[Test-Equipment] HP 8656A question

[John Miles]

The manual for this generator is pretty thick, with lots of foldout pages.
You can probably rent one from http://www.consolidatedsurplus.com for
$25/week, but IMHO it's definitely worth owning a copy.

The 8656A isn't the cleanest synthesizer around, so the FM noise may be
normal.  I'll try to have a look in the manual for mine tonight and see what
the specs look like.  Do you have a spectrum analyzer or some other way to
actually measure the FM?

-- john KE5FX

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> [mailto:test-equipment-admin@mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Carl Walker
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 4:10 PM
> To: test-equipment@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Test-Equipment] HP 8656A question
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>
> Hello to the list.
>
> I'm the proud owner of an HP 8656A signal generator, but it seems to be
> suffering from a bit more residual FM than I would like - but only below
> 100MHz.
>