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james_s:

--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 11, 2023, 09:47:56 am ---
--- Quote from: james_s on February 11, 2023, 12:17:39 am ---Maybe, but I'd expect the 20-30 year old equipment I look for to be a bargain compared to buying new.

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Of course. How about a portable[1] 21GHz spectrum analyser from HP for £350 (and Tek £250), or an 8 digit DVM for £50? All working usefully.

But if my business relied on them, they wouldn't be bargains since they were out of calibration.

[1] in the sense the Osborne 1 was portable :)

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Sounds like bargains to me, send them out for calibration, you have to do that periodically with modern gear too.

tggzzz:

--- Quote from: james_s on February 11, 2023, 06:35:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 11, 2023, 09:47:56 am ---
--- Quote from: james_s on February 11, 2023, 12:17:39 am ---Maybe, but I'd expect the 20-30 year old equipment I look for to be a bargain compared to buying new.

--- End quote ---

Of course. How about a portable[1] 21GHz spectrum analyser from HP for £350 (and Tek £250), or an 8 digit DVM for £50? All working usefully.

But if my business relied on them, they wouldn't be bargains since they were out of calibration.

[1] in the sense the Osborne 1 was portable :)

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Sounds like bargains to me, send them out for calibration, you have to do that periodically with modern gear too.

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They were bargains, but I had to wait for them to materialise :)

It isn't clear where to get the DVM calibrated; it is 1980s vintage, the manufacturer no longer exists, and most cal shops seem to be set up to give "plausible deniability" pieces of paper for 4.5/4.5digit multimeters :)

The spectrum analysers are also old and, as far as I can tell, are in spec. I would get no benefit from having them calibrated.

They are not for business use and are more than adequate as they are for my purposes: playing around and pretending to need them :) And with that thought, I'll point people to https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/how-much-accuracy-do-you-really-need/msg4691354/#msg4691354 :)

joeqsmith:
We just picked up a couple of the latest hardware revision of the LiteVNA and the price had not changed.   

J-R:
Saw this recently, it doesn't show up under "keithley 2001" searches: https://www.ebay.com/itm/165338086513
Seems they have 42 in stock, so some deals should be possible.
Not sure if it has any quirks compared to the regular 2001.

zrq:
This shows up when searching Keithley 2001M. I was also considering getting one from them (didn't).
xdev have an article about 2001M, it's almost the same as ordinary 2001, with a few neglectable tiny improvements. The disappointing points of K2001 are still there, but given the price it's can be a good deal.

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