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« Reply #2050 on: June 28, 2018, 11:59:40 am »
I love all those buttons !
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« Reply #2051 on: June 28, 2018, 12:04:05 pm »
If you don't mind, where'd it all come from?
 

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« Reply #2052 on: June 28, 2018, 12:11:46 pm »
Auction ;)

Hobby-gone-bad-gone-pro. Or something.

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« Reply #2053 on: June 28, 2018, 02:50:20 pm »
Nice Score.  :-+ :-+ :-+
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« Reply #2054 on: June 28, 2018, 05:17:37 pm »
Oh hello! I missed that! The 22GHz SA has a tracking generator :-+ ^-^ :clap:

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« Reply #2055 on: June 28, 2018, 09:56:46 pm »
Auction ;)

Wow, lots of neat stuff.

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i.e., alias for TEA. Rather appropriate that you have it in your username. ;D
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« Reply #2056 on: June 29, 2018, 05:08:43 am »
Now that is quite the haul! Hope the auction didn't end up costing you too much
 

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« Reply #2057 on: June 29, 2018, 06:01:00 am »
i.e., alias for TEA. Rather appropriate that you have it in your username. ;D

Lol. That was chosen in tempore non suspecto ;)

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« Reply #2058 on: June 29, 2018, 06:37:51 pm »
Crud. Buyer backed out of the UPL deal. Back on the market!  :popcorn:

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« Reply #2059 on: June 29, 2018, 07:34:30 pm »
An American optical inspection station with a light table used by IBM. has both internal and external mirrors too to direct light on top of and underneath the item being magnified.
missing the light source, but, I don't see that as being a big deal as I can rig up something pretty easy with some white led's.  It came with 10x eyepieces and has a zoom range of x0.7-4.2 so the resulting range is 7x-42x in (( STEREO ))

I picked it up at a local surplus shop. A little dusty, but the optics look clear. a few lights scratches on the light table surface.  outdated for IBM I assume, but good enough for me!
the tape around the eyepieces was to just keep them from getting separated from the microscope while moving it around. I haven't cleaned it up yet, this is just how I got it.

I've tried to search the internet to see if i could find something like it, and though i easily found the optics on the internet, I haven't found the table anyplace. I wonder if it was some custom setup just for IBM.    anyway, always wanted a stereo inspection station..  :-+


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« Reply #2060 on: June 29, 2018, 08:04:59 pm »
You'll love it. Makes you look like a solder genious  ;D

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« Reply #2061 on: June 29, 2018, 10:07:18 pm »
Think i'll leave the ibm sticker on it :)
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« Reply #2062 on: July 05, 2018, 10:48:16 am »
I'm guessing you've seen most of the gear I got in action already, so I won't bother you with it but this Marconi gear is pretty neat. I proudly present the Marconi 2383 4.2GHz SA!




Notable facts:
- Proudly made in the UK.
- Old. Anyone any clue?
- Calibrated untill 2017 (I kid you not). With a waiver because it missed the targt by 0.04dB  ::)
- Tracking gen(shown active in the pictureover the full span. Kinda wonder where the dip comes from. Seems to shift frequencies too  :o)
- Heavy. Like a boat anchor. For the Titanic.
- None of this funny "menu" stuff. Everything has dedicated keys. Except for a few "shift" functions. But I imagine that once you get the hang of this thing you'd be twice as fast as on one of those newfangled menu pieces of gear.
- 100Hz (!) to 4.2GHz
- RBW 3Hz

EDIT: forum rotates the images. Don't know why.

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« Reply #2063 on: July 05, 2018, 10:58:46 am »
Gotta love those dedicated knobs and buttons for pretty much every function. :-+
 

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« Reply #2064 on: July 05, 2018, 02:14:50 pm »
That is some beautiful bit of Macroni. Well done Ice-Tea. :-+
 

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« Reply #2065 on: July 05, 2018, 02:23:00 pm »
- Tracking gen(shown active in the picture over the full span. Kinda wonder where the dip comes from.

Probably in need of a normalize or an old normalize active?

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« Reply #2066 on: July 05, 2018, 02:50:33 pm »
Ah! Probably. Thanks for the pointer.

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« Reply #2067 on: July 05, 2018, 08:32:50 pm »
Very cool SA, Ice-Tea! Quite the boat anchor(s) like the HP 8566/8568.

As for its age, perhaps the quickest answer is inside on some of the components unless there's a pull-out module that might give a hint.
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« Reply #2068 on: July 05, 2018, 09:27:12 pm »
As for its age, perhaps the quickest answer is inside on some of the components unless there's a pull-out module that might give a hint.

You're just trying to trick me into taking it apart!  :-DD :box:

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« Reply #2069 on: July 06, 2018, 02:03:21 am »
LOL. I'm sure if you wanted to take it apart, the photos would be up already. :-DD
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« Reply #2070 on: July 06, 2018, 04:26:50 am »
As for its age, perhaps the quickest answer is inside on some of the components unless there's a pull-out module that might give a hint.

You're just trying to trick me into taking it apart!  :-DD :box:

Oh, we KNOW you want to take it apart.  We're just being our usual oh-so-helpful selves by providing you with further justification for doing so.  Cuz, you know, we're good like that...

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« Reply #2071 on: July 06, 2018, 05:30:25 am »
Well the guts of a HP 8566B are pretty impressive looking so one would expect some neat stuff to see in this one too.

The most difficult part in taking the off lid of a HP 8566 is lifting it on the bench, actually getting the lid off is just a single screw to slide it right off.
 

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« Reply #2072 on: July 06, 2018, 05:56:35 am »
$35 USD on Ebay. Works perfect.

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« Reply #2073 on: July 07, 2018, 04:15:37 pm »
Been looking into that IFR 6201B a bit more.8G SNA, power meter

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« Reply #2074 on: July 08, 2018, 05:55:31 pm »
Just acquired this from a friend in non working condition.
The +5V supply was repaired and in the process I managed to break the +40V supply.

It's just the universe seeking balance...

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Fixed. and all appears to be working.
Just a basic HP-8901A modulation analyzer.

Nice. They're still in demand, I see them on want lists all the time.
 
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