[time-nuts] Spec An for phase noise measurements

[John Day]

At 04:57 PM 1/21/2008, you wrote:
> > 3562's or 3563's are not expensive.
>
>Yep... I went over to a local fellow's house the other day to buy a 3561A he
>had for sale, and he talked me into taking his 3562A as well.  Both were
>cheap to acquire, and they're both good analyzers, but neither of them are
>interesting by current performance standards.

Well, I only said they were cheap!

I have been using a 3563A for many years - because it is in an 
automated system. But something a little smaller and lighter would be 
welcome one day!

John

>I will keep the 3561A because it completes the 3048A PN system I'm putting
>together, and because it's an amazingly-nice piece of gear even by HP
>standards.  It's as if HP contracted the packaging and UI design out to
>Apple or Sony, with a nod to Tektronix's 453/454.
>
>But I'm not sure the 3562A can justify the space it takes up.  I'd like to
>build a cross-correlating PN rig at some point, but it will use a
>more-modern ADC platform, one that doesn't weigh 50 pounds and take up 600
>square inches of bench space in exchange for 80 dB of dynamic range.
>
>-- john, KE5FX
>
>
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