock to that is a plus.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
>
>
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