From: "Arnold Tibus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [time-nuts] Question concerning failure and value of HP 5371A Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:21:38 +0200 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Hello everybody, Hi Arnold, > my name is Arnold, located in southern Germany, and I am quite new > joining this very interesting group - I got as well the fever of precise > timing, > reading all you comments lot of months back - and learning a lot from all > your knowledge and experiences. I am sure you are enjoying the discussion about GPS jammers on German nuclear reactors? Just ponder a moment what that does to the time and frequency industry... ;O) > I am collecting already some nice counters and oscillators, OCXOs and > Rb-types. My target is to build a very stable and precise frequency standard > applying gps. Welcome to the gang, you will find yourself at home quite soon I hope. > Now I have the possibility to get (perhaps) a time interval counter > hp 5371A in very nice condition, but with a small black point: > When switching on it indicates: > " Instrument setup lost, Reset to default, Saved Configurations lost. > Press any key to continue". > Is that a severe problem? > Is such equipment a 'must' for serious working? You probably have a bad backup battery. That is easy enought to replace. To be expected. What you might want to do is to get the HP 5371A service manual of the Agilent webpage. > What is about the value for such a device, more than 600, 1000 ore > more $ ? Keep looking around, but they go in the range 600-1000 USD as I recall it. > Thank you at the moment in advance, > I am sure that I will have to ask you in future more questions, if > allowed. > > Best regards from the Lake Constance, > > Arnold, DK2WT Cheers, Magnus - who was down to Münich for the Octoberfest _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
