After the discussion a few weeks ago, I started looking for a 5370. In answer to the question about affordable 5370's, yes, there are sub $200 5370's out there. I just acquired one from eBay. Listed as 'won't power up'. Close look at the pictures showed intact Agilent calibration stickers on the top/bottom covers, HPIB cable cut off, and possibly, just possibly, the faint shadow of the 110/220 card set to 220. Figured it was worth a shot, so I esniped it for $154 + $45 in shipping.
It arrived today. Took it out of the box full of @#...@!@#$%! foam peanuts (anti-static at least), brought it up to the lab, turned it over, and sure enough, the voltage selector was set to 220. Pop it in the right way, hook it up to the autotransformer, power it up, and away it goes. It's still warming up, but it's reading 9.999,999.88443 hz (and climbing slowly) while listening to my (also warming up) T'bolt. Only a full checkout will tell, but so far, I'm pretty optimistic. Bob KI2L _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.