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Test Equipment

I have started a hobby of collecting vintage test equipment. These pages relate some of what I have learned in the process.

• Tektronix TDS2xx Screen DumpSoftware Utility
• How to put to good use the GPIB connector on the back of test equipment
• Tektronix 494P spectrum analyzer repair
• Signal Generators HP 8656A, HP 8657B and HP 3586A compared
• Effect of cable impedance and termination impedance on signal waveform.
• A Simple Dynamic Load to Check Power Supplies and Battery Chargers.
• Tektronix 7L18, 492 and 494P Spectrum Analyzers compared.
• Discussion about Tektronix Serial Numbers.
• Phase Locking a microwave sweeper using the EIP 371 Source Locking Microwave Counter
• Synthesized Audio Signal Generator
• Using a Coax to Waveguide adapter as an antenna for EMI check.
• Noise Figure Measurements when you don't have a Noise Figure Test Set
• Considerations on Antenna Pattern Measurements, near field versus far field
• Effect of Pulse Width on Frequency Spectrum
• Microwave Oven Leakage