Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[beanflying]

Depending on your local road rules Bike riders have road rules like any other user. In my State it is Legal to ride two abreast but out of courtesy if we hear another vehicle coming up from behind will drop back to single file and certainly do when a vehicle is being slowed by us. What we WONT DO is get off the pavement with our road bikes as slicks on gravel and dirt are a recipe for being thrown under that vehicle or into the scrub.

Maybe not in your case depending on your rules but motorists are unaware of rules for bikes and assume they are in charge in their metal cans. The same lack of knowledge is partly why Motorbike riders along with Bikes are at increased risk.

Bean in Lycra 
Where's that puke emoji ? .................. 

Generally Padded Baggies as I don't like being on display drinking a Coffee Lycra for events only. Anyone who tries to cycle more than 40-50km without padding has the predilection to visit 'special' Dungeons and be kicked in places unmentioned

[Mr. Scram]

Bean in Lycra 
Where's that puke emoji ? .................. 

You'd rather have a different forum member in lycra?

[tautech]

Bean in Lycra 
Where's that puke emoji ? .................. 

You'd rather have a different forum member in lycra?

Nobody with a Mr. in front of their handle. 

[med6753]

 

[bd139]

There's nothing worse than the smell of cyclist ass though.

K2 arrived. See you all in a month 

Edit: I would call this the "last big kit" 



Edit: Jebus this thing has no shit components in it. Even the encoder is a top end genuine Bourns optical one!

[Specmaster]

K2 or no K2 you'll be back before then, anyway, we all won't to hear about your K2 fun [emoji849][emoji106][emoji106]

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[Specmaster]

Depending on your local road rules Bike riders have road rules like any other user. In my State it is Legal to ride two abreast but out of courtesy if we hear another vehicle coming up from behind will drop back to single file and certainly do when a vehicle is being slowed by us. What we WONT DO is get off the pavement with our road bikes as slicks on gravel and dirt are a recipe for being thrown under that vehicle or into the scrub.

Maybe not in your case depending on your rules but motorists are unaware of rules for bikes and assume they are in charge in their metal cans. The same lack of knowledge is partly why Motorbike riders along with Bikes are at increased risk.

Bean in Lycra 
Where's that puke emoji ? .................. 

K2 or no K2 you'll be back before then, anyway, we all want to hear about your K2 fun [emoji849][emoji106][emoji106]

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[LapTop006]

This is a cool piece of kit, becuse you never know when you need to measure up to 20 Peta Ohms 

Yes very cool. Reminds of the old joke -

That needs an upgrade...to 20PΩ!

Or at least 1G for <pinkie>One BILLION ohms!</>.

[VK5RC]

Lovely gear housedad, bit of a HPAK 'fanboy' here, TE UI is very important - they usually get it right.

Lovely antenna porn kj7e!
I have S9 rf noise here from 3.5-20MHz - so I make do with a horizontal loop about 30m of wire in a squarish pattern - ladder feedline - balun - atu. Gotta love FT8.

Some new to me HP 3325B pron! Arrived today, in good condition - despite the packing.

[xrunner]

K2 arrived. See you all in a month 

Edit: I would call this the "last big kit" 

Very cool love to see pics of the progress and final product. 

[mnementh]

Depending on your local road rules Bike riders have road rules like any other user. In my State it is Legal to ride two abreast but out of courtesy if we hear another vehicle coming up from behind will drop back to single file and certainly do when a vehicle is being slowed by us. What we WONT DO is get off the pavement with our road bikes as slicks on gravel and dirt are a recipe for being thrown under that vehicle or into the scrub.

Maybe not in your case depending on your rules but motorists are unaware of rules for bikes and assume they are in charge in their metal cans. The same lack of knowledge is partly why Motorbike riders along with Bikes are at increased risk.

Automobile drivers don't see bicyclists as having equal rights to the roads for the same reason they don't see motorcyclists... THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM AT ALL.

Fun fact... if it weren't for the bicyclist movement at the turn of the LAST century, our entire concept of "civilized" life with urban areas having paved infrastructure would be completely different. We would STILL probably be living with cobblestone streets and sidewalks for pedestrians being a rare luxury. It was only constant hounding of the bicyclist unions that forced major cities to adopt smooth paving materials.

