#864

Episode 864
Total price of $10 required some trading and bargaining. I hope to convert this unit into a 50 ohm VNA. Specs:
300khz - 1.3GHz 1hz resolution less than 5 ppm
-60 to +13 dBm 1dB flatness
100 dB dynamic range
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[@billpowell5931]

Very nice piece of gear. I look forward to the mods to configure it to 50 ohms. $200 for it was a heck of a deal.

[@baghdadiabdellatif1581]

Great deal. Congratulations Thank you for the informations. Greetings from North Africa (Algeria)

[@IMSAIGuy]

Thanks for watching. I've been to Egypt but that is the only part of Africa I've been.

[@visitslovenija]

Brilliant. Look forward to hearing more!

[@ruhnet]

Super! I'll be on the edge of my seat while you tame this beast! 😁

[@HelmutTschemernjak]

Very cool, congratulation to this nice device.

[@robertmontgomery3892]

Congratulatioms! Open it up!

[@IMSAIGuy]

I will, keep watching

[@TeslaTales59]

Very cool, and nice trade for a giant mixing blade. How will you make your bread now?

[@PapasDino]

This should be a great one!

[@rosalinafarias2757]

$10 DOLLARS !!!!!!!!!!!. I bought a H/P Spectrum Analyzer for 400 dollars. Frequency from 100KHZ to 26.5 GHZ. I knew what was a matter with the unit from the start. Only a 5 dollar part.

[@jafinch78]

Awesome and great to know! Interesting, if capable to output the data into a software app to process and output the vector/phase related data in whatever format.

[@BryanByTheSea]

Deverginalize 4:08 .

[@vincei4252]

Nice score!

[@lennydoesrants458]

Luv it! Interesting piece of HP gear (that I've never heard of) but after you tire of messing with this marvel can you trade it up for something like an electric car? I'll be watching and waiting. Great fun!

[@chriswalford4161]

Great shaggy dog story - but how are you kneading your dough now?

[@therfnoob7697]

nice find!

[@mjrtude]

I am glad that I ran across this as it's a good reminder to change the battery in my 8712ES. Can you point me to where you bought your battery? Thanks and 73

[@IMSAIGuy]

www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/panasonic-bsg/BR-2-3A/6676

[@mjrtude]

@@IMSAIGuy thank you sir

[@brianbloom1799]

Can a Network Analyzer, work as a Spectrum Analyzer. for Ham radio

[@IMSAIGuy]

no

[@azav8raa]

This channel is getting too expensive for me. I should unsubscribe to stay retired (kidding). I purchased an HP8591E (with tracking gen and option 140) on Craigs List after seeing yours in action. Truly my favorite add to the RF bench in a long time and indispensable for testing HF/VHF LP filters and amplifiers. Then it was the Weller Erem tools, which several examples made it from e-bay to my bench. So the HP 8711C looks cool... Generally, I'm finding better deals on craig's list than e-bay, but you have to be patient and stay in the hunt longer. Please keep the good content coming!

[@st3al09]

This is going to be nuts if you can hack it and do the conversion to 50 ohms! Best regards from Argentina

[@IMSAIGuy]

Thanks! Never been to South America. I hear that your earthquakes go up and down instead of the California side to side.

[@st3al09]

@@IMSAIGuy Hopefully here in Patagonia earthquakes are not possible, but if you go to San Juan or Mendoza there area a lot of mini earthquakes regularly, around 3 and 4 richter.

[@jessihawkins9116]

what makes you think he wouldn’t be able to do it? you think he’s stupid or something? 🤨

[@N0AGI]

Hi, enjoy your videos. I have a question for you and hoping to gain some guidance. I have a HP 8594E spectrum analyzer without a tracking generator option, and an rf sweep generator. I am hoping to using these two to test a few of my filters. I have connected my rf sweep gen to my filter in and the output of filter to the SA. Mapped the SA center fq and span settings. I do see the primary and the sub harmonics. But, i am not seeing the attentuation curve/drops responses on my SA. Might I not be spanningclose enough?? Any chance you could demonstrate this setup in your lab please. Thank you Nagi

[@IMSAIGuy]

i have several videos making measurements that way. here is one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHnQqqxohdpmrqc

[@N0AGI]

@@IMSAIGuy thank you.

[@BryanTorok]

For $200, did that include the shipping? If not, what did it cost you for shipping? By what method? I know those aren't light or small and shipping costs have gone up significantly over the last year or two.

[@IMSAIGuy]

$80 UPS

[@BryanTorok]

@@IMSAIGuy Tnx.

[@HalfLife2Beta]

how could u get it for 10 dollars??

[@IMSAIGuy]

Do you comment on videos without watching them? Just curious. In the first minute and a half I say how.

[@HalfLife2Beta]

@@IMSAIGuy Don't be so mean I had skipped that part :p

[@HalfLife2Beta]

@@IMSAIGuy Besides you were first talking about some hook thing totaly not related to electronics

[@johnc3403]

HP specify that it needs to be Cal'd every 12 months. You and I know that's BS. There's no way it goes rogue after 365 days. Calibration is for box-ticking and telling your commercial customers that it's legally within Cal. For home use, Cal it yourself or have it cal'd by HP every 7 or 8 years. That's all the accuracy you need. After all, an antenna that is showing a non-calibrated return loss of 11dB compared to a yearly Calibrated return loss measure of 11.1 dB? They both tell you the same thing... your antenna, feeder, or connections are bad. Quality equipment like this does not go out of Cal.. Stop worrying and stop getting expensive calibrations done!

[@IMSAIGuy]

Yes, for antenna work, who cares. When I worked for Wavetek, we had a big expensive VNA that was our gold standard for measuring return loss in power meter sensors. They has to be perfect and NIST traceable. I'm sure it got calibrated often.

[@jdmccorful]

Good job in trading up! Enjoyed watching.