Spectrum analyzer seems to work

Tonight I was poking around the electronics station, learning where everything is.

I saw a spectrum analyzer ( VHS Equipment Review: HP8591A 9khz - 1.8Ghz Spectrum Analyser, Keep for VHS ). It’s one of those tools I always wish I had (or even access to).

It had a thin layer of sawdust over the screen, I vacuumed and brushed it in the workshop.

Turned it on, seems to work. I had a 900 MHz ISM device nearby (LoRa Meshtastic) and was able to trigger blips on the spectrum. Not qualified to test it more thoroughly than that.

Once I get wiki edit access, I can document it, as requested in the original topic.

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Created a wiki page for it: HP 8591A Spectrum Analyzer - Vancouver Hack Space

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