Going on recollection. Now I’ll have to go look again.
> On Oct 23, 2017, at 17:06, Jeremy Elson <jel...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Bob Bownes <bow...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Will it work? Probably. Up to a point. >> >> Is is best practice? Not even close. >> >> Each device will (should?) generally present a 50Ω termination. In the case >> of instruments that provide their own ref output which is then looped back >> in, they may be different, but I don't recall seeing any that said anything >> other than nothing or 50Ω. >> > > I'm confused: I thought most inputs were relatively high impedance. > > The manual for the 5335a specifies its external timebase input as being > 1000Ω > (http://www.dennlec.com/images/manuals/hp-5335a-op-manual.pdf). Maybe not > "high", > but it's certainly not 50. > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.