Manufacturer |
Model |
S/N |
Bandwidth |
Performance (MHz@dBm) |
int Accuracy [1] |
Functional? |
Have manuals? |
Have A/C? |
Have the battery? |
Date acquired |
Cost me |
Source |
Connectivity |
Status |
Comments |
(China) |
PLJ8LEDH |
|
0-2.4GHz? |
|
8 digits, tweaked. |
Yes |
Online |
|
N/A |
2025-06-18 |
$0.50 |
West Valley fleamarket |
BNC, possible serial |
Functional |
In black plastic case with BNC below |
homebrew INTERSIL |
handmade 7216B |
1? |
0-150MHz |
not tested, but I can tell it is not great |
xtal, TCXO |
Recovering from making it a tester for HP Classic calc displays |
none, ICM datasheet |
wall wart |
internal NiCd |
2024-01-02 |
$20 |
Anchor Electronics door special |
BNC |
low senitivity, internal noise |
3" square cast Al box, dead-bug+socket, 2x5082-7415 display |
?? |
E0330 |
?? |
0-50MHz |
not tested |
yes |
online |
wall wart |
N/A |
2015-04-?? |
$15 |
ebay, china |
ZIF |
flakey |
5-digit counter for xtals |
|
Agilent |
53131A |
?? |
0-225MHz |
225@-18 301@0 |
yes |
online |
IEC |
N/A |
2016-10-19 |
$245, $30 handle+bumpers |
ebay |
BNCs, GPIB, RS-232 |
on cart |
totalize, 12 dig(10/s), GPIB, serial |
|
Extech |
380282 |
?? |
0-1MHz |
1.5@0 |
yes |
pamphlet |
N/A |
9V |
2016-05-14 |
$60 |
De Anza |
banana, serial |
daily DMM |
DMM w/1MHz counter, square-wave source |
|
Fluke |
1900A |
?? |
0.000005-80MHz |
Not yet testable |
barely |
online |
IEC |
N/A |
2025-04-06 |
$30.00 |
West Valley flea |
BNC |
|
|
|
HeathKit |
IB-1103 |
?? |
0-180MHz |
not tested |
TCXO 999999.98169 Hz Mean, on extender |
recovering |
online |
weird |
N/A |
2017-04-07 |
$55 |
TESLA (!) |
BNC |
ext ref, needs repair on input board |
Nixies! TCXO! |
HP |
5315B |
2538A03741 |
0-100MHz |
170@-20 170@0 |
TCXO 9999999.923671428 Hz mean |
yes |
online |
IEC |
N/A |
2015-04-?? |
$30 |
De Anza |
BNCs |
on shelf |
ext ref switch inside. custom TCXO |
HP |
5316B |
2708A00981 |
0-100MHz |
101@-20 171@0 |
XO 9999999.923966667 Hz mean. Varies 20/mHz in a few minutes. could fit TCXO I made for 5315B |
yes |
online |
IEC |
N/A |
2019-04-13 |
$50 |
flea @ Fry's |
BNCs, GPIB, testpoints |
Tweaked stock XO, not option 001. |
difficult GPIB. same depth as 16A? Bail feet |
Racal |
9915 |
?? |
0-520MHz |
60/520 60@-40 75@0 78@10 520@-28 720@0 |
OCXO 1000000.0000861111 Hz mean tweaked. Gains 20mHz/day, smallest tweak gets that. hysteresis. Much better with 1MHz ublox as ref on 53131A vs Tbolt |
was wired for 240V |
not yet |
IEC |
internal, deadish |
2017-05-13 |
$2 |
De Anza |
BNCs, testpoint |
rewired for 125V. many screws frozen. still needs cosmetic reconstruction. |
live count in burst mode, has prescaler _and_ multiplier, and OCXO, and AGC out? |
Sabtronics |
8100 |
?? |
0-100MHz |
100@-17 147@0 160@13 |
Sweet spot appears to be 3.5795400MHz. That's embossed on the xtal. Probe capacitance accounts for 500mHz. drifts anyway |
wasn't |
online |
wall wart |
holders not connected |
2017-08-12 |
$5 |
De Anza |
BNCs |
replaced 75492, 2x FND357 |
almost colorburst reference frequency |
Systron-Donner |
6150 |
?? |
0-50MHz |
67MHz, 71@5 |
yes |
not yet |
IEC |
N/A |
2017-05-13 |
$60 |
De Anza |
BNCs, combs |
Nixies! 8- and 9-digit optional. 2U rack mount. crystal? |
one of those counters that live-counts for a while, stops to display, then starts over |
|
Tektronix |
CDC250 |
?? |
0-175MHz |
212@0, 213@3 |
TCXO |
yes |
online |
IEC |
N/A |
2014? |
$125? |
HSC |
BNCs |
loose BNC brought price down a little |
TCXO, totalize, ext ref |
Tektronix |
CFG280 |
?? |
0-11MHz |
89@-20 131@0 132@15 |
1MHz de GPSDO showed 1.000002 MHz. |
yes |
online |
IEC |
N/A |
2014? |
$110? |
ebay |
BNCs |
can get about 7D resolution from 5D counter |
swept function generator, modulation inputs |
Tektronix |
CMC250 |
?? |
0-100MHz,80M-1.36GHz |
1MHz GPSDO reads 999.9975 at 10 sec; 990.0000MHz reads 989.99700 at 27 sec |
2x trimmed XO. |
yes |
online |
IEC |
N/A |
2024-08-11 |
$25 |
West Valley Flea |
BNCs |
timebase hard to tweak; inward pressure on trimmer drops about 250Hz. reflowed trimmer with little effect. |
no TCXO, totalize, no ref |
Tektronix |
2715 |
?? |
0.009-1800MHz |
not tested |
mostly |
online |
IEC |
N/A |
2016-05-13 |
$260 |
ebay |
75R F, RS-232 |
on cart |
1Hz counter for tuned signal is broken |
|
Tektronix |
DMM916 |
?? |
0-4MHz |
not tested |
counter works |
yes |
N/A |
9V |
1990? |
$300? |
Fry's |
banana |
shelved |
Flakey DMM w/4MHz counter |
|
Manufacturer |
Model |
S/N |
Bandwidth |
Performance (MHz@dBm) |
int Accuracy |
Functional? |
Have manuals? |
Have A/C? |
Have the battery? |
Date acquired |
Cost me |
Source |
Connectivity |
Status |
Comments |
Fluke |
1900A |
?? |
0.000005-80MHz |
108@0 |
yes |
online |
IEC |
N/A |
2018-04-06 |
$20 |
C&H, Duarte |
BNC |
Disposed at flea mkt 2018-09-08 Replaced 2025 |
GIFT OF/JOHN FLUKE/MAY 1986 |
|
HP |
5316A |
?? |
0-100MHz |
100@-12 190@0 192@6 |
yes |
online |
IEC |
N/A |
2015-10-?? |
$40 |
ebay |
BNCs, GPIB, testpoints |
Sold flea market 2019-08-10 |
difficult GPIB, extref switch outside. |
[1] Report as ppm? 10^-x? Actual standard measured?
Method?
Measure internal reference against GPSDO? Measure GPSDO using
internal osc? Get rubidium involved?