Without those smooth roads, the explosion of the Model T and resultant "motorist culture" would never have happened; it would have been a much more gradual adoption of motor vehicles for lorry use first, then as personal use vehicles. Due to the war, our manufacturing would more likely have concentrated on off-road-ready vehicles; there would probably have been widespread adoption of tracked and Jeep-type vehicles first, and the economy would probably be very different as a result. The Eisenhauer Interstate infrastructure project would not have happened when it did, but much later, if at all. Imagine trying to make something like that happen in today's America. 

It is arguable that pretty much every facet of our modern culture would be happening 20-40 years from now as a result.

mnem
*Food for thought; thought from food.*

[mnementh]

...Maybe not in your case depending on your rules but motorists are unaware of rules for bikes and assume they are in charge in their metal cans. The same lack of knowledge is partly why Motorbike riders along with Bikes are at increased risk.

Bean in Lycra 
Where's that puke emoji ? .................. 

         

Which one? We shared a bunch of them on page 1140.

Oh, BTW... I ride bikes too, so !!!

mnem
No Lycra though. That stuff is an abomination. 

[beanflying]

Unlike Superman I wear my Lycra on the inside wherever possible. I have done 120km on a day ride in a pair of these worth every penny. Different for bunch rides with others if you want to keep up you do the Lycra tops and tails or you finish up off the back in pain.

Not my legs

[mnementh]

A large part of the problem seems to be that some in both groups seem to see the other group as the enemy. People forget that traffic isn't about ego, winning or claiming your perceived rights.

Might is right !

Get outta my way I's a coming through. 

   Yeah; that's the attitude here in Tejas: The vehicle with the largest wheels has right of way.
It goes right through to the bone; twice I've had my CAR run over by some jackhole in a jacked-up 4x4.  This fuckwit cut across 2 lanes of traffic going THE WRONG WAY to get me. 

There's nothing worse than the smell of cyclist ass though.

K2 arrived. See you all in a month        Edit: I would call this the "last big kit" 

Ed-Edit: Jeebus this thing has no shit components in it. Even the encoder is a top end genuine Bourns optical one!

So you'll be keeping penis fingers in your pockets then? How do you plan to assemble it... with your teeth? 

mnem
I heard they make an ointment for that... 

[Mr. Scram]

   Yeah; that's the attitude here in Tejas: The vehicle with the largest wheels has right of way.
It goes right through to the bone; twice I've had my CAR run over by some jackhole in a jacked-up 4x4.  This fuckwit cut across 2 lanes of traffic going THE WRONG WAY to get me. 

So you'll be keeping penis fingers in your pockets then? How do you plan to assemble it... with your teeth? 

mnem
I heard they make an ointment for that... 

Are those plastic fenders?

[mnementh]

   Unlike Superman I wear my Lycra on the inside wherever possible. I have done 120km on a day ride in a pair of these worth every penny. Different for bunch rides with others if you want to keep up you do the Lycra tops and tails or you finish up off the back in pain.

Not my legs

[EDIT] I guess not... that looks like a 'drome bike, not anything you'd ride out in the real world unless, as you say, you're one of the leather & lace set. But then, it does have the clip handelbars... so...  [/EDIT]

I've never been able to tolerate the stuff... even the newer Dri-weave blends still make me break out in a rash; cotton ONLY against my tender vittles, even when I used to race on two wheels covered in leather. I tried one of the new UnderArmor shirts last Halloween as I needed an all-black shirt for my costume; my nipples were raw meat in less than 30 minutes.

While I still do ride, nowadays it is MUCH more casual, and usually on a mountain bike for the suspension and big balloony tires; this should be obvious to anyone who's seen my pic from the woodworking project. 

mnem
*Stupid Human Tricks*

[mnementh]

   Yeah; that's the attitude here in Tejas: The vehicle with the largest wheels has right of way.
It goes right through to the bone; twice I've had my CAR run over by some jackhole in a jacked-up 4x4.  This fuckwit cut across 2 lanes of traffic going THE WRONG WAY to get me. 
(SNIP)
mnem
I heard they make an ointment for that... 

Are those plastic fenders?

Yup. Saturn; the new plastic fantastic. They used a tube & monocoque hybrid unibody design so all the major body panels are plastic except the hood & trunklid, where metal is mandated by law. Take the body panels off and it looks like a stock car underneath. 

