[Test-Equipment] probe question

[Larry Will]

My 1985 catalog shows the P6057 as a 50 ohm 100x divider probe.

DC to 1.4 GHz.

Note by 50 ohm they mean for 50 ohm plugs ins 
such as the 7A24 500 MHz dual trace amp.
it states input Z as 500 ohms at DC and 1500 ohms at 1 gig.

Larry W3LW

At 11:44 AM 5/29/2011, you wrote:
>Hi. While going through my Tek probes, I came 
>across a strange one. Although the P6057 was not 
>listed in the Tek chart I found on the WWW, I 
>found several descriptions for it. It's: 100X 5K 
>ohms .5 Watts What's puzzling is there is no 
>ground wire. It has a VERY low capacity (around 
>1pF), and it's supposed to be good to 1 GHz. I 
>don't know if there is a part missing. It 
>doesn't appear so and the description states no 
>grd ref. It DOES have an "IDENT" button. Any 
>help out there? ron N4UE -----Original 
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><wb0eq at yahoo.com> To: Tektronix O'scope 
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>2011 10:19 am Subject: [TekScopes] ESR meter ESR 
>meter kit ordered today from EVB (nice guy, that 
>Vitor). Thanks again for big helps. Roger, 
>wilco, over & out! 'Nuf said. --John Sehring 
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