The thought of what it must cost is frightening. A colleague just acquired a *used* 5503 for a bit under $50K.
On Friday, August 16, 2019, Richard (Rick) Karlquist <rich...@karlquist.com> wrote: > OMG, you need two PSG's AND a PXI cage with lots of cards. > Another doomsday machine (it replaces the E5505A which I > have a lot of experience with, and THAT was a doomsday > machine for sure. The blurb calls it the "gold standard". > Right, only when it comes to price). It even says it is designed > for Power Users at the high-end of the market. > Power Users with deep pockets. > > My guess is well into 6 figure$. > > (Note: I am a Keysight retiree). > > BTW, I don't know what -177 dBm/Hz has to do with phase noise. > The relevant units are dBc/Hz as any time-nut knows. > > Rick > > On 8/15/2019 3:42 PM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > >> This seems quite an impressive bit of kit, which in the standard >> configuration boasts >> >> RF INPUT 50 kHz to 40 GHz >> OFFSET 10 mHz to 160 MHz >> NOISE FLOOR kT >> >> https://www.keysight.com/en/pd-2998258-pn-N5511A/phase-noise >> -test-system-50-khz-to-40-ghz >> >> Despite setting my country to the USA, where it is usually possible to get >> prices. Maybe its a case of “if you have to ask the price, then you can’t >> afford it” >> >> Dave >> >> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/ > listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > -- Homo sum humani a me nihil alienum puto. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.