[time-nuts] HP5334A Option 010 replacement connector J8

2014-12-10 Thread Hendrik Dietrich
Hello list, same guy who direct-wired a STP2390C into a HP5334A earlier this year back here again. As a christmas holidays nano-project I made a little PCB to have a nice plug-in module instead of a snake nest. Today the boards arrived from the factory, and it was a lesson in dont try to

[time-nuts] HP5334A Option 010 replacement connector J8

2014-05-21 Thread Hendrik Dietrich
Dear group, as I just yesterdays implanted a non-original OCXO (C-MAC STP2390C) into a recently ebayed counter, I wanted to share my experience: Swapping C8 to C100 position as per 5334B Service Manual (the B) is fine. J8, the connector for Option 010, is not in the 10811 layout as in the

Re: [time-nuts] HP5334A Option 010 replacement connector J8

2014-05-21 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
I was the Project Manager for the 5334B. The A version (unlike the B version) has a very weak power supply due to insufficient capacitors and/or transformer. I can't remember now after 25 years. When you power it up with a cold 10544 or 10811, the oven circuit looks like a 47 ohm resistor. The