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   >> a 50 ohm signal generator and a 70 ohm one - but that's not good   
   >> enough for 'em. No, they want me to splash out on a 60 ohm one and   
   >> where am I going to source one of those??   
   >> And it doesn't stop there! I thought all my vintage servicing voltage   
   >> reading requirements would be met when I bought an old analogue Avo   
   >> with 20kohms/volt. But now it seems I need to scratch around for a   
   >> 500ohms/volt one. It seems they're expecting whoever services these   
   >> things to have access to an infinite range of test equipment to   
   >> satisfy whatever whim the manual compiler for the equipment had at the   
   >> time.    
   >   
   >I don't think that matters all that much, really. Your VNA will   
   >do fine as a signal source and a scope will do fine to measure   
   >resulting signals and voltages. If really necessary, put ten ohms   
   >in series with your 50 Ohm source.   
      
   Yes, but you know what a *bitch* it is to find a purely resistive 10   
   ohms....   
      
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