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The Tektronix 1L5 is a low-frequency spectrum analyzer for 500-series oscilloscopes.
The Tektronix 1L5 is a low-frequency spectrum analyzer for [[500-series scopes]].
 
Its center frequency is set on a trio of rotary switches and can range from 50Hz to
990kHz.  Minimum resolution bandwidth is 10Hz.  It has a 1 meg input resistance.
 
Type 1L5 was sold from 1967 or 1968 until the end of the classic plugin scope
line after 1974.  Not particularly well calibrated in either frequency, bandwidth,
or amplitude, it was no match for HP's 141T/8556A/8552B combination as performance
was concerned, but it was a small fraction of the price.
 
Although Type 1L5 can operate in any classic plugin scope*, it is by far the
most useful in the Type [[549]] storage mainframe, where it's possible to
sweep slowly and take advantage of the narrower resolution bandwidths.
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki> 531/535/541/545 need a wiring mod to alleviate a
vertical amp instability.
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