01-27-2022, 07:41 PM
Me too.
For many years I used an old, inaccurate, unreliable Clough-Brengle signal generator; adding a B+K frequency counter some years later in an attempt to make the setup somewhat more reliable. Finally, a few years ago, I finally wised up and bought a Siglent SDG1032X function generator and then added an inline 20 dB attenuator. It is just what I had always wanted - I can punch in the frequency I want and it stays there, rock solid.
It wasn't cheap, but it was a lot cheaper than the "gold standard" HP function generators.
In between the Clough-Brengle and the Siglent I owned a used B+K 4040 for a while. It was better than the Clough-Brengle, but it would also drift. The Siglent does not drift.
For many years I used an old, inaccurate, unreliable Clough-Brengle signal generator; adding a B+K frequency counter some years later in an attempt to make the setup somewhat more reliable. Finally, a few years ago, I finally wised up and bought a Siglent SDG1032X function generator and then added an inline 20 dB attenuator. It is just what I had always wanted - I can punch in the frequency I want and it stays there, rock solid.
It wasn't cheap, but it was a lot cheaper than the "gold standard" HP function generators.In between the Clough-Brengle and the Siglent I owned a used B+K 4040 for a while. It was better than the Clough-Brengle, but it would also drift. The Siglent does not drift.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
