[sdiy] HP frequency counter

[mark verbos]

why not just make a cable with a BNC on one end and a mini on the other?

mark

Peter Grenader wrote:

>i just bought a 30 year old HP  5381A freq counter from Ebats.
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>I know this is a sore subject, but do any of you guys know how complicated
>it would be for me to replace the BNC with a mini?  I'm only going to use it
>as a reference when documenting patches on the beast and an occational
>oscilator re-cal or two,  Nothing above the range of the Blacet osc's.
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>I'm wondering if it's a major problem to get to the back of the faceplate or
>if that connector is board mounted.  if its a prob, I'll just make a
>conversion box.
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>any info would be grand.
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>thanks,
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