[time-nuts] HP 5372A speed and stability

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Even back when they were new that IC was a "beyond belief" priced item. The same goes for the input on a 5335. You can indeed rig up something to replace either one, but I know of no direct replacements.

Bob

On Apr 15, 2012, at 7:19 PM, Jerry Mulchin wrote:

> Sorry, didn't mean to imply that the 5370B was not worth owning. It is a very nice unit as well.
> I have one of these as well, but unfortunately I lost one input channel, bad input custom IC. If
> I could only find a replacement for the bad IC I would use it as well. Right now it's just a nice
> high digit frequency counter. Anyone know where I can get a replacement IC for the input
> channel at a reasonable price?
> 
> Jerry
> 
> At 01:42 PM 4/15/2012, you wrote:
>> Dickson,
>> 
>> With a gate time of 10 seconds, in statistics mode you can see 13 digits at 10MHz easily.
>> While I agree it is not an SR620, it a very worth while unit to own. Much nicer than the 5370B units
>> to operate, and if you get the "C" model, you can measure all the way to a little over 2GHz.
>> 
>> Jerry
>> 
>> At 12:16 PM 4/15/2012, you wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> Does somebody know the speed and stability of HP 5372A Time Interval analyzer?   in terms of the number of digit per second.
>>> Also, what's the standard built-in frequency reference?
>>> 
>>> Lastly, what's the max number of digit when performs as a frequency counter?
>>> 
>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>> Dickson Fu
>>> VR2WHF
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>> 
>> Jerry Mulchin
>> 
>> 
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