RF signal generators

And get 30 dB worse phase noise for free!

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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Dr Philip C D Hobbs 
Principal Consultant 
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC 
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics 

160 North State Road #203 
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 

hobbs at electrooptical dot net 
http://electrooptical.net

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So do you have a favorite spectrum analyzer with TG? (Say 1 to 2 GHz.)

George H.

I used to have an HP70000 tinkertoy SA that I loved--I bought it new in

1989, when IBM was setting me up with my own lab. It was like an 8566B with more modern software measurements, except that it had a really good synthesized tracking generator.

You can use the HP 8444A (opt 59) tracking generator with the 8568B, but due to some peculiarity of the 8566B's frequency plan, it isn't fully phase locked--there's one oscillator that free-runs.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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Dr Philip C D Hobbs 
Principal Consultant 
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC 
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics 

160 North State Road #203 
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 

hobbs at electrooptical dot net 
http://electrooptical.net

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I was watching David J. play with the Rigol TG on his eevblog... The TG had an ugly amplitude vs. freq shape, ~ +/-1.5 dB (a +/-3dB spec.) I guess that's somewhat expected given the cost/source.

OK thanks, (Of course whatever band is free-running will be the one I'm someday most intereseted in.)

George H.

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