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MIT Radiation Laboratory

Timeline
R&S FM TX 100 MHz synthetised generator hp RF-lab 8752A

A Brief History of RF Measurements

HF radars hp 1930

2-generator VNA, computer controlled thisand-that, Xparameters, one-click sonso RF-lab 8722D

hp FM TX 100 MHz

1940

1950 hp radar jammer

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

spectrum analyser Rohde& Schwarz 1 GHz passed

microwave meas. instruments hp hp 12 GHz VNA microproc. controlled VNA hp8510 RF lab 8595E

RF lab 4077B

transistor

reflectometer

Power Meters

Precision attenuator

hp 832A, 050 dB, 0,1 dB or 2 %

Radiometer: GFDL licence, photo by Nieuw Picture from hparchive.com, hp catalog 1970, used with permission

Picture from hparchive.com, hp catalog 1962, used with permission

Slotted Waveguide for SWR

Spectrum Analyser
to examine radar pulses, second world war

Alford 3300

Picture from microwaves101.com, used with permission

Photo: OH1XS, used with permission

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hp 606B from OH3TR Signal generator

HP 670, sweeping p g 2,610 KMC generator

Picture from hparchive.com, hp catalog 1957, used with permission

Generators from OH3TR Reflectometer and Network Analyser

mainframe polar display phase-gain indicator

Picture from hparcive.com, hp catalog 1962, used with permission

416A

hp 8410 110 MHz 12,4 GHz harmonic frequency converter Picture from hparchive.com, hp catalog 1968, used with permission

ratio meter

short osc DUT

Network Analyser

Marker requires Digital Display

hp 3585 from end of 70s, familiar? Picture from hparchive.com, hp catalog 1979, used with permission Picture from microwaves101.com, used with permission

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Bird Power meter

Good Ol Books
P Vanhat lainakirjat 621.37/38 Stephen F. Adam (hp): Microwave Theory and Applications. Prentice Hall 1969. g L. Lance: Introduction to Algie Microwave Theory and Measurements. McGraw-Hill 1964. Carol G. Montgomery: Technique of Microwave Measurements (MIT Radiation Laboratory Series). McGraw-Hill 1947.

http://www.hparchive.com http://www.microwaves101.com