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From: Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: Distorted Sine Wave
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On Thu, 30 May 2024 16:24:25 -0700, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 30 May 2024 18:53:29 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 30 May 2024 14:56:30 -0700, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 30 May 2024 16:06:47 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 30 May 2024 15:02:44 -0400, Phil Hobbs
>>>><pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On 2024-05-29 18:59, Joe Gwinn wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 29 May 2024 22:11:47 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs
>>>>>> <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 29 May 2024 13:42:13 -0700, john larkin wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 29 May 2024 21:43:54 +0200, Arie de Muijnck <noreply@ademu.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-29 19:07, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Gentlemen,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Whilst fault-finding on my HP 8566B spectrum analyzer, I've found the
>>>>>>>>>>> 10Mhz reference oscillator is generating an 'unsatisfactory waveform'
>>>>>>>>>>> which may be causing the device to be unable to lock it's main PLL.
>>>>>>>>>>> I've come across this waveshape before, but mostly with oscillators I
>>>>>>>>>>> was building and in the process of trying to iron out the wrinkles of
>>>>>>>>>>> and certainly NOT a critical reference oscillator from a respected
>>>>>>>>>>> manufacturer. Can anyone tell what's most likely going on here?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> https://disk.yandex.com/i/z6fYbeVfPRK7aA
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Looks like reflections in the cable. Try the 50 Ohm termination.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Arie
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If the drive is a sine wave, a cable can't generate that 2nd harmonic.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't understand how a reflection can account for it either. THe cable's
>>>>>>>> only 4' long! However, with the 50 ohm input enabled, the 2nd harmonic
>>>>>>>> disappears. It's just one of those inexplicable mysteries that no one
>>>>>>>> knows the answer to. :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That’s pretty diagnostic. There must be an LC filter on the
>>>>>>> output—mis-terminating it will cause all sorts of frequency-response
>>>>>>> whoopdedoos.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It also occurs to me that if there is a diode in series with a
>>>>>> resistor somewhere, the impedance presented to the feed coax may be 50
>>>>>> ohms for positive input voltage, and say 10 Kohm for negative.  At the
>>>>>> very least one could get an inverted reflection on negative.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Joe Gwinn
>>>>>> 
>>>>>Yeah, or an emitter follower.  Good point.
>>>>
>>>>Plus some LC filter wiggles, to distort and smooth things.
>>>>
>>>>I dug around and found a copy of the HP 8566B spectrum analyzer
>>>>service manual.  The 10 MHz ref input is an amplifier driving a mixer,
>>>>with not hint of for instance a TTL input.  So, the problem must be
>>>>elsewhere.  Or, it's just busted.
>>>>
>>>>.<chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://xdevs.com/doc/HP_Agilent_Keysight/HP%208566B%20Troubleshooting%20&%20Repair%20Vol.%201.pdf>
>>>>
>>>>Joe Gwinn
>>>
>>>334 pages! Where is the issue?
>>
>>The pagination was unclear, so I didn't see a way to say.  How I found
>>it was to look at the schematics.  Look for module A22.  Don't think
>>search works on such images, but visual search didn't take that long.
>>
>>Joe Gwinn
>
>Too much work for free consulting.

I took another look.  There is a page reference on the right edge,
near the bottom, which is not marked as a page X of Y, but is. 

Anyway, look at pages 59 and 77.  At 77, look for A22 in the lower
left region.  Just above, look for INT and EXT jacks.  The EXT jack is
where an external reference enters.

Joe Gwinn