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 The 5T3 can be triggered from any of four different sources:
-# Internal trigger from the sampling plug-in, interconnect J9.
+# Internal trigger from the sampling plug-in, via interconnect J9.
 # Internal trigger from the calibrator module in the 661 mainframe.
 # External trigger to the high-impedance BNC trigger input. This input is buffered by an [[8056]] [[nuvistor|Nuvistor]] cathode follower.
-# External trigger to the 50 Ω [[GR-874]] trigger input. This input has two different modes:
+# External trigger to the 50 Ω [[GR-874]] trigger input. This input can drive either of two selectable signal paths:
-## a conventional Schmitt trigger with 500 MHz bandwidth that skips the high-impedance Nuvistor input buffer but is still buffered by Q64 and Q124 (1 GHz NPN transistors, part number 151-0138-00, 2N2857) before the tunnel diode trigger event recognizer circuit.
+#* A path where the trigger signal skips the high-impedance Nuvistor input buffer but is still buffered by Q64 and Q124 (1 GHz NPN transistors, part number [[151-0138-00]]) before the tunnel diode trigger event recognizer circuit. This path provides triggering up to 500 MHz.
-## a passive low-impedance path, capacitively coupled to a tunnel diode for "UHF SYNC" mode, which works up to 5 GHz.
+#* A passive low-impedance path, capacitively coupled to a tunnel diode for "UHF SYNC" mode. This works up to 5 GHz.
 The 5T3 can also be set to free-run mode.