Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[med6753]

re Washington DC

This was plain stupid. An absolute 100% way to completely negate any legitimacy to the voter fraud claim.

The way of the narcicist.
 

The Dems are more subtle in such things. (and I also think that there was voter fraud, however any claim just went up in riots).

The last time the Capital had been occupied was when the British burned it in 1814. 

[med6753]

This was in my e-mail this morning. Another shipping upgrade. This order is the capacitors for the Sansui amplifier.

Dear SIR CAPALOT;

Your purchase order number XXXXXXXX is being processed by our warehouse and will ship out on 01/07/2021

We appreciate you placing this order through our website.

You requested your order be shipped by UPS 2nd DAY AIR.
To ensure that you receive your order on the day you expected it, Mouser has upgraded your order to ship UPS NEXT DAY AIR at no additional charge to you.

You are a valued customer and we appreciate your business.
If you have any questions, comments, or if we can assist you in any way please let us know.
You can reply directly to this e-mail.


Thank you,

The Mouser Internet Sales Team

When you place an order with Mouser they give you a committed ship date. Perhaps due to staff issues or volume, or both, they missed that date. So as a result rather than the 2 day UPS air I paid for I get 1 day UPS air. They could very easily say "sorry, your order will ship a day late" but they don't. They keep the committed delivery date. Customer service at it's finest. 

[Specmaster]

re Washington DC

This was plain stupid. An absolute 100% way to completely negate any legitimacy to the voter fraud claim.

The way of the narcicist.
 

The Dems are more subtle in such things. (and I also think that there was voter fraud, however any claim just went up in riots).

Interesting, what makes you think there was voter fraud when Trump is unable to actually produce any real evidence to back his claim?

[DC1MC]

Could we please, please, with sugar on top, leave the friggin US politics out of the few forums not infected with this crap ?!?!?

 Many thanks,
 DC1MC

[Specmaster]

This was in my e-mail this morning. Another shipping upgrade. This order is the capacitors for the Sansui amplifier.

Dear SIR CAPALOT;

Your purchase order number XXXXXXXX is being processed by our warehouse and will ship out on 01/07/2021

We appreciate you placing this order through our website.

You requested your order be shipped by UPS 2nd DAY AIR.
To ensure that you receive your order on the day you expected it, Mouser has upgraded your order to ship UPS NEXT DAY AIR at no additional charge to you.

You are a valued customer and we appreciate your business.
If you have any questions, comments, or if we can assist you in any way please let us know.
You can reply directly to this e-mail.


Thank you,

The Mouser Internet Sales Team

When you place an order with Mouser they give you a committed ship date. Perhaps due to staff issues or volume, or both, they missed that date. So as a result rather than the 2 day UPS air I paid for I get 1 day UPS air. They could very easily say "sorry, your order will ship a day late" but they don't. They keep the committed delivery date. Customer service at it's finest. 

That is pretty good service although they are a bit forward, aren't they? I mean they even have their own pet name for you, which they forgot to remove it when addressing the message to you, by that I mean Dear Sir Capalot 

[med6753]

This was in my e-mail this morning. Another shipping upgrade. This order is the capacitors for the Sansui amplifier.

Dear SIR CAPALOT;

Your purchase order number XXXXXXXX is being processed by our warehouse and will ship out on 01/07/2021

We appreciate you placing this order through our website.

You requested your order be shipped by UPS 2nd DAY AIR.
To ensure that you receive your order on the day you expected it, Mouser has upgraded your order to ship UPS NEXT DAY AIR at no additional charge to you.

You are a valued customer and we appreciate your business.
If you have any questions, comments, or if we can assist you in any way please let us know.
You can reply directly to this e-mail.


Thank you,

The Mouser Internet Sales Team

When you place an order with Mouser they give you a committed ship date. Perhaps due to staff issues or volume, or both, they missed that date. So as a result rather than the 2 day UPS air I paid for I get 1 day UPS air. They could very easily say "sorry, your order will ship a day late" but they don't. They keep the committed delivery date. Customer service at it's finest. 

That is pretty good service although they are a bit forward, aren't they? I mean they even have their own pet name for you, which they forgot to remove it when addressing the message to you, by that I mean Dear Sir Capalot 

No, they addressed it by my real name. I edited it. 

[mansaxel]

That is pretty good service although they are a bit forward, aren't they? I mean they even have their own pet name for you, which they forgot to remove it when addressing the message to you, by that I mean Dear Sir Capalot 

No, they addressed it by my real name. I edited it. 

As I've written upthread, I'm making good use of their shopping cart feature where one can set personal article nos on items. I'm using it to remind myself why I bought a specific value of component (for instance, the re-cap set I bought for the 8060 is annotated with the proper schematic identifiers for the components) .  This would be a logical extension, assumption of nick name based on buying patterns.

[med6753]

Could we please, please, with sugar on top, leave the friggin US politics out of the few forums not infected with this crap ?!?!?

 Many thanks,
 DC1MC

Trust me, I'm with you. Along with the Brexit stuff and covid stuff. But unfortunately that creeping crap finds it way in here. It's so hard to ignore these overwhelming events and they do affect many of us.

And just wait until the Dragon wakes up and gets on his soap box. 

 

[Specmaster]

Could we please, please, with sugar on top, leave the friggin US politics out of the few forums not infected with this crap ?!?!?

 Many thanks,
 DC1MC

Problem with this is that the shocking events of yesterday on Capitol Hill is such a bleeding rare event in a modern democracy that it is going to attract a certain amount of light discussion. I mean, it is the topic that everyone in the world is talking about right now. I believe the fact that we don't stick strictly to the subject matter is the reason this forum thread is so very popular.

