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Products => Test Equipment => Topic started by: plakat on February 27, 2014, 08:25:50 pm

Title: help with id of frequency range added more pic teardown
Post by: plakat on February 27, 2014, 08:25:50 pm
Hi ,I have an old Hanson fs-5e and I have no idea of it's working frequency range.it was my dad's back in the 80s ,I can only find info on the fs-5. And it completely differant.I was hoping it's range maybe 3 mhz upto around the 150mhz but a guy I asked a while back at a auction said he thought it topped out at 30mhz .can anyone point me in the direction of some accurate info I have googled it to death ....
Title: Re: help with id of frequency range
Post by: babysitter on February 27, 2014, 08:37:45 pm
Teardown photos might help, maybe someone can give hints upon seeing the construction of the coupler...
... otoh, why dont you try / let someone else try ?
Title: Re: help with id of frequency range
Post by: plakat on February 27, 2014, 08:53:59 pm
I'll pull it apart now and post the pics thanks for the advise I'll post back up in about one hour
Title: Re: help with id of frequency range
Post by: katzohki on February 27, 2014, 09:10:14 pm
3MHz to 30MHz would be fairly typical of amateur radio gear. Generally considered the "HF" range.
Title: Re: help with id of frequency range
Post by: dc101 on February 27, 2014, 09:59:44 pm
Manual attached... 3-144 MHz.
Title: Re: help with id of frequency range
Post by: plakat on February 27, 2014, 10:06:24 pm
Hi thanks for that but that's the fs-5 it's totally different if you check the above pictures this is the tear down but not great pics but you rf guys may have a much better idea thanks again 
Title: Re: help with id of frequency range added more pic teardown
Post by: kc9qvl on February 27, 2014, 10:31:43 pm
Some one already posted this. Disregard
Title: Re: help with id of frequency range added more pic teardown
Post by: plakat on February 27, 2014, 11:12:28 pm
Its turning out to be a challenge to find any info on this unit ,if anyone in any country has any info please add your input ti the post .thanks again ...