With the lab power supply, the YTO worked fine, so I did some further investigations on the 8341A’s YO loop…
UPDATE: power flatness test!
HP 8341A repair part II
Today, I decided to dismantle the YO loop of my HP 8341A to further search for the problem.
HP 8341A repair part I
So, the HP 8341A which I recently got has several problems. Besides a bad YTO, it also has a burnt relay on the A62 motherboard. When fixing the generator, I decided to start with the easy things….
My new HP 8341A signal generator
My employer wanted to throw away a HP 8341A signal generator. This is a 10 MHz to 20 GHz sweep generator! Of course I rescued that unit from trash….
Design of a coaxial cavity filter
Here I show how I designed a coaxial cavity bandpass filter. The method of Dishal is employed, using the k and q values. This was part of my Master’s Thesis, but here it is explained in more detail.
Master Thesis & some other RF stuff
Here you can find my Master’s Thesis 😀 Have fun reading.
HP 4195A firmware dump
I recently decided to calibrate my HP 4195A network/spectrum analyser. While I had the device open, I also dumped the firmware (28 EPROMS!)
Self-made N calibration kit
Recently I needed a N type calibration kit. We don’t have one at work, but since I already have gained some experience with building a SMA calibration kit, I decided to make my own N kit!
Homebrew SMA calibration kit
I have a good old HP 8753C vector network analyser in my shack, however, I miss a proper SOLT calibration kit. Here is how I built my own calibration kit and made a model for the 8753C.
Cavity Oscillators
In the service manual of the HP 8753C, I read something about a cavity oscillator which is used in this instrument. Later, I read some article in the HP Journal, also about cavity oscillators. Time to build my own!