I have no idea if it was really lighter; but the panels were supposedly made from 40% recycled soda bottles. Of course, GM had to kill them off, but somehow a hybrid Escalade Grand Douchemobile still made sense. 

Believe it or not, I patched that car up and drove it for 8 months with nothing more than a boneyard headlight and strut on that crooked wheel; I still have the engine out of it in my garage. It drove straight with the new strut, but the transmission went wonky/shifting funny and I couldn't figure out what was effed-up in it, though pretty sure it was something intermittent in the wiring. They wanted the hood and fender something close to right before they'd pass it for inspection; I gave up and wrote it off like a dumbass.

mnem
 

[med6753]

No TEA projects here for the next few days. Domestic stuff also the lady cop is coming up Friday for the weekend. She hasn't been here in quite a while so I'm curious to see her reaction to some of the changes since her last visit. She doesn't know, for example, that the bathroom has been completely re-done. I wanted to get the kitchen repainted too but that didn't happen but I'm going to start on it next week.

So if you don't hear from me over the next few days I will have a smile on my face. 

[med6753]

K2 arrived. See you all in a month 

Edit: I would call this the "last big kit" 



Edit: Jebus this thing has no shit components in it. Even the encoder is a top end genuine Bourns optical one!

You must provide pictures of your progress including, and especially, the smoke test. 

[Mr. Scram]

You must provide pictures of your progress including, and especially, the smoke test. 

Testing your smoke, that's rather fancy.

[Housedad]

There's nothing worse than the smell of cyclist ass though.

K2 arrived. See you all in a month 

Edit: I would call this the "last big kit" 


Edit: Jebus this thing has no shit components in it. Even the encoder is a top end genuine Bourns optical one!

Wow.  Now that is  going to be a lot of fun.   I love kits.  I was so sorry when Heathkit went bust.  But now I know where to buy a nice radio kit.  Thanks!!

[Housedad]

Some new to me HP 3325B pron! Arrived today, in good condition - despite the packing.

Dang, that looks nice.  Must have had some TLC during it's time. 

[tggzzz]

For some light relief, consider some of the "psychle farcilities" documented with wonderfully sardonic comments...

One of my favourites, because there are some like this in Brizzle, is:
This short cycle path in Hounslow has been installed by Transport for London to enable cyclists who have been roosting overnight in the branches of this tree to ride smoothly onto Boston Manor Road.



Other captions include:

This month's facility has been designed to improve the intelligence of cyclists. Gullible cyclists are lured by the signs to follow this short cycle track, only for their genes to be eliminated from the gene pool at the point where the track veers back onto the carriageway. Over the generations the IQ of cyclists will gradually increase via a process of Darwinian natural selection. http://wcc.crankfoot.xyz/facility-of-the-month/October2003.htm

Railings normally represent a severe hazard to cyclists as they remove all possibility of escape should another vehicle pass too close. However, in this case, their use is fully justified. Unsuspecting cyclists, who are directed round this corner into a large tree, will be caught by the fence rather than fall under the wheels of a bus. http://wcc.crankfoot.xyz/facility-of-the-month/February2008.htm

Cyclists heading west from Cambridge have a choice of two facilities serving this 10m stretch of the A428. Those who prefer segregated routes can use the semi-circular cycle path, while the on-carriageway cycle lane offers a more direct alternative. http://wcc.crankfoot.xyz/facility-of-the-month/April2018.htm

See the full set at http://wcc.crankfoot.xyz/facility-of-the-month/site-map.htm#DATE

Haven't found one relevant to test equipment, though.

[med6753]

As promised:

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/restoring-tektronix-attenuator-switch-deck-assemblies/

[worsthorse]

There's nothing worse than the smell of cyclist ass though.

K2 arrived. See you all in a month 

Edit: I would call this the "last big kit" 



Edit: Jebus this thing has no shit components in it. Even the encoder is a top end genuine Bourns optical one!

DAMMIT MAN STOP SHOWING THAT STUFF!   

I have the urge to buy one of these tamped down, I think, and then you show another photo of K2 PRON.  Have some decency!   

That looks like a lot of fun. And that is an awful lot of kit!  If I happen to be wandering by the Elecraft booth at Xenia, well, maybe...