Oh my... The HP 3586 looks like a gorgeous piece of equipment. It'd look very impressive in my (hopefully) growing rack of time/frequency gear...
I just checked on eBay right now and didn't see any available right this second, but I will put in a saved search for them so I can get email alerts... Do you know of any good (reasonably priced) used equipment dealers that I should also be looking at for HP test equipment? I know there's shops that specialize in used test gear, but I just don't know their addresses... I'll google around right now and see what I can come up with, but if anyone has any suggestions that they have delt with before and been satisfied, I'd like to hear. Thanks for the great idea! I hope I can track one of these down sooner or later. Regards, Brad At 01:55 PM 11/20/2008, you wrote: >Brad Stockdale wrote: >[ ... ] > > Anyway, on to the reason for this post... I'd like to get some > > receivers so I can HEAR and USE the WWVB, WWV, and WWVH signals... I > > know that HEARING them may not be a 'normal' request, but I just > > would like to monitor the audio as well as being able to decode > the signals... >broadcast ranges. > >[ ... ] > > Can anyone suggest a kit, or project listed online with > > schematics and parts lists, or I guess even reasonably priced > commercial units? > > > > If I can't get radios that have built in decoders for these > > stations, I'd be happy just receiving their audio and then trying to > > build my own decoder using a PIC or something... > >If you don't mind a big, heavy box, the HP 3586[A,B,C] selective >voltmeters are absolutely wonderful tools for any sort of LF/HF >measurement. They tune from 20 Hz to 32 MHz and have narrow 20 and 400 >Hz filter bandwidths, as well as a voice-bandwidth filter (the width >depends on the model and option). They read amplitude to 0.01 dB and >can count a received carrier to 0.1 Hz frequency resolution. > >They have a speaker and line-level audio output, but no decoder. They >also have a GPIB connector, so you can use a computer to tune and read >frequency and amplitude. > >The "C" model is the best for lab use, because it has 50/75/600 ohm >input options, and uses standard BNC and binding post input connectors. > The A and B models were designed for telco use and have slightly weird >input impedances and connectors, but nothing to stop them from still >being very useful. > >They sometimes go on eBay for <$200, which is a steal in my book. They >weigh about 50 pounds, though, so aren't exactly portable. > >John > >_______________________________________________ >time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >and follow the instructions there. > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >signature database 3628 (20081120) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
