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Default optical knob encoder: HP/Agilent 33120A freq generator, tuning-knob failure

On 8 Aug 2011 00:12:54 -0700, the renowned Winfield Hill
wrote:

We have about 10 Agilent 33120A frequency-generator / synthesizers
in our lab, and a few other similar synthesizers.


Hey, Win:-

We had a mechanical encoder failure on a 33220A arb function
generator. It is a known issue with these encoders and Agilent sent a
repair kit gratis (or we could have sent it in). It's an easy fix, so
I elected to do it myself.


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