I've got a few of the 5342s their weak point is the sampler. It can be fixed
if you have a die bonder all of mine have the option 1 which is either a 10544
or 10811 depending on vintage
The 535x series are nice counters I've got a couple. The bad thing is parts are
even less available
I am looking for a microwave frequency counter and won an auction for an 18
GHz 5342A with the GPIB option today @ £200 (GBP). I have just paid for
that.
I also have the chance to get a 5352B 40 GHz counter for £500. That has
GPIB as standard.
In the short/medium term I don't see much use for a
David a free opinion and thats about what its worth.
The 5342 counter was a good counter but very old now.
I used to use the 5342s for satellite work and always wanted one for home.
But given its age circa 1980 I believe, maybe it works or not at all
frequencies.
I would simply go with the 5352b
Dr. Kirby,
The 5242A Option 001 (high stability) used a 10544 oscillator, which. IIRC,
is electrically interchangeable with the 10811.
The 5352B Option 010 (high stability) uses the 10811 oscillator.
Cheers,
Dave M
Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) wrote:
I am looking for a microwave
I have one of the source locking EIP, which works up to 90GHz, but
used only for 60,xx GHz only, they are sometimes relative inexpensive
available on e-bay, see here:
The manual stated HP5342A have a option 001, it's a HP10544 OCXO with PC card
connector(A24), but when I opened my HP5342A, there is very limited space, I
doubt it's whether can contain a big 10544 OCXO in there. So I always use a
external 10MHz to feed my counter.
Hui Zhang
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