[NLRS] HP 432A, Ops from DM13

Fri, 07 Feb 2003 23:43:04 +0000

Hi Bill,
Although I'm not sure I should be talking to you... I think it got up to
10* today after being -15* or so over night!!!

Anyway.  Manuals are available (I may have one, or a copy, Jon may have
one, and I'm sure there's a CD-ROM copy somewhere).  The "AC cable" I'm not
sure what you mean... is it the power cord ?  Or the cable between the
meter and the  sensor head ?  If it's the power cord, $1.50 to $2.00 almost
anywhere.  Standard IEC cord.  If its the sensor cable... they're
available, but expensive.  I've seen them at Dayton from $20 new (2 years
ago) to $40 used to $120 used (last year).  Sensor heads are usually
available at Dayton... and usually run $50.  You do have to be careful...
not all of the ones you find are any good.  You can get a good idea with a
simple VOM measurement, and you really need to do that before you buy one.
Let me know, and I'll send the method along.

The meters themselvea are pretty good; they seem to hold up very well.  Not
a lot to go wrong with them.

73 Donn
WA2VOI/0

73 Donn

At 16:32 07-02-03 -0600, [email protected] wrote:
>Hi Guys
>
>  Picked up a HP432A power meter. No manual,AC cable or "head". Anyone
know  of 
>sources of these items?  The AC cable looks pretty "normal" but nothing
that I 
>have.
>
>   I'm in DM13, we got out here on Tuesday for a couple of weeks. EVERYone
in 
>the household has the flu but me so far, argh ..... That is a bummer. Been
on 
>144.200 SSB some from here. Built up another 6elem "cheap yagi" and have
it LOW 
>in the backyard. Trying to avoid the "antenna police". Best DX has been AAL 
>K7ICW 200 miles away in Las Vegas. Strange path with the mountains and no
easy 
>way to peak the antenna. Pat will have to be my "rotator" the next time we 
>work. Al was S1-S6 in here with a real SLOW QSB. He would be strong for
about 
>minute  and then down to S1.
>
>  Attended the San Bernardino Microwave Society meeting last night. About 30 
>guys were there. They are hard at work on the P-Com 24 GHz Conversion
Project 
>and K6JEY expained about his GPS augmented freq standard that he is
running. It 
>is the $250 unit you see advertised lately in QST surplus. Had a nice visit 
>with Chip Angle and several others. They were really "pumped" about their 
>showing in the latest Microwave contest. Over 112,000 pts by their top 
>operator, some really great paths and lots of rovers. They were really
bummed 
>out with the loss of (Clint) W1LP/MM's operations. Clint had provided some
huge 
>long path stuff on 10G. Clits tanker has been decommissioned and has been
sold 
>for scrap.
>
>
>
>   CUL  ............ K0AWU/6 DM13  Bill
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>
>Bill  K0AWU 
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