Re: [time-nuts] HP 3048A Alternative to HP3561A?

2015-09-05 Thread Dan Rae
On 9/4/2015 8:07 PM, John Allen wrote: Hello all - I have always wanted an HP 3048A system. I have acquired a 11848A, but need an HP 3561A or equivalent. Is there any substitute to the 3561A? John the problem is that all the software is specific to the 3561A so unless you are going to write

Re: [time-nuts] HP 3048A Alternative to HP3561A?

2015-09-05 Thread John Miles
> Hello all - I have always wanted an HP 3048A system. I have acquired a > 11848A, but need an HP 3561A or equivalent. > > Is there any substitute to the 3561A? Nope. It's the 3561A or nothing. > Also, are their other spectrum analyzers that are acceptable other than the > ones listed here? >

Re: [time-nuts] HP 3048A Alternative to HP3561A?

2015-09-05 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Given that the unique stuff is in the 11848A and the rest of the system is not all that unique - there is a solution: One could re-write the code (more likely write the code from scratch). Yes, that has been suggested a lot of times. It is a pretty major undertaking. Some of the

[time-nuts] HP 3048A Alternative to HP3561A?

2015-09-04 Thread John Allen
Hello all - I have always wanted an HP 3048A system. I have acquired a 11848A, but need an HP 3561A or equivalent. Is there any substitute to the 3561A? Also, are their other spectrum analyzers that are acceptable other than the ones listed here?