[ARC5] Minimum test equipment

[J. Forster]

Not really. Markers are for denoting things like -3dB points when sweeping
a bandpass.

There is a fundamental contradiction in a high stability sweeper. A high Q
circuit, needed for stability and low phase noise, can't really be swept
fast.

-John

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> On Tue, 2012-02-21 at 15:56 -0800, J. Forster wrote:
>> Errrr....  The HP 8601A is a Sweep Generator, not a Signal Generator. It
>> is designed to be the source for the 8407A Vector NMetwork Analyzer. IMP
>> it's a nice little generator.
>>
>> However, stability of all Sweep Generators in poor. The only exception
>> is
>> the step-sweep synthesizers.
>>
>> -John
>>
>
> Isn't that what markers are for?
>
> 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H
>
>