[time-nuts] HP 3586B Selective Level Meter

[Peter Gottlieb]

I have one of these as well, interesting instrument.  I used it with an adapter 
for a while then one day got tired of that and found a nice BNC from my bin 
which fit beautifully and got rid of the weird connector.  It's much nicer this 
way.  At these frequencies the connector type is based on usability convenience 
and for me the BNC was just a lot easier to deal with.  Perhaps the day that 
wiggling the adapter made the readings move a few tenths of a dB convinced me.

Peter



On 7/19/2012 2:22 AM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
> Got one of these massive (by today's standards) beasts the other day.
> It has the option 003.  Quite the light show when it powers up.
>
> I have its external reference daisy chained with a radio and two other
> instruments sucking 10 MHz from my Thunderbolt.
>
> I have not decided what to do with the AT&T front panel input.
> Should I get a BNC adapter for it?  Or replace it with a BNC
> connector?
>