Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[Cubdriver]

Just caught the tail end of the episode of the original Star Trek that features Teri Garr looking like this :

and I can't see Teri Garr without thinking of this :


and then I also immediately think of this :


which results in me hearing the sounds of frightened horses as I think of Frau Blücher.

A classic!

-Pat

[jxjbsd]

So, SNAFU then...? 

mnem
Is this Chinese English?
沙发

[mnementh]

Situation Normal : All Fucked Up


态 正常 : 诸 搞砸了  抑或  正常状态 : 所有混乱

mnem
 

[jxjbsd]

Situation Normal : All Fucked Up


态 正常 : 诸 搞砸了  抑或  正常状态 : 所有混乱

mnem
 

Need an abbreviation dictionary

[beanflying]

Situation Normal : All Fucked Up


态 正常 : 诸 搞砸了  抑或  正常状态 : 所有混乱

mnem
 

Need an abbreviation dictionary

Unless it comes with a supply of Babblefish it might be a WOFTAM given English is not a first language for some including us Aussies with our dialect

[mnementh]

Situation Normal : All Fucked Up


态 正常 : 诸 搞砸了  抑或  正常状态 : 所有混乱

mnem
 

Need an abbreviation dictionary

Unless it comes with a supply of Babblefish it might be a WOFTAM given English is not a first language for some including us Aussies with our dialect

You bastard, bean! 

你这个混蛋, bean! 

WOFTAM : Waste Of Fucking Time And Money

浪费时间和金钱

mnem
*unfuckerizer*
语言修理工

[AVGresponding]

Looks like an expensive 1n4148 to me 

More fixing thinkpad fun today. T440 has blown battery V+ fuse by the looks. Grr. Have to take the whole fucker to bits to get at it 

Surprisingly the 1N4148 doesn't cross to it. But yea....I'll bet a 1N4148 would probably work and I have about 30 on hand. But with my luck lately. 

iirc 1N4148 has a PRV of 75, so maybe not...

FYI the SFW version of SNAFU and FUBAR uses the word "Fouled".

[tggzzz]

Need an abbreviation dictionary

Google seems pretty good. However,  I'm aware that we all have our individual google, one that varies over time

[bd139]

Today I got my RSGB renewal letter in the post asking for the yearly £56. Have shredded it! 

What did I derive from the last 12 month subscription? A pretty weak and lame defence from commercial attack on 2m, a shit rag with whining about people, advertisements, badly written technical articles, adverts from absolute chancers, wrong propagation predictions, hamfest listings which are out of date and 100 sheets of toilet paper a month.  . There have been people subscribed to it for 50+ years apparently. I'm trying to work out why!? Perhaps it has electrolytes.

[med6753]

Damn expensive toilet paper.  Even during the worst of the shortages I don't think a standard roll cost that much. 

[bd139]

True. Not very soft either. 

Possibly nice deal in US: Fluke 27/FM + HV probe: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/143628599383

Edit: cheaper one, with HV probe but no case: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133435408340

[med6753]

I got the Type 106 running on the bench and damn that little fan is a noisy bugger. And fans don't normally bother me like the jet engine in Type 535A which I find kinda soothing. But not this little bastard. 

[Specmaster]

Today I got my RSGB renewal letter in the post asking for the yearly £56. Have shredded it! 

What did I derive from the last 12 month subscription? A pretty weak and lame defence from commercial attack on 2m, a shit rag with whining about people, advertisements, badly written technical articles, adverts from absolute chancers, wrong propagation predictions, hamfest listings which are out of date and 100 sheets of toilet paper a month.  . There have been people subscribed to it for 50+ years apparently. I'm trying to work out why!? Perhaps it has electrolytes.

So, RF is now well and truly fecking dead for you.....Or is it  .....

[med6753]

Today I got my RSGB renewal letter in the post asking for the yearly £56. Have shredded it! 

What did I derive from the last 12 month subscription? A pretty weak and lame defence from commercial attack on 2m, a shit rag with whining about people, advertisements, badly written technical articles, adverts from absolute chancers, wrong propagation predictions, hamfest listings which are out of date and 100 sheets of toilet paper a month.  . There have been people subscribed to it for 50+ years apparently. I'm trying to work out why!? Perhaps it has electrolytes.

So, RF is now well and truly fecking dead for you.....Or is it  .....

If you believe that then I got some swampland in Florida I'd like to sell you.    "No more Teks" come to mind 

[bd139]

hahaha. RF = dead. Tek = dead.

The next hole is going to be audio when I'm back on my feet. I've always wanted to build a wasteful space heating power hungry JLH class A audio amplifier and some nice speaker enclosures. That gives me an excuse to buy nice old style HP distortion analyser, oscillators, voltmeter etc 

[BU508A]

Today I got my RSGB renewal letter in the post asking for the yearly £56. Have shredded it! 

