Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[mnementh]

Well, no... it's exactly THAT performance I was looking for. The flight sims I run load a LOT of dynamic high-polygon-count content very fast, especially when you reverse direction and come back up the track; that is one of the places I'm having issues with my old setup. And I have a Inland 120GB SSD I bought a few months ago just because SSD:$20 why the eff not?

And when I prove to myself y'all are right, then I'll have already nuked the 250GB 850 EVO, and it'll be ready for a normal install.  Win10-Win!!!:-DD

mnem

[Brumby]

I would just like to say two works here: fuck this.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F352579078832

that is an abomination.

I second that, a horrific abomination.

That thing would give Freddy Krueger nightmares.   

[mnementh]

I kindof like it.   

mnem
But only because I know it bugs you guys. 

[gnavigator1007]

At least it's not being sold as ghost hunting equipment 

[beanflying]

Mmm I have some 'spare' Nixies if I breakdown one of my counters, a few valve radios whose bakalite cases I could butcher to poke them through and I already own a bigger plasma ball. Got to be worth a thousand easy could even add some lasers for good measure

https://youtu.be/2xqiUzyMuyw

[0culus]

Started tearing into the bum 8568B RF unit. Powers up fine, but you quickly note that the attenuator is bad. 40-70 dB settings work, but anything below that, no signal. Here's to hoping some idiot didn't transmit into the frontend. 

[bitseeker]

Ugh! 14 pages behind. I'll just be over here in the corner for a while attempting to catch up. Carry on...


In other news, the thread surpassed 1 million views (spoken in Dr. Evil voice).

[mnementh]

At least it's not being sold as ghost hunting equipment 

I remember about 15-20 years ago... when my wife and I first got together. We're going to 'Nawlins for Halloween...  *Cur flashiebackie music*

I'd found this crazy 4S3P battery pack made of 18650 cells. So I drop the charged pack in the bottom of a 4 foot long piece of plastic conduit with a plug on the bottom, put a tee on the top & spray the whole thing flesh pink. When it dries, I stuff the guts of 2 of those 4" plasma balls down the tube with extended HV wires, silicone the HV wires in place, then silicone the balls to the tee. Friction fit it together to hide the switch, and voila.

We go out late in the afternoon, when it's dark enough yo can actually see the things lit up, and I put on the cape and scalesuit from my dragon magician costume (because of course, I have one) and walk up & down Canal Street & Bourbon Street "blessing" people and their evening's adventures with my "Orgasmatron". The spiel started out as a joke when someone asked what it was... then as we walked (and I imbibed) it sortof took on a life of its own and evolved into something like this:

"You sir! You look like you're having a nice evening out with your lady. How would you like to energize your Sacral shakra, supercharge your libido, and align your Chi with the Universe, guaranteeing you the stamina and energy to make the bedroom an adventure zone? No, no, no... not a cent. Just my way of passing my good fortune on to my friends here in the Big Easy..."

"So, each of you just put your hands on my balls... no, one each will do fine, unless you really want to feel the power, *nudge-nudge, wink-wink* Oh, heavens no, it won't hurt you; just a faint tingle so you know it's working. Here.... see? Harmless..." *Rubs the globes to demonstrate*

"So, where were we? Oh right... just firmly grip my balls, feel the energy of the Orgasmatron flowing through you and between you, and repeat after me:

" I HAVE THE WILL! I HAVE THE POWAH! I AM THE KING (OR QUEEN) OF FUCK MOUNTAIN!! I WILL HAVE THE NIGHT OF MY LIFE OR SET FIRE TO THE SHEETS TRYING!!! " 

Very good... now seal the pact with one truly passionate kiss... hold nothing back... and let the spirit of Eros take you where it will. Blessings, my children! Blessings upon you and your evening!"

I lost count after a several dozen happy customers... but it went on for hours and hours until I was hoarse.

Some people just played along with the joke for fun... some took it absolutely seriously...  but I found that as long I didn't break character, it didn't matter.

