Ok - not so bad. One of the 250v 5Amp inside the case blew on the 10v line. Now to work out why...
J. On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Jason Ball <ja...@ball.net> wrote: > > Recently I've been on the hunt for test gear so facilitate moving up into > the microwave bands (ham radio), accurate timing being one of the basics to > be sorted. As part of this I've recently acquired a HP 5335A with OCXO > and HP5350B microwave frequency counter, both picked up today. > > I've setup a test stack using a stanford research function generator and > my existing HP 5384A counter to compare all the kit, it was nice to see > everything lock in within +5Hz @ 10MHz using only the internal reference. > I'll have a GPSDO running in a couple of days to provide an external > reference as well. > > Unfortunately after running for 15 minutes the HP 5335A literally went > 'clunk' and now has no display which is disappointing as I wanted some of > the measurement functions this unit provides. There's no odd small (for > an old system) so I'm hoping its a reasonably simple problem, I'll open the > case tonight. > > Does anybody have any experience with issues on the HP 5335A's ? > > Cheers > j. > > > -- > -- > Teach your kids Science, or somebody else will :/ > > ja...@ball.net > vk2...@google.com <vk2f...@google.com> > callsign: vk2vjb > > -- -- Teach your kids Science, or somebody else will :/ ja...@ball.net vk2...@google.com <vk2f...@google.com> callsign: vk2vjb _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