[tggzzz]

Could we please, please, with sugar on top, leave the friggin US politics out of the few forums not infected with this crap ?!?!?

 Many thanks,
 DC1MC

Seconded.

A few "I'm shocked" comments are to be expected. I hope there is no to-and-fro "analysis" of the issue.

[DC1MC]

Could we please, please, with sugar on top, leave the friggin US politics out of the few forums not infected with this crap ?!?!?

 Many thanks,
 DC1MC

Problem with this is that the shocking events of yesterday on Capitol Hill is such a bleeding rare event in a modern democracy that it is going to attract a certain amount of light discussion. I mean, it is the topic that everyone in the world is talking about right now. I believe the fact that we don't stick strictly to the subject matter is the reason this forum thread is so very popular.

Yeah, because if we don't talk it here as well nobody would have ever head of it, is not like EVERY frigging media, social or MSM, is not overflowing with this crap. Let the US people sort their shite and let's return to recapping old scopes and light on-toppic trolling ("...my neighbor is shooting some invisible rays that make my ears ringing and my dogs barking...").
I only have three day of vacation left and I need a place that still have some tranquillity.

Humble thanks,
DC1MC

[Saskia]

Any interest in an experience report regarding repurposing that fpga mining board ?

[DC1MC]

Any interest in an experience report regarding repurposing that fpga mining board ?

Now that will be something interesting, I remember when I've had to bring up a similar board that was processing some very long wave infrared sensor signals (the sensor was made from some strange protein, it worked well, but not for long).
The first thing was to make a Windozian PCI driver followed by "how to update the FPGA bootstream", for long it was just a connector to the XILINX programmer  .

 Cheers,
 DC1MC

[med6753]

Yeah, because if we don't talk it here as well nobody would have ever head of it, is not like EVERY frigging media, social or MSM, is not overflowing with this crap. Let the US people sort their shite and let's return to recapping old scopes and light on-toppic trolling ("...my neighbor is shooting some invisible rays that make my ears ringing and my dogs barking...").
I only have three day of vacation left and I need a place that still have some tranquillity.

Humble thanks,
DC1MC

I would love to contribute to the cause but right now I'm between projects. The Type 503 is done and passed multiple burn-in cycles and I'm waiting delivery of capacitors tomorrow for the Sansui amplifier. 

[bd139]

Indeed. The same. Too damn busy for TE at the moment 

[mansaxel]

First day back at work here. Got to tell the Cisco TAC there's an error in the documentation. TE related, at that. The 10MHz and 1PPS i/o on the ASR 9001 are NOT as stated in the manual SMB plugs, they're DIN 1.0/2.3. 

Guess what I just bought?

[Brumby]

Time to go fishing, bait the hook with Fluke and Cast it casually in @Brumby's backyard  eBay auction: #274634228659 I spent this weeks pocket money already 

 

It's a lot closer than other things you've lobbed in my path - and it's in a manageable price range.  You have awakened my consciousness of the HP counter awaiting my attention - yet this item is still holds my interest.

Your timing is curious, however.  Just a couple of days ago I squirreled $200 away - earmarked for TEA.  (Have you been peeking over my shoulder?)

NanoVNA and TinySA were on the list - then the new BM786 pops up ... ... ... then you drop in this contribution.

Decisions ... decisions ... decisions.

[BU508A]

Time to go fishing, bait the hook with Fluke and Cast it casually in @Brumby's backyard  eBay auction: #274634228659 I spent this weeks pocket money already 

 

It's a lot closer than other things you've lobbed in my path - and it's in a manageable price range.  You have awakened my consciousness of the HP counter awaiting my attention - yet this item is still holds my interest.

Your timing is curious, however.  Just a couple of days ago I squirreled $200 away - earmarked for TEA.  (Have you been peeking over my shoulder?)

NanoVNA and TinySA were on the list - then the new BM786 pops up ... ... ... then you drop in this contribution.

Decisions ... decisions ... decisions.

No need for a Mastech MS8911?   

[Brumby]

I've got the 8910 and hardly use that .... but the 8911 is on the list (lower down).

[med6753]

Time to go fishing, bait the hook with Fluke and Cast it casually in @Brumby's backyard  eBay auction: #274634228659 I spent this weeks pocket money already 

 

It's a lot closer than other things you've lobbed in my path - and it's in a manageable price range.  You have awakened my consciousness of the HP counter awaiting my attention - yet this item is still holds my interest.

Your timing is curious, however.  Just a couple of days ago I squirreled $200 away - earmarked for TEA.  (Have you been peeking over my shoulder?)

NanoVNA and TinySA were on the list - then the new BM786 pops up ... ... ... then you drop in this contribution.

Decisions ... decisions ... decisions.

I have one and it's a decent counter. That's a good price. Go for it. 

[Brumby]

I'm in the wrong place to be talked out of this .... aren't I?




(That's not an invitation for anyone to try!!)

[med6753]

I've got the 8910 and hardly use that .... but the 8911 is on the list (lower down).

One cannot have too many counters, or DMM's, or scopes, etc, etc. 

Edit.....yes...you've come to the wrong place to be talked out of it.

[Brumby]

Before EEVblog I had 1 scope ..... now I have 7 (or is it 8?) - BUT I did have a dozen or so multimeters (and that number has gone up as well.)

[Brumby]

I've messaged the seller to confirm pick up is available.




Calling it tonight.... I have a really early start tomorrow.

[med6753]

Before EEVblog I had 1 scope ..... now I have 7 (or is it 8?) - BUT I did have a dozen or so multimeters (and that number has gone up as well.)

Before EEVblog I had 1 scope.....now I have...not sure. This represents only about half the total.