FS: Areoflex/IFR 2399A/1  Spectrum Analizer w/ Tracking Generator. Loaded! - Page 1
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author: videobruce
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 25, 2013, 02:26:40 pm
content: This is a 3 GHz SA with the tracking generator, digital Resolution bandwidth filters and the low noise preamp. All of which were at extra cost. The bandwidth filters are $1040 and the pre-amp is $415 separately.1. This is in mint condition, Only used indoors and was never moved from the bench,2. Very low hours, less than 75,3. Calibrated with documentation,4. Loaded, the only options that arenotenabled or included are: optional DC PS, CATV & CDMA mode options & RLB,5. This also includes the Easy Span II software.6. No stuck or missing pixels on the LCD display. No scratches on the case.The mostly useless plastic 'bumpers' were removed for space considerations, but will be included. Those silly bumpers do not cushion the case at all and only take up space. Mostly decoration.Data sheet is here;https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.aeroflex.com/ats/products/prodfiles/datasheets/521/EasySpan_Data_Sheet.pdf&sa=U&ei=eDx5UfG0MInc2AXWxYHYCw&ved=0CAwQFjAC&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNE3qf5sm7AGLU7Qwuux8sKJgEmcYQUS ship only. This was well over $7,000 new. PM me with offer.The actual case color is off white and the screen is white (black is default). The color in the photos is not correct.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2013, 04:42:48 am
content: A very nice instrument indeed!We had one at my last job before retirement,& it came in very handy for tuning up RF amplifiers & antennas (with a directional coupler).Two things,though:-(1)If the frequency of a single carrier you are looking at changesradically& very fast,the 2399A wiill display it as multiple carriers,which can be confusing.We had a problem with a PLL which would go from the required 433 MHz to a default 470MHz extremely fast,&we spent a lot of time looking for multiple carriers which did not exist.Not a real problem,once you know it is possible.(2) There didn't seem to be any way to save displays to a PC,other than the floppy disc drive.The book went into great detail on how to operate the instrument remotely from a PC,but said nothing about saving the result.Maybe this is available in the GPIB protocol,but we didn't work out how to do it.It seems that a device made after 2000 should have a USB connection,or a CD drive.

author: videobruce
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2013, 11:32:33 am
content: There were four version of this; 2399, 2399A, 2399B, and the 2399C which did have a USB port instead of a floppy drive. There were a few other changes, but nothing radical as far as I know.You can save the files as jpeg's or bitmaps. I use the bitmap format since the compression they choose to use for jpegs was excessive even at 640x480. The bitmap format at least allowed enlarging them to 800x600 in a PC. The software allowed saving a cleaner image (drawing or what ever it is called) to the PC even w/o paying the fee for the license key to remove that "X" on the screen (which wasn't that detracting).Other than the lack of a USB port, the other annoyance is the default black screen that I change to white since it's easier to read and it hides the fact this is a VA panel with very limited vertical viewing angles. With the white background, you can hardly notice the difference.I'm just not using it anymore to the extent I thought and a more expensive piece of equipment as this, financially, it just makes sense to sell it.These were built by LG Innotek (Goldstar). Aeroflex's support was pretty good when I sent it back for calibration a few years ago.