[Amps] hp 8405a operations ??

[G3rzp@aol.com]

There are adaptors around that the probes plug into, which adapt to BNC  
plugs. There are also pieces of through line with N connectors one each end (one  
male, one female): these are about 1 inch long between the N types, and have  
holes in them that probes plug into.
 
Be very careful of the probe tips themselves: these are hard to find. I  
suspect if one has some patience, you can turn them up from brass rod, but I  
haven't had to try that yet. There some cheap oscilloscope probes around that  
have little adaptors for pluggung into BNC sockets and the probes fir those:  
they have the advantage of protecting the probe tips.
 
I can't remember the HP numbers for these adaptors, but you can  find  a 
reference to them in the manual.
 
73
 
Peter G3RZP