Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[tautech]

Got a box delivered (ordered yesterday in the afternoon, that was pretty fast).

Looks like an X-E box or maybe X-U....same size.

[capt bullshot]

Fresh NIB TEA for me ...

[BU508A]

Got a box delivered (ordered yesterday in the afternoon, that was pretty fast).

Obviously not coming from .nz
Welectron?

Edit:

My bet would go to this one:
https://www.welectron.com/Siglent-SSA3021X-Spektrumanalysator

[tautech]

Fresh NIB TEA for me ...

Ah, SSA ! 
Have fun with that ! 

When you've finished improving it be sure to install the latest 2.4.0 firmware for whatever it ends up as. 

[beanflying]

Pushing the boundaries of most affordable Radar Guns  Tonight's outdoor Dunny Laxative for no reason at all 

[capt bullshot]

Obviously not coming from .nz
Welectron?


My bet would go to this one:
https://www.welectron.com/Siglent-SSA3021X-Spektrumanalysator

Welectron: correct
Model: SSA3021X Plus (there's an interesting thread about upgrading this thing to an SVA, you'd want the Plus for that).

[tautech]

Obviously not coming from .nz
Welectron?


My bet would go to this one:
https://www.welectron.com/Siglent-SSA3021X-Spektrumanalysator

Welectron: correct
Model: SSA3021X Plus (there's an interesting thread about upgrading this thing to an SVA, you'd want the Plus for that).

Yep.

SVA1032X is my fav instrument however I have hendorogs SSA3075X-R that we grabbed from our EMEX stand just before lockdown on Sunday night.
That thing is totally next level ! 

Now you'll need a $ Cal kit ! 
Then it starts......

[mnementh]

A'aight... uppit o'dark-thirty to go snowblow the driveway so my wife can git to her school gig. Catch up with you freaks (and you, freqq ) after coffee & eggs.

mnem

[Saskia]

found a new vacation spot where it is quite impossible for my employer to call me during my pto.

I think I'll spend my next vacation in Aitutaki. Waimanalo was not far enuff of the map.

[BU508A]

found a new vacation spot where it is quite impossible for my employer to call me during my pto.

I think I'll spend my next vacation in Aitutaki. Waimanalo was not far enuff of the map.

[med6753]

found a new vacation spot where it is quite impossible for my employer to call me during my pto.

I think I'll spend my next vacation in