A collaborative effort to promote the sharing of test equipment manuals, application notes and other documentation as well as help others in the use of equipment

Register details of what you want, or what you can offer

Perhaps you have a manual which covers instruments made up to 1990, but yours is made in 1995, so ideally you want a later manual. In this case, please put two entries - one for the manual you have, and another for a change sheet or later manual you want.

Please make a separate submission for every instrument. Do not try to combine them. If you have some information on an instrument, but need more, then list what you have as one submission, and what you need as another submission

The more you share, the more people are likely to want to help you.

To stop spammers, and to ensure there people using the site are knowledgeable about professional test equipment, there are some technical questions at the end you must answer correctly before your post will be accepted. This is NOT a place to ask about manuals for consumer products

Links to any form of commercial web site, including eBay auctions, is not permitted. I don't want to get 100 bogus people putting messages saying that want a manual on 100 different bits of equipment, then to come along with a link to their eBay auction. Anyone using this should know about eBay. I don't wish to help dealers sell their manuals. That is for them to do. The only exception to this is when someone wants a manual, and someone else is able to make them aware it is on the original manufacturer's web site. If someone contacts you advising you they will sell you a manual, please let me know. This site is not set up for that purpose. In fact, I set it up partially to bypass the doggy sellers on eBay who rip off the work of others.

If I suspect any message is left in the hope of selling something, then I will remove it

Your details

Name: e-mail: callsign (if licensed):

The test equipment

Please enter details about the manufacturer, model and type of equipment. If the manufacturer and/or type of equipment is not available on the pull down menu, use the blank entry, and put the missing information in the text box where the model is shown.
Manufacturer:
Model:
Type:

Do you want something, or do you have something to offer?

You can only choose one option. If you want a couple of pages from a manual urgently, but really want a whole manual, then make two entries.
I have something to offer, such as (but not limited to):

Willing to help someone using a bit of equipment, for no charge
A complete manual to send electronically for no charge
Willing to scan part of a manual, for no charge, hoping others will do the same, to allow a pdf to be made.
Willing to loan a paper copy of manual or application note for someone else to copy, perhaps asking them to pay postage and/or a deposit.
You know the location of the URL where something can be found for free, and will post it.

I need some minor help, such as, but not limited to:

To be told how to change the equipment from 120V to 240V
To be told what option 001 means on that equipment.
To be told what accessories are needed to use the above.
To be copied no more than 10 sides from a manual (5 pages)
To be copied a small application note.

{ I need more major help from someone, such as, but not limited to:

All, or more than 10 sides from a user or service manual

List the full details now

If you have a manual, please state as much information as possible, such as the manual part number, date, the latest serial number it covers, any options it might cover (such as GPIB) and indicates its approximate size, such as how thick the printed pages make up - not any folder it is in.
If you have a manual and are willing to scan some of it, please indicate how many pages you are willing to scan, and whether you will photocopy or scan with a flatbed scanner and the size of your scanner (A4, A3 etc).

Technical questions

This is not the place to ask for help on consumer products, or put spam about your sex related web site. If you are unable to answer all the questions properly below, you should go elsewhere.

If money was no object, what piece of test equipment could most accurately measure the voltage of a PP3 battery?

Oscilloscope
Bench multimeter
Spectrum analyzer
Moving coil voltmeter
Network Analyzer

In general (all other things being equal) what would be the most dangerous to touch?

1 mV 10 A supply
1000 uV 1 A supply
1 V 10000 A supply
100 kV 10 A supply
1 nV 10,000,00 A supply

Which of the following components is impractical to make and would be impossible to buy?

1 Ohm
0.0001 pF
0.1 uF
2.2 kOhm
10 MOhm
100 uF
10,000,000 Ohms

Most RF and microwave test equipment, sold in the USA, is designed to work into an impedance of?

1 pF
1 A
50,000 uF
50 Ohm
120 V

An LED is likely to run continuously at the following current without damage and still producing a visible amount of light

12 V
1000 Ohms
3 mA
3000 mA
30 A
3 H