Hmm. Yeah, I've never heard of Nicolet either.
Interesting find!
In the early 80's the company I worked for had a very neat little
portable audio-range FFT spectrum analyzer called the
"Mini-Ubiquitous". Always wanted one.
In '92 the USAF transferred me to Dayton OH (home of Mendelson's
Surplus) and they had one sitting in the pile of instruments for quite
some time... but they wanted $400 for it.
So they are hardly "ubiquitous" since I've only spotted two :)
-Charles
ps anyway I acquired an HP 3580A for $100 at the Hamvention which was
an easy fix...
anyone know where I can get some decent knobs for it?