Scored an Anritsu 8810B radio comms test set for £60, and it all seems to work (Not too shabby for a 300K - 3GHz SA plus power meter and sig gen).
It has the usual problem with poor contrast on the screen that most of these seem to suffer from, and I have the eternal problem of finding that the set of inter series adapters I own is not quite as comprehensive as I thought it was (I am missing some TNC to sma or BNC).....
First job however, disk image of the PCMCIA ATA flash card.... They seem to be a little flaky by reputation.
Annoying when the adaptors are likely to cost more then the instrument did, but I cannot bring myself to use the unbranded specials on measuring instruments because so many of them are horrible once you get above nearly DC.
Lots of bench power supplies there, and a surprisingly good general selection of test gear.
Also, does anyone have the pinout for a Marconi 6960 sensor cable, I managed to get the meter and a power head that allegedly works, but no cable and the information is surprisingly hard to find. I am pretty sure the connector is a Binder M16, 12 pin job, but what is the wiring?
Regards, Dan.