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Per the Manual, the unit weighs 36-1/2 pounds (with cables stored in the provided side storage compartment), is 16"Hx16"Wx12-1/2"D in Operating position. The CRT is mounted in a compartment which pivots into a recess at the rear of the cabinet for carrying/storage and the light shield also telescopes into the front panel so that the instrument folds to only 6-1/2"D for carrying. It consumes only 70 watts and compensating load resistors are switched into place across its power supply automatically to maintain a constant load and constant output voltages when functions and operating modes are changed via front-panel selectors.
The nearest equivalent to this instrument is the Hickok 610A, although the Hickok unit requires an external oscilloscope for display of sweep output.
I have encountered only three "would be nice if it did this, too" feature omissions.
1 -- There is no provision for the fixed crystal calibrator output alone to be directed to the Output jack (without also having the variable Marker oscillator active).
2 -- There is no provision for connecting an external crystal (the calibrator crystal and its socket are inside the unit with no means of access other than by removing the entire chassis from the cabinet).
3 -- No external connections for the horizontal sweep signal (input or output) are provided. To provide display on an external scope (for example, if a screen larger than the internal 3" display is desired), a scope having the AC Line as a timebase option with a built-in Phasing control or some means (an external variable-phase AC line signal derived from a filament transformer via a phase control network) of providing a synchronizable 60 Hz sine sweep to the scope is needed.
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