Hi all,
A number of years ago when I lived in Denver, I knew George Kamas of whom
worked in the (then NBS) Time and frequency Labs. He was able to purchase a lot
of the equipment that they disposed of and I wound up with one piece that I
only had running for a short time. It is a Varian X-4700A
Have you ever looked at the unit put out by Ariel Rocholl called the RF
Explorer? (link - http://micro.arocholl.com/)
I bought one of these units and although they do not have everything ( I would
love to have different demods on it), it has been an impressive unit, and
inexpensive.
I believe