[time-nuts] HP-3586x Beethoven Test...

J. L. Trantham jltran at att.net
Mon Jul 30 23:56:16 UTC 2012


I have two of the 3586C's and tried the 'Beethoven Test' on both.  

Now, other than turning it off, how do you make it stop?

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of Burt I. Weiner
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 4:03 PM
To: time-nuts at febo.com
Subject: [time-nuts] HP-3586x Beethoven Test...

Somehow I was hoping someone might ask.

The following was sent to me by Stu, K6YAZ.  If 
you are not familiar with this HP-3586x test, you 
should acquaint yourself with it.  Apparently 
this can be run on any of the HP-3586's - the A, B, or C versions.

Enter the following from the front panel:

"Recall", "decimal point", "CENTR FREQ", "8" and then wait.

According to the manual this is the receiver test.
The numbers that fly by are the Gain Tests of various stages:

1.0   -  1.11  RF Gain
2.0   -  2.13  I.F. Gain
3.1 -    3.2     Detector Counter
4.1 -   4.32  Flatness in 1 MHz steps
5.0      Audio Test

Pay close attention to the "Audio Test" from the 
speaker and the front panel lights during the audio test.

This test by itself is reason enough to own one 
of these versatile and wonderful instruments.

Burt, K6OQK


At 01:13 PM 7/30/2012, time-nuts-request at febo.com wrote
> > Are any of you familiar with the Beethoven 
> test?  This alone makes the price
> > of the instrument worth it.
>
>
>No, what is the Beethoven test?
>
>
>-Eric

Burt I. Weiner Associates
Broadcast Technical Services
Glendale, California  U.S.A.
biwa at att.net
www.biwa.cc
K6OQK 


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