[Elecraft] [XG3} Experiences and Opinions?

[Don Wilhelm]

Bob,

The XG3 is quite a capable signal generator.  It can do a lot, 
especially when used with the XG3 Utility program, and sounds like it 
would be excellent for the purposes you have stated.  It is quite stable 
both frequency wise and output level wise.

Drawbacks of the XG3 as I see it is that one cannot simply add an 
attenuator to obtain extremely low signal levels (for true MDS 
measurements), the XG3 is not shielded.  The only other downside is that 
it has a square wave output.  That is not normally a problem because you 
would inject the signal into the tuned circuits of a receiver front end, 
and those tuned circuits turn the waveform into a nice sine wave.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/13/2012 8:13 AM, Bob Molloy wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> As I slowly expand my knowledge in homebrewing, I've decided an XG3 should
> be my next piece of test equipment (after a DMM and a Rigol DS1102E 'scope).
> My main interest in the XG3 is for receiver alignment and RF tracing.
>
> I'd like to know people's opinions and experiences with this generator.
>
> Thanks & 73,
>
> Bob  KD2UJ
>
>