easytooperatebecauseofitslogicalfrontpanellayoutandswitchselectableECLoutputlevels.Anotherfeaturethatcontributestoeaseofoperationisthesquarewavemode.Youcan,forexample,carryouttoggleratetestsinthismodeupto250MHzwithouthavingtoworryaboutpulsedutycycle.
HybridIC's,manufacturedbyHewlett-Packard,areusedextensivelyinthedesignoftheHP8082A.TheseICseliminatetheneedforfans,reducepowerconsumptionandenablealowreactance50ohmsourceimpedancetobeused.Thissourceimpedanceabsorbs98%ofreflectionsfromsignalsupto4Vam