BEST. HALLOWEEN. EVER. 

mnem
Okay... there was that one guy who was walking his sister home from work; that didn't play out so well. But at least they laughed about it. 

[mnementh]

Ugh! 14 pages behind. I'll just be over here in the corner for a while attempting to catch up. Carry on...

In other news, the thread surpassed 1 million views (spoken in Dr. Evil voice).

mnem
"Fabulous; simply fabulous..." 

[Martin.M]

time to keep that glowing, my test eq oldies want to test anything sometimes.
I will start with construction of a FM radio, tubes, solding stripes, black, wires binding,  same design then my audio amplifier see below 

[tautech]

time to keep that glowing, my test eq oldies want to test anything sometimes.
I will start with construction of a FM radio, tubes, solding stripes, black, wires binding,  same design then my audio amplifier see below 

Which glowing tubes will you use Martin ?

[bd139]

It’s 10:14 here and I already made a “glowing transistor” project   

Moral of the story: don’t common your emitter and collector by accident

[tggzzz]

It’s 10:14 here and I already made a “glowing transistor” project   

Moral of the story: don’t common your emitter and collector by accident

Just think of it as a Russian LED, e.g.

from https://imgur.com/gallery/YegLM

[Martin.M]

time to keep that glowing, my test eq oldies want to test anything sometimes.
I will start with construction of a FM radio, tubes, solding stripes, black, wires binding,  same design then my audio amplifier see below 

Which glowing tubes will you use Martin ?

it must not be compatible to all common tube radios.
really fascinating is a inductive mechanical tuning, but at first something to study: What is the good vs. bad of self oscillating mixer stages? Why they never used a seperated oscillator and mixer system??
There will be some breadboarding required to find a nice solution 

1. system = triode (HF preamplification, selective, tuned)
2. system = mixer to 10.7 MHz  (self oscillating or..
2a: oscillator
3+4: EF184 or like that, penthode IF i need a high signal level
5: FM demodulator stage, 6BN6
6: any audio, EL84 can do the job

catalog parts make me tired, means I use homebrew filters, solding stripes, coils, all selfmade.

Using sweeper, Spec, Oszi, DMM, heathkit tubes PSU, Tek130 for unknown L or C, nixie frequency counter  and a lot of junk and sheet metal.

Martin

[bd139]

It’s 10:14 here and I already made a “glowing transistor” project   

Moral of the story: don’t common your emitter and collector by accident

Just think of it as a Russian LED, e.g.

from https://imgur.com/gallery/YegLM

 

That reminds me of this. I don't know the source but it's in my "wtf" folder:

[bd139]

Looks like my OCXO isn't going to arrive... last tracking point:

[Brumby]

That reminds me of this. I don't know the source but it's in my "wtf" folder:

Oh, wow.  TO3 twilight!

[Mr. Scram]

Just think of it as a Russian LED, e.g.

from https://imgur.com/gallery/YegLM

I meant to post that clip here one day. Russian LEDs are the best LEDs. Very high voltage tolerant. Not very efficient though.

[Specmaster]

That reminds me of this. I don't know the source but it's in my "wtf" folder:

New Power Supply please 

[Specmaster]

Looks like my OCXO isn't going to arrive... last tracking point:

Or a dodgy seller, coming from China by any chance?

[bd139]

Yup. I think it was dispatched but is sitting in customs in China being stomped on over and over again.

[Wolfgang]

That reminds me of this. I don't know the source but it's in my "wtf" folder:

New Power Supply please 

This is a good moment to take off the TO-3 cap and see whats inside 

[factory]

 

That reminds me of this. I don't know the source but it's in my "wtf" folder:

I recognise that video still, it's one from Rodalco2007 on youtube

https://youtu.be/6QTJOzboPgM

Same channel where Duracell batteries are the best...................... firecrackers !!!!. 

David

[Martin.M]

   a stupid film for clicks, nothing more.

[bd139]

Yeah was a bit. That was crap. Didn’t know it was rodalco2007. I quite enjoy his wasp death machines.