Storage scopes were available well before the 24xx series. I used one in the 70s, and they weren't a new concept then.
Of course they were a pain to use, but it took a surprisingly long time for analogue storage scopes to be completely supplanted by digitising storage scopes.Let me guess - Nicolet?
I was aware of but never touched Nicolet. ISTR they didn't have reputation for allowing you to do your job.
I thought Nicolet made great Mid-IR Spectrometers. Of course... in later years I got the ABB Bomem NIR and Mid-IR tanks to work with and of course NIR almost entirely. I still have withdrawals from spectrometers, programming, standards, statistical analysis and chemometrics.
The electronics and RF engineering studies (mainly only reading, watching videos and asking questions for now... with a few problems) with the new RF modules (AD603, AD8307, AD8362, AD8317, HMC189, AD831, BFG135, AD9850, Si5351A, a range of attenuators, various NARDA directional couplers and two other brands, an RF bridge, a SET duplexer mixer and even a generic dual balanced mixer RFin=1.5-4.5GHz RFout=DC-1.5GHz) especially just looking and touching the Pacific Measurements 1038 kit really feels good. The RG316 pigtails came in the mail yesterday so I can prototype with those before I solder some RG402 cables tuned with SMA connectors for the final designs. Feels good.
I even picked up some free items I found online and had an easy Eureka cyclonic vacuum cleaner model AS1104 repair that I was planning to part out and put some of the pieces into a trash container or bucket shop vac design with a gamma seal lid... and the thing only needed cleaning thoroughly and I think other than added weight and less maneuverability... performs better than the Dyson DC25 which is more a pain with the cord and switching to use the hose.
I'm ready to tear apart an HP free printer or two I picked up also and stare down some components to see if I can get motivated to make a CNC Arduino controlled multi machine... router, laser, printer, etc. Thinking the router/laser will be handy to make stripline, microstrip and PCB components with. I was thinking the scanner glass might not be a bad donor for a solar panel build too for a weather station I need to update from my previous skill set design capabilities.
Quick ethical question here. Is it morally acceptable to eviscerate a piece of HP gear which is entirely not useful for the knob caps for my 6236B, guts and the extremely nice case it comes in which will be reused for a project? HP 3551A is the device in question.
When I first started reading your ethical conundrum, I was thinking you were talking about something cool. I've run into that moment of pause, too. Some of the stuff I have was destined to become a parts mule until I found one in even worse shape that could be used to restore the former mule back to life, and so on down the line (TEA!).
Then, I saw that it was just an old transmission test set. What?!? You're fretting over that?
Not only is it a nice source for knobs, it's got binding posts that match a wide range of HP gear, too! (And the enclosures are often worth more than a lot of the old, useless gear that sits around on eBay for months.)"just an old transmission test set"
as a former telephone bum, the freqq is shocked, appalled , and yes...….a little hurt by your harsh uncaring comment.
you can take my tims when you pry them from my cold dead hands.
Quick ethical question here. Is it morally acceptable to eviscerate a piece of HP gear which is entirely not useful for the knob caps for my 6236B, guts and the extremely nice case it comes in which will be reused for a project? HP 3551A is the device in question.
When I first started reading your ethical conundrum, I was thinking you were talking about something cool. I've run into that moment of pause, too. Some of the stuff I have was destined to become a parts mule until I found one in even worse shape that could be used to restore the former mule back to life, and so on down the line (TEA!).
Then, I saw that it was just an old transmission test set. What?!? You're fretting over that?
Not only is it a nice source for knobs, it's got binding posts that match a wide range of HP gear, too! (And the enclosures are often worth more than a lot of the old, useless gear that sits around on eBay for months.)"just an old transmission test set"
as a former telephone bum, the freqq is shocked, appalled , and yes...….a little hurt by your harsh uncaring comment.
you can take my tims when you pry them from my cold dead hands.
While I can appreciate your POV personally from other addictions... my own experience with these Ifni-accursed things in my High-School AV Dept days (we had the joy of maintaining the school's inter-office intercom network) has been one of absolute frustration and actual physical pain lugging them from one end of a campus to the other, and occasionally having them knocked off/fall over onto my feet.
