[time-nuts] Need Fluke 6071A synthesizer info

[Randy D. Hunt]

On 10/14/2013 8:44 AM, ed breya wrote:
> I recently acquired a Fluke 6071A, and have found some pieces of the 
> service and operating manuals, but not the schematics. Does anyone 
> know where the schematics can be found? This unit looks pretty good 
> except the "FREQ" and "UNCAL" indicators are flashing. I managed to 
> decipher enough of the diagnostic error code info to find the 
> "sub-synthesizer" loop is unlocked, and I hope that adjustment of its 
> VCO will fix it. This section is of course buried inside the inner 
> layers of the RF deck stack, so will be tricky to get at and rig for 
> temporary running while opened up. The manual info is good for 
> figuring this out, but the schematics would of course be a big help 
> for this and future maintenance.
>
> Is there any kind of fluke-nuts group on febo.com? I think there's a 
> fluke group at yahoo, but that stupid neo form of groups interface is 
> so screwed up that I'm reluctant to join any more yahoo groups. I will 
> probably have to try anyway for this one.
>
> I also vaguely recall that in recent months this model was noted as 
> being pretty good in terms of phase noise for time-nuts purposes, but 
> I couldn't find it in the discussions.
>
> Ed
>
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The Fluke group on Yahoo is geared more to the meters. Arteck Media has 
the complete manual available on CD-Rom. I wound up with 2 of them.

Randy, KI6WAS