Hi If the 1164 was anything like the 1162 they got a lot of use in the crystal industry. The normal operating mode involved a reset of the frequency every few minutes. That got them into the "cranky" category pretty quickly (as in by the mid 70's).
Bob On Sep 3, 2013, at 7:43 PM, paul swed <paulsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Pete > A shame we did not meet a few years ago I had 2 1164s. Both working and > cranky. > Often thought about using modern technology per decade. Anyhow you could > have been the proud owner of both of them for that magical box we send back > and forth. As it was I darnear gave them a way for a song at a hamfest. > I do have a 8660c and fluke 6060. Both work very well and I use them often. > I am familiar with the old HP now thats a serious boat anchor. I assume you > picked up both the source and the gen it was a 2 unit gizmo. > Regards > Paul > WB8TSL > > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Pete Lancashire > <p...@petelancashire.com>wrote: > >> The one mix and match synth I've not got working is my HP 5100B/5110B. It >> came to me for the price of about 15 gallons of gas, and day on the road. >> Was stored in a unheated shop for at least two decades, if not three. Why >> have one ? .. Goes with the GR1161, 1162, (No 1164 or 68 yet), PTS 160, >> Monsanto 3100A, Fluke 6160B, etc. >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 7:14 AM, paul swed <paulsw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Bill >>> I guess technology moved along. I think of the mix type of syn like >> genrad >>> made 1164 maybe. Son of a guns to keep working and I think they are >> noisey. >>> Granted in the day they were not bad for what they were doing. >>> You could emulate much in todays technology. But I think cost becomes an >>> issue. >>> Regards >>> Paul. >>> WB8TSL >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Bill Hawkins <b...@iaxs.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Why do we hardly ever talk about synthesizers - those boxes that >>>> turn 10 MHz into other frequencies? >>>> >>>> Bill Hawkins >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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. >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.