Hi Buddy, owned two of these for years. They were the cats meow in their day, but by todays standards they drift constantly. LC oscillators with no PLL. Can't help but drift. Not to mention they take up a ton of bench space, weigh a ton and use a lot of power.
I was hoping you would open one your collection of these. I see that it will be a fair amount of work to get mine up and running. Thank you for sharing.
I had one of these years ago and have regretted getting talked out of it ever since! Yes, they are large, but once it's warmed up it is ROCK solid, accurate and dependable. As long as you check the calibration once a year it's good to go. Mine even had the water proof pressure compensated shipping case still with it.
Solid HP signal generator. It weights in at 62 lbs! Must change out the old wax paper bumblebee caps. Great video there buddy. Shipping these out will be costly.
Hello there Buddy, thanks for the video. Never heard of Bumble Bee condensors before. Always learning something new from your videos. Thanks and God bless.
It Alive 😂 Bumble Bee caps! I learn something new from you every time. I thought I saw the gigantic HP spectrum analyzer on the back bench 😮 May you and your family have a peaceful Easter. 😊
Those are awesome older units..... I could have gotten one for just the shipping , from NY state that would have cost about 100 bux .... I could have gotten some other things for the same deal .... I waited until I got the HP 8656B ,,,, now I need a LM338K regulator for it , It's in the place of the 5 volt regulator .... Why ? I have no idea ... Take Care Mon Ami ....
The coil, which seems to be bent is part of the design. In my project, i also found this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5qwcFZ5yMoM.html My guess is, that this was made to reduce the magnetic coupling to the shielded case. (only my guess.....)
