[Amps] Help with.....any HP / Agilent product

[Robert Chudek]

This is a great tip!  Makes me want to go out and buy some old HP gear!  Oh, 
wait a minute... I have some old HP gear!  :-)

And what a wonderful philosophy to try help keep older equipment functional. 
A lot of companies would rather have the stuff in a landfill to encourage 
new equipment sales.

73 de Bob - K0RC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Haupt" <emailw8nf at yahoo.com>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Help with.....any HP / Agilent product


> An HP/Agilent-specific Yahoogroup exists that is an
> extraordinary resource.  Questions range from "where
> can I get a manual" to "where can I buy service parts"
> to "how do I make a measurement"?
>
> Current Agilent employees are on the list, and
> authorized by the company to be there.  There's a very
> focused effort in Agilent to make operating and
> service manuals for obsolete gear available, generally
> for free.  Don't ever buy a xeroxed manual for
> HP/Agilent gear until you first try to find it through
> "official" mechanisms, which are, in theory, free.
>
> Many ex-Agilent/HP employees participate in the group,
> including quite a few from the old atomic clock/freq
> counter division (which is now a part of Symmetricom),
> and they are excellent resources for understanding how
> to work and maintain the gear.
>
> Here's the link for the Yahoogroup:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hp_agilent_equipment/
>
>
> 73,
>
> Dave W8NF