Bob, The XG3 is quite a capable signal generator. It can do a lot, especially when used with the XG3 Utility program, and sounds like it would be excellent for the purposes you have stated. It is quite stable both frequency wise and output level wise.
Drawbacks of the XG3 as I see it is that one cannot simply add an attenuator to obtain extremely low signal levels (for true MDS measurements), the XG3 is not shielded. The only other downside is that it has a square wave output. That is not normally a problem because you would inject the signal into the tuned circuits of a receiver front end, and those tuned circuits turn the waveform into a nice sine wave. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/13/2012 8:13 AM, Bob Molloy wrote: > Hi, > > > As I slowly expand my knowledge in homebrewing, I've decided an XG3 should > be my next piece of test equipment (after a DMM and a Rigol DS1102E 'scope). > My main interest in the XG3 is for receiver alignment and RF tracing. > > I'd like to know people's opinions and experiences with this generator. > > Thanks & 73, > > Bob KD2UJ > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
