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Used spectrum analyzer buyer's guide
PaulAm:
--- Quote ---Also, don't buy an 8568 or 8566 piecemeal or without cables.
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Although this is very good advice and something I'd also recommend, for completeness, I have to add that if you buy them piecemeal and build your own cables, it is often significantly cheaper than buying a complete set. The trade off is you have to make the cables, which is not trivial. Parts for the d-sub coaxial rf cable will be at least $50 and the bus cable is not wired 1:1. Not surprising you often see the cable set offered for more than either of the 2 electronic pieces.
usagi:
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innkeeper:
HP 8560A can be had very often in the $400 dollar range without the tracking generator.
range 50 Hz to 2.9 GHz (dc-coupled); 100 kHz to 2.9 GHz (ac coupled) , span 0 Hz, 100 Hz to 2.9 GHz, RBW 10hz-2mhz
ones with tracking generators built in go for significantly more money.
now inexpensive external tracking generators that emulate the hp generators can be had as designed by BG7TBL, so the ones with the built in tracking generators are not necessarily worth the extra money.
kirill_ka:
I recently acquired HP8561E on ebay for $600. It's not trouble free, but mostly usable.
One interesting discovery is a thing called "AN/USM-489A" which is some kind of HP856X series. You can find schematic and other useful documentation for that.
http://radionerds.com/index.php/AN~USM-489
innkeeper:
--- Quote from: kirill_ka on September 22, 2017, 09:26:28 am ---I recently acquired HP8561E on ebay for $600. It's not trouble free, but mostly usable.
One interesting discovery is a thing called "AN/USM-489A" which is some kind of HP856X series. You can find schematic and other useful documentation for that.
http://radionerds.com/index.php/AN~USM-489
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The AN/USM-489A may be a HP 8562A - as i found a cal procedure document labeled hp 8652a and AN/USM-489A
I also found some maintenance and tools document for the AN/USM-489A that was amazing. had great tear-down instructions.
i've had a new crt for my HP 8560A but even after doing some work on it in the past and having the service manual instructions, it seemed like a huge hassle replace the CRT tube.
the AN/USM-489A tools and mantenance manual described how to get the crt out to it with ease. and it is not how it is explained in the service manual at all.
Gotta love military documentation!
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