Every last one of them can burn in Hell, along with Unit #722, which I took great personal delight in beating to death with a post maul and shoveling the remains into the school's dumpster when it was replaced with a handheld Fluke tester and butt-set kit, the entirety of which was smaller and weighed less than the cable bag for that monstrosity.
mnem
No remorse.
Yeah could be right there. It's a right fucking mess in that department for sure.
It's £1 listing weekend so I'm going to see if I can palm off some high value shit before April 14th deadline I think. May be much more difficult to shift it after.
While I can appreciate your POV personally from other addictions... my own experience with these Ifni-accursed things in my High-School AV Dept days (we had the joy of maintaining the school's inter-office intercom network) has been one of absolute frustration and actual physical pain lugging them from one end of a campus to the other, and occasionally having them knocked off/fall over onto my feet.
Every last one of them can burn in Hell, along with Unit #722, which I took great personal delight in beating to death with a post maul and shoveling the remains into the school's dumpster when it was replaced with a handheld Fluke tester and butt-set kit, the entirety of which was smaller and weighed less than the cable bag for that monstrosity.
mnem
No remorse.
Do you realize what you just did? You vilified and puked all over the man's passion and hobby. Have you no mercy?? This is for you.
Quick ethical question here. Is it morally acceptable to eviscerate a piece of HP gear which is entirely not useful for the knob caps for my 6236B, guts and the extremely nice case it comes in which will be reused for a project? HP 3551A is the device in question.
When I first started reading your ethical conundrum, I was thinking you were talking about something cool. I've run into that moment of pause, too. Some of the stuff I have was destined to become a parts mule until I found one in even worse shape that could be used to restore the former mule back to life, and so on down the line (TEA!).
Then, I saw that it was just an old transmission test set. What?!? You're fretting over that?
Not only is it a nice source for knobs, it's got binding posts that match a wide range of HP gear, too! (And the enclosures are often worth more than a lot of the old, useless gear that sits around on eBay for months.)"just an old transmission test set"
as a former telephone bum, the freqq is shocked, appalled , and yes...….a little hurt by your harsh uncaring comment.
you can take my tims when you pry them from my cold dead hands.
While I can appreciate your POV personally from other addictions... my own experience with these Ifni-accursed things in my High-School AV Dept days (we had the joy of maintaining the school's inter-office intercom network) has been one of absolute frustration and actual physical pain lugging them from one end of a campus to the other, and occasionally having them knocked off/fall over onto my feet.
Every last one of them can burn in Hell, along with Unit #722, which I took great personal delight in beating to death with a post maul and shoveling the remains into the school's dumpster when it was replaced with a handheld Fluke tester and butt-set kit, the entirety of which was smaller and weighed less than the cable bag for that monstrosity.
mnem
No remorse.
Yeah could be right there. It's a right fucking mess in that department for sure.
It's £1 listing weekend so I'm going to see if I can palm off some high value shit before April 14th deadline I think. May be much more difficult to shift it after.
Seriously... eBay is the shithole of e-commerce, and it poisons everything it touches. Even NewEgg treats them as a dumping ground.
mnem
One of these days I'll learn...
The pub used to be a pretty good sales ground. Unfortunately no test gear. Usually just pirate videos, televisions, video recorders, dogs, knives, whores and guns.
The pub used to be a pretty good sales ground. Unfortunately no test gear. Usually just pirate videos, televisions, video recorders, dogs, knives, whores and guns.
While I can appreciate your POV personally from other addictions... my own experience with these Ifni-accursed things in my High-School AV Dept days (we had the joy of maintaining the school's inter-office intercom network) has been one of absolute frustration and actual physical pain lugging them from one end of a campus to the other, and occasionally having them knocked off/fall over onto my feet.
