[time-nuts] FS: HP 5328a

[Mike S]

At 01:22 PM 8/17/2011, normn3ykf at stny.rr.com wrote...
>No master oscillator. Complete and untested otherwise. has counter to 
>512MHz. GPIB.  35$ plus shipping

Good deal. I'd think most around here have a 10 MHz source to feed it 
with, so the lack of OSC shouldn't be an issue. I'd jump, but already 
have two.

I will point out that the HP 5328a counter has a function where it can 
act as a (1:10-1:10e7) decade divider. It's in the documentation, but 
not obvious. One nice thing is that the input is subject to the level 
and slope controls, which are much more capable than what's found on 
most simple dividers, so you can work with a wider range of input 
signals. It may work even without an internal OSC!

HP: "START A, STOP. Sets the counter to totalize the number of events 
at the A input until STOP is selected, for N=l on the RESOLUTION 
switch. For N>l, the number of counts divided by N is totalized. The 
scaled output (i.e., frequency of A/N) is available at the Time Base 
Out rear panel connector."

I don't know that anyone has characterized the jitter when using this 
feature, though.