"mike" ha scritto nel messaggio ...


Drift is too high for any practical use.

But before throwing it in the waste basket (as I'll probably do in the
end),

That's an emotional reaction. Would you be upset with your plow horse
because it didn't win the Kentucky Derby? It's all about matching
the tool to the task.

Don't throw it in the trash. I know a dozen people who'd love to have it.


I prefer to have a single generator that can serve all my needs, rather than
having many generators, one for each application. Too much room otherwise,
too many cables and plugs.

In practice this HP generator is only good for audio applications. At IF
(455 kHz) it requires being re-tuned frequently to stay on frequency. At HF
(10 MHz) I cannot figure out an application that tolerates that frequency
instability.

I had other function generators in the past, but I do not recall having such
a high instability. That is why I suspect mine has some problem.

Better buy a DDS at an affordable cost.

Regards.

Tony