#43 - HP 8590A spectrum analyzer repair - part 1 of 3

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A good old HP 8590A spectrum analyzer, which was picked up from eBay for parts or repair. It turned out to have a bad mixer in the first converter. A matched pair of schottky diodes was dead. A replacement was found and installed. The analyzer seems to be back in business. Perhaps, it will need some adjustments though.

Forum:
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Service manual:


Avago (Broadcom)HSMS-28xx datasheet:
[1]-908864.pdf

Diodes on Mouser:
HSMS-2802 - the ones I used:

HSMS-2812 - the ones I think I should have used:


Enjoying the view in winter wonderland

2018-08-08
Christoph Oberschneider
2018-08-08

HERO3000 Enjoying the view from above at winter wonderland in the Austrian Alps with my Karma =& Hero 6. I'm always shooting in RAW mode to have absolute control over the image parameters in post production.
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HERO4 Black

2018-08-07
light painting with my GoPro
2018-05-25
The Door of Everything
2018-02-16
Rest in the middle of the lake