[time-nuts] 2nd 5370B

[paul swed]

Don I have indeed looked at the usb instruments. Pretty amazing for the
costs actually.
But I have been fortunate to get out of the epay drug before $ went crazy.
(A better observation was I did not like the $ for the junk and risk) Also
been lucky to stumble into reasonably priced broken gear. So my heavy duty
stuff is great.
Still with a handful of these USB sensors and instruments my bench would be
1000 LBS lighter and the power consumption 20 watts. I could easily acquire
and store information by the tons with modern laptop technology. But I like
the accuracy of the HP stuff.
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Don Latham <djl at montana.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul:
> I have two 5370A's that I picked off epay years ago when prices were real.
> What's happened, I don't know, but I can't afford to buy stuff that old
> for inflated prices, and the shipping, yikes!
> I'm converting to all USB instruments for future use, including SDR's,
> that's why I tried to get the 5370 replacement instrument started here (no
> time, no skill with FPGA's) to see if others were interested.
> Have a look at www.telemakus.com and signalhound.com for some examples.
> I realize these are not really laboratory caliber instruments, but I'm not
> in that business...
> Best,
> Don
>
> paul swed
> > Don I have seen the same amazing thing eproms with a pin folded over that
> > touched the auget socket and worked for years or maybe not and thats why
> I
> > ended up with the 5370.
> > But bottom line is I grab 5370s when I see them if they are the right
> > price.
> > Have 4, all working now, most with the xtal oscillator. I won't say what
> > the
> > prices were but fractions of whats been mentioned here. (None worked when
> > I
> > picked them up) They were dirty and generally reasonable issues to solve.
> > Indeed the internal external switch was exactly one of the issues.
> > Then soap and water with elbow grease and they look like new and work
> > well.
> > Regards
> > Paul.
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Don Latham <djl at montana.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Paul is right! NO WD40, wrong stuff!!!!!!
> >> The chips can be reseated by GENTLY twisting the baords and pushing the
> >> chips back into the sockets (I know, but it works. note gently!), or
> >> just
> >> firmly pushing on the chips first on one end and then the other. I've
> >> also
> >> observes chips with one pin buckled during manufacture insertion that
> >> managed to work and then lose connection, so look carefully at pin
> >> engagement.
> >> Don
> >>
> >> paul swed
> >> > This is ideed something to do with internal external reference. The
> >> switch
> >> > is in the wrong position or someone took the oven oscilator out and
> >> sold
> >> > it
> >> > on epay for $150.
> >> > Simply switch to external and supply a 10 mc sig 1 volt. If it works
> >> find
> >> > out whats missing.
> >> >
> >> > I would not use wd40 nor pull chips out of sockets. That can introduce
> >> > additional problems. Its a gamble.
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:27 AM, William H. Fite <omniryx at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> The language is Elvish and says, "Can you believe that sucker bought
> >> >> this
> >> >> piece of crap?"
> >> >>
> >> >> OK, OK, only teasing.  [?]
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 3:49 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp <
> phk at phk.freebsd.dk
> >> >> >wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > In message
> >> >> <AANLkTimaTP72p6XqNZko7xWLRRiBWOktf0r55qzHcSrk at mail.gmail.com
> >> >> >,
> >> >> > Pete
> >> >> >  Lancashire writes:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > >This one makes fan noises the yellow trigger/level LEDs light up
> >> but
> >> >> > >the LEDs controlled buy the CPU don't. One segment of one digit
> >> >> > >flashes when the power switch is hit. Both were advertised as
> >> "Power
> >> >> Up".
> >> >> > >But since both are complete and look fairly clean, not really
> >> >> complaining.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Check the ext/int clock switch.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > >Anyone ID this language ?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Looks like thai or vietnamese.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
> >> >> > phk at FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
> >> >> > FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
> >> >> > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by
> >> >> incompetence.
> >> >> >
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> Dr. Don Latham AJ7LL
> Six Mile Systems LLP
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> VOX 406-626-4304
> www.lightningforensics.com
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