[time-nuts] Advantest U3641 problem

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Usually (but not always) these are VCO drift issues. If you can spot a tuning adjust on that board you are lucky. A lot of this stuff is now done “no adjust” boards. They just swap out the board …

Bob
 
> On Jan 16, 2015, at 12:27 AM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX <caf at omen.com> wrote:
> 
> My Advantest spectrum analyzer now comes up with an
> error 900 complaining about no PLL lock.
> 
> This would appear to be a fault on the PLL board but the
> brain damaged Advantest service manual has no schematics
> for the boards.
> 
> Any suggestions other than don't buy anything from Advantest?
> 
> 
> -- 
>     Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX   caf at omen.com   www.omen.com
> Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
>  Omen Technology Inc      "The High Reliability Software"
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