1970's Multichannel Analyzer

[Chris]

My latest junk acquisition turns out to be a
1970 vintage Multichannel Analyzer.

It appears to work, as far as I can tell.
I fed an audio signal into the 'Y' input,
fiddled around with the controls and
got a multi-lined oscilliscope type
trace on the CRT. So at least some of
it is operational.

I'm wondering if someone can tell me how
to hook it up for use as a spectrum analyzer,
or maybe some other useful purpose for the
thing. I guess I need a course in
MCA basics.

It has X, Y, Z connectors on the back,
and other connectors which appear to be
timing/triggering type functions. And there's
some ports for sending data to a tty or a
printer (which I don't plan to use).

Thanks

Chris

 

[Thomas P. Gootee]

kc0atc@qsl.net (Chris) wrote in message news:<a444e1b1.0401270937.75e615c8@posting.google.com>...

My latest junk acquisition turns out to be a
1970 vintage Multichannel Analyzer.

It appears to work, as far as I can tell.
I fed an audio signal into the 'Y' input,
fiddled around with the controls and
got a multi-lined oscilliscope type
trace on the CRT. So at least some of
it is operational.

I'm wondering if someone can tell me how
to hook it up for use as a spectrum analyzer,
or maybe some other useful purpose for the
thing. I guess I need a course in
MCA basics.

It has X, Y, Z connectors on the back,
and other connectors which appear to be
timing/triggering type functions. And there's
some ports for sending data to a tty or a
printer (which I don't plan to use).

Thanks

Chris

Do you have the manufacturer's name, and/or an actual model number?

 

[Chris]

Geos Systems Technology
Model 7010


I understand that Geos was bought by Canberra.
The Canberra tech support says this one was produced
for awhile after the acquisition. (He also said
it would make a good anchor for my bass boat (if I had
a bass boat).)