What did I derive from the last 12 month subscription? A pretty weak and lame defence from commercial attack on 2m, a shit rag with whining about people, advertisements, badly written technical articles, adverts from absolute chancers, wrong propagation predictions, hamfest listings which are out of date and 100 sheets of toilet paper a month.  . There have been people subscribed to it for 50+ years apparently. I'm trying to work out why!? Perhaps it has electrolytes.

Don't know, if this is any better, but you could improve your German skills. 

https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/ausland/english-version/

Their journal, called "CQ-DL"
https://www.darc.de/nachrichten/amateurfunkmagazin-cq-dl/

 

[med6753]

hahaha. RF = dead. Tek = dead.

The next hole is going to be audio when I'm back on my feet. I've always wanted to build a wasteful space heating power hungry JLH class A audio amplifier and some nice speaker enclosures. That gives me an excuse to buy nice old style HP distortion analyser, oscillators, voltmeter etc 

If you start hording 6DJ8 Bugle Boys you're gonna get shot. 

[bd139]

If you start hording 6DJ8 Bugle boys you're gonna get shot. 

Fuck no. None of that magical thinking bullshit 

Today I got my RSGB renewal letter in the post asking for the yearly £56. Have shredded it! 

What did I derive from the last 12 month subscription? A pretty weak and lame defence from commercial attack on 2m, a shit rag with whining about people, advertisements, badly written technical articles, adverts from absolute chancers, wrong propagation predictions, hamfest listings which are out of date and 100 sheets of toilet paper a month.  . There have been people subscribed to it for 50+ years apparently. I'm trying to work out why!? Perhaps it has electrolytes.

Don't know, if this is any better, but you could improve your German skills. 

https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/ausland/english-version/

Their journal, called "CQ-DL"
https://www.darc.de/nachrichten/amateurfunkmagazin-cq-dl/

 

Did consider that actually a while back. I got fairly good at German amateur radio stuff after ordering from box73 numerous times 

[Specmaster]

Today I got my RSGB renewal letter in the post asking for the yearly £56. Have shredded it! 

What did I derive from the last 12 month subscription? A pretty weak and lame defence from commercial attack on 2m, a shit rag with whining about people, advertisements, badly written technical articles, adverts from absolute chancers, wrong propagation predictions, hamfest listings which are out of date and 100 sheets of toilet paper a month.  . There have been people subscribed to it for 50+ years apparently. I'm trying to work out why!? Perhaps it has electrolytes.

Don't know, if this is any better, but you could improve your German skills. 

https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/ausland/english-version/

Their journal, called "CQ-DL"
https://www.darc.de/nachrichten/amateurfunkmagazin-cq-dl/

 

Don't bloody encourage him, he says RF is dead

[Specmaster]

hahaha. RF = dead. Tek = dead.

The next hole is going to be audio when I'm back on my feet. I've always wanted to build a wasteful space heating power hungry JLH class A audio amplifier and some nice speaker enclosures. That gives me an excuse to buy nice old style HP distortion analyser, oscillators, voltmeter etc 

Oh so now you're looking to become the domestic version of the mobile high power boom box of bass then. 

[BU508A]

Today I got my RSGB renewal letter in the post asking for the yearly £56. Have shredded it! 

What did I derive from the last 12 month subscription? A pretty weak and lame defence from commercial attack on 2m, a shit rag with whining about people, advertisements, badly written technical articles, adverts from absolute chancers, wrong propagation predictions, hamfest listings which are out of date and 100 sheets of toilet paper a month.  . There have been people subscribed to it for 50+ years apparently. I'm trying to work out why!? Perhaps it has electrolytes.

Don't know, if this is any better, but you could improve your German skills. 

https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/ausland/english-version/

Their journal, called "CQ-DL"
https://www.darc.de/nachrichten/amateurfunkmagazin-cq-dl/

 

Don't bloody encourage him, he says RF is dead

In these times, bd139 needs all the encourage he can get.

[Wolfgang]

hahaha. RF = dead. Tek = dead.

The next hole is going to be audio when I'm back on my feet. I've always wanted to build a wasteful space heating power hungry JLH class A audio amplifier and some nice speaker enclosures. That gives me an excuse to buy nice old style HP distortion analyser, oscillators, voltmeter etc 

May I suggest a suitable tube for your audio endeavours ?
The heating effect is absolutely top of class. 

[bd139]

Oh so now you're looking to become the domestic version of the mobile high power boom box of bass then. 

In moderation, yes 

May I suggest a suitable tube for your audio endeavours ?
The heating effect is absolutely top of class. 

Mmmmm xrays as well?

[BU508A]

Oh so now you're looking to become the domestic version of the mobile high power boom box of bass then. 

In moderation, yes 

May I suggest a suitable tube for your audio endeavours ?
The heating effect is absolutely top of class. 

Mmmmm xrays as well?

If the voltage of the anode plate is above 15kV: very likely

[bd139]

I actually looked it up and the anode voltage max is 32kV so definitely