Lee, Assuming you want quality without a lot of expense, I would wait until an HP 8640B shows up. 500 kHz to 512 MHz CW or AM (some have FM capabilities). They are well shielded and the output attenuator is calibrated - goes from +20 dBm to -130 on the fixed attenuator and can be reduced to -140 dBm. There is some warmup drift that lasts for as much as 2 hours, but they do settle down to a very stable frequency.
There may be newer signal generators that have the same performance specs, but this is an old favorite of many. The only major problem I know about is reports of broken gears - mine does not suffer from that problem (yet). 73, Don W3FPR Lee Buller wrote: > > If I were to buy a RF signal generator off of Ebay....what is a good > one to buy? I don't want a WWII surplus RF signal generator and do > not want the 10,000 dollar one either. I would like to have a > transistor RF signal generator so that kind of leaves out the old > Heaths and Eicos. > > Does this august body of homebrew swamis have any suggestions? > > Lee - K0WA > > > In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If > you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If > you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has > some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.12/1909 - Release Date: 1/22/2009 > 7:08 AM > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
