Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[worsthorse]

Wow, I'm surprised. The answer is RIGHT THERE. 

voltage readings are wrong I think. now I have to read ahead to the proper current end of the thread to find out if I am wrong.

 

edit: i was correct. i am going to bask in my self-generated glory for a while before posting again. 

[worsthorse]

Vintage high-end TE is like many mid 90's and earlier vehicles - They were solid designs and builds. So solid that people ran them for decades with minimal maintenance, but now the neglect is showing and overhauls are necessary. You get what you put in, though, and if you take the extra time to inspect and clean everything during the course of your repairs, they'll be set to last for another couple decades.

Agreed... solid, and usually, straightforward designs and builds. I have Tek gear that was calibrated in 1987, put in storage in 1988, and not turned on again until 2019 (you do the arithmetic) and it generally just works. Most of the repair work I've done over the last six months has involved replacing bad caps, cleaning switches, and tweaking calibration.

Granted, I've been working mostly on signal generators, DMMs, and the like that all operate under 100MHz and I've not spent a lot of time working on oscilloscopes, but still... a lot of bang for the buck left in this old gear. (as I demonstrated when I shorted the plus and minus 150VDC rails through a 2W resistor last week)   

[bsudbrink]

Look at the “fine print” in my PS for the “why” behind my “conservative” estimate.

Ah.

mnem
Why do I smell smoke...?

From the jet engine as it whooshed over my head?

[mnementh]

IF... that CA5 is getting a helium-balloon assist in lifting the weight of those dozen dark-matter-laden 547s, yes. Otherwise, just going to be some very noisy taxiing.  

mnem
 

[mnementh]

Good Lord Man... you've just spent the last six months digging out of your current predicament and trying to fit what was left into a convey of trailer trucks and you're encouraging this innocent young soul to start buying 55L containers?

HAVE YOU NO SHAME?

       

*extends paw in customary greeting* Hi... my name is mnem! Have we met...?

mnem
*enabler-dwagon*

[bsudbrink]

They can only put 4 M1A1s in a C-5...

[Cubdriver]

They can only put 4 M1A1s in a C-5...

It can only carry FOUR 63 ton tanks at a time?  What a piece of crap!!  /s   

Even knowing how airplanes work, it still amazes me that you can get one off the ground with not one, but four main battle tanks in it.      (Just be damned sure to tie them down tightly - if THAT load shifts it will definitely ruin your day.)

-Pat

[bsudbrink]

They can only put 4 M1A1s in a C-5...

It can only carry FOUR 63 ton tanks at a time?  What a piece of crap!!  /s   

Even knowing how airplanes work, it still amazes me that you can get one off the ground with not one, but four main battle tanks in it.      (Just be damned sure to tie them down tightly - if THAT load shifts it will definitely ruin your day.)

-Pat

Yea, but we're talking Tek 547s here...

[worsthorse]

They can only put 4 M1A1s in a C-5...

It can only carry FOUR 63 ton tanks at a time?  What a piece of crap!!  /s   

Even knowing how airplanes work, it still amazes me that you can get one off the ground with not one, but four main battle tanks in it.      (Just be damned sure to tie them down tightly - if THAT load shifts it will definitely ruin your day.)

-Pat

And don't forget to put air in the tires before loading.   

[Mr. Scram]

And don't forget to put air in the tires before loading.   

You're trying to trick us! Tank tires don't have air in them! 

[worsthorse]

Oh my. The USPS carrier left this on my porch about fifteen minutes ago:



Giant packaging fail. What was the seller thinking?   

The worst thing: I bought this stuff as a lot. There is no inventory of it and I will not be able to figure out what was lost.   

And USPS couldn't even be bothered to slap a label on it noting the damage, let alone some packing tape. 

[ArthurDent]

IC the damage. 

[Specmaster]

Until the phosphor starts flaking off the inside of the unobtanium CRT... or it just plain goes dim or fuzzy.

Denial: Not just a river, etc...

mnem
"If a man made it, a man can fix it."
"Everything ever made is living on borrowed time." ~ Grand-dad

Hopefully I'll be dust before that happens. 

Again.....don't you have some looooooong driving to do? 

Wasn’t it you who just a few dozen pages back had to replace a fuzzy CRT...? 

