[GPS_Standard] Ovenaire OSC 49-61C

[Zack Widup]

Hi Geoff,

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008, Geoff Blake wrote:

> Hi Zack, list,
>
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Zack Widup wrote:
>
>> That's about what I've been getting at 10 GHz with the Isotemp units. Of
>> course it's even better for the bands lower in frequency.  I wish the
>> source for them I had didn't dry up.  They have decent phase noise specs,
>> and this person was selling them on eBay and getting $15-20 apiece. But
>> he hasn't been able to get any for a couple years now.
>
> And that is what I hope to get too :-)
>
> Well, I suppose that I am lucky, I work in the test equipment
> business and both my HP 10811-60111 and the OSC 49-61C are ex
> scrapped TE.
>
> Out of interest, I looked for hp 10811's on ebay and there is a
> guy (company?) in Spain asking $950-1200 for some. I am tempted to
> ask if he has got the decimal point shifted too far to the
> right!
>

I have seen similar things from eBay sellers in Spain. Maybe those things 
are extremely scarce over there and they can get those prices.

There is another eBay'er selling NE900275 FET's for $125 apiece. That's 
way too much money for 200 mW at 10 GHz. I got a couple of them a few 
years ago for $3 apiece. You can get an FMM5061 that puts out 2.5 watts 
for 10 mW drive from Down East Microwave for $100.

> Another guy is asking $55.00 for a hp 10811 manual! Even though I
> have my own, I offer a vote of thanks to Didier.

I downloaded the manual for free on Internet.  It only took a minute or so 
of Google searching to find it.  I don't know if an original printing by 
H-P is a collector's item but I only wanted the data and a free PDF file 
is fine with me!

73, Zack W9SZ