Every last one of them can burn in Hell, along with Unit #722, which I took great personal delight in beating to death with a post maul and shoveling the remains into the school's dumpster when it was replaced with a handheld Fluke tester and butt-set kit, the entirety of which was smaller and weighed less than the cable bag for that monstrosity.
mnem
No remorse.
am very sorry to hear you associate the TIMS with bad times.
as for me....spent many satsfying hours with one in the basement of the 5 sided building, or in cross connect huts, repeater sites, dusty attics, and cramped closets in the desert, jungle, and tundra. (ya' ever been paged at the airport in tampa on the way home 2 days before Christmas and told to go pick up a ticket for a flight to san diego?) despite all the black widow spiders, rattle snakes, banana slugs, opens, splits, or just the wrong pair...... the old trusty hp tims always found a good pair and you got the circuit up and went home.
now the hp tripack…...that was a POS.
https://testequipment.center/Products/HP-3550A
edit what's a 722?
I guess I have no ethics and my morals are questionable. I have 5 parts mules here. A Tek 465, Tek 2430, Tek DM44, Tek 7A15, and a Fluke 8800A. I have absolutely no intention of fixing any of them and they've all been scavenged for parts. My conscience is completely clear and with no lingering guilt. I am judge and jury in determining if something can be fixed and no one going to tell me different. If it goes into "no fix" it's parts.
And I'm not done sinning. If I can find a beat to crap 465B real cheap it's gonna give up it's channel 2 attenuator switch deck and go in the parts mule closet.
The pub used to be a pretty good sales ground. Unfortunately no test gear. Usually just pirate videos, televisions, video recorders, dogs, knives, whores and guns.That sounds about right for where you live, apart from I suspect that a lot of the items are stolen. In all of my experience that is not so here in my region, I've never been approached and asked if I wanted to buy anything, other than when in a London boozer.
The pub used to be a pretty good sales ground. Unfortunately no test gear. Usually just pirate videos, televisions, video recorders, dogs, knives, whores and guns.
Whores and guns? Sign me up! Seriously, I've had no issues with Ebay so far. The stuff has been as advertised, packaged well, and for the most part delivered when promised. And any correspondence with a buyer pleasant and courteous. No scammers or dirtbags. Not even counting some of the screaming good deals I've gotten. But I suppose one for these days my good fortune is going to run out.
The pub used to be a pretty good sales ground. Unfortunately no test gear. Usually just pirate videos, televisions, video recorders, dogs, knives, whores and guns.That sounds about right for where you live, apart from I suspect that a lot of the items are stolen. In all of my experience that is not so here in my region, I've never been approached and asked if I wanted to buy anything, other than when in a London boozer.
All the items are stolen! I was in a pub in Catford once (I lived there for 6 months) and a guy comes up to me and taps me on the shoulder. I think oh oh, here we go. He says to me "are you the dude who wants to buy a shooter?". I said "nah not me mate". He goes "do you want to buy some coke instead?". I reply "nah not my thing". He says "fair enough - have a good one dude" and ambles off and taps on someone else's shoulder and does the same routine. Eventually I see out of the corner of my eye a large jiffy bag being swapped for a fad wad of 20s.
Despite all this shit going on, I feel totally safe in London.
Nope definitely a gun. It really doesn't surprise me. Lots of guns here despite beliefs by everyone else not from the UK that this is not the case!
Down the road from me last month: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/isleworth-shooting-man-shot-in-the-street-in-west-london-a4062371.html
Edit: Honestly though, unless you're actually fecking around with the local gangs then you're perfectly safe. They won't touch you. In fact they're usually pretty nice people, as long as you're not a dealer or gang member from other areas.
Well, I now have two HP 6722B power supplies in unknown operational condition (one allegedly powers up at least), along with a 6299A 0-100V jobbie listed as 'for parts' incoming from the 'bay. Made offers on all three, and all were accepted.
More for the repair stack.
-Pat
Well, I now have two HP 6722B power supplies in unknown operational condition (one allegedly powers up at least), along with a 6299A 0-100V jobbie listed as 'for parts' incoming from the 'bay. Made offers on all three, and all were accepted.
More for the repair stack.
-Pat
If you need caps, I can point you in the right direction. Found out mine was made after 1991, and the 6227B listed for $2700 in the 93' catalog.