Looooong driving is done. Everything that remains is nice short 3-4 hour chunks. 

mnem
 

What, thought that you'd have gone straight to your new home and be getting it ready for your bench, and finding some neat storage locations for your pile of gear 

[mnementh]

IC the damage. 

Grooooannnnn!!! *Tosses soggy ol’ boot right at Arthur’s digital watch*

mnem

[Black Phoenix]

Local Area Network in Australia. The LAN down under... 

[xrunner]

It's shocking how often I electrocute myself. 

[Neomys Sapiens]

Today was a good TEA day. I received my basically like-new -hp- 8672A synthesized signal generator. And I went from 1 Tek P6042 to 3, plus some spare unobtainium transistors and cabling to replace the bad probe cable on the one I got with a pile of Tek gear at hamfest. 

If you connect the Analogic2045 as modulation generator and add a decent amplifier I can see some monitoring bozos quitting their job on a mental sanity ticket.
 

[0culus]

Today was a good TEA day. I received my basically like-new -hp- 8672A synthesized signal generator. And I went from 1 Tek P6042 to 3, plus some spare unobtainium transistors and cabling to replace the bad probe cable on the one I got with a pile of Tek gear at hamfest. 

If you connect the Analogic2045 as modulation generator and add a decent amplifier I can see some monitoring bozos quitting their job on a mental sanity ticket.
 

Man, that's evil. I'd like to keep my amateur license though! 

[fanta]

Thanks to everyone for their help, unfortunately I can't quite get away with stuffing that much equipment under my bed  . I've thrown up a post in the buy/sell/wanted section, fingers crossed.

[beanflying]

$2 AUD HP Logic analyser in Eastern Sbs Melbourne    eBay auction: #303327468857 Jump fast for an Anchor locals.

[tggzzz]

Today was a good TEA day. I received my basically like-new -hp- 8672A synthesized signal generator. And I went from 1 Tek P6042 to 3, plus some spare unobtainium transistors and cabling to replace the bad probe cable on the one I got with a pile of Tek gear at hamfest. 

If you connect the Analogic2045 as modulation generator and add a decent amplifier I can see some monitoring bozos quitting their job on a mental sanity ticket.
 

Or have black helicopters hovering overhead.

I was once an arms importer. I imported an HP boat anchor that was a DDS plus hardware for modulating the output each sample. Allegedly it could spoof military aircraft (etc etc), and so for export puposes it was classified as a munition.

[bd139]

Lots of stupid shit like that out there. I remember the stupid crypto munitions export laws in the US. Guess who was responsible for filling in the paperwork so the US subsidiary could export it to the UK subsidiary.  . Haha but you couldn’t file the declaration unless it was sent over a secure channel. Which we didn’t have because you couldn’t import it. So we had to get the home office involved to declare a 2m square bit of ground as US territory for a week, pop a couple of cryptos in onto one of the dark networks. Whole thing was a joke.

Edit: oh and two weeks after we fixed all that, Clinton relaxes the restrictions

[Brumby]

Sorry.  If I was to have my own aeroplane, I doubt it would be a C130.

Of course not.  Clearly insufficient for the task.  Any TEA'r would need a C5A.

I thought about that after I posted ... then I thought I'd wait and see if someone would pick up on it.

I didn't have to wait long.

[beanflying]

Word of the day because sometimes you are just  even here 

Luddite

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noun
noun: Luddite; plural noun: Luddites
1.
DEROGATORY
a person opposed to new technology or ways of working.
"a small-minded Luddite resisting progress"
2.
HISTORICAL
a member of any of the bands of English workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton and woollen mills, that they believed was threatening their jobs (1811–16).
3.
EXCEPTION
a small group of nerds dedicated to the preservation of antique Test equipment of dubious use for the future torment of those they leave behind to dispose of.

[Terry01]

Oh my. The USPS carrier left this on my porch about fifteen minutes ago:



Giant packaging fail. What was the seller thinking?   

The worst thing: I bought this stuff as a lot. There is no inventory of it and I will not be able to figure out what was lost.   

And USPS couldn't even be bothered to slap a label on it noting the damage, let alone some packing tape. 

What I find funnier than that is the fact the left the "PRIORITY" and "TRACKED & INSURED" label on the only bit of the box still not torn to bits! A bit....    and lots of   

Unreal buddy!