[Test-Equipment] HP-436A Power Meter

[Gary Schafer]

Be careful using a service monitor! Some of them put out much more power 
at other frequencies than the one you are set up on.

73
Gary  K4FMX


KL�S wrote:
> Ditto what George said about low power sensors....I took a chance buying my
> HP 8481D (the -70 dBm to -20 dBm model) on eBay....looked VERY hard at the
> feedback the seller had and the kinds of things he had sold before, to
> include several sensors.  Needless to say I was pretty apprehensive when I
> first powered it up, starting at -127 dBm from the service monitor and
> working my way up.  When I passed -70 dBm and didn't get a reading I started
> to say "I told you so" until it finally kicked in about 2 dBm later....I
> think the 436 will "hang onto" a signal once it has acquired it since I
> could then move back down and get a reading at -70 dBm.   Phewwwwww!!!!
> 
> 'Course all you can say about eBay is that there's nothing you can say about
> eBay -- I got this unit as the only bidder for about $400....a similar unit
> from another seller two days later had 25 bidders and went for $585 and the
> day following that same seller offered another with a starting price of $500
> and a Buy it Now of $700....all without the required attenuator.  Heck, you
> can buy a refurbished one with a warranty AND the attenuator from Bell
> Electronics (where I got my other sensor) for about $650.
> 
> What  a world we live in.....
> 
> 73 -- Dino KL�S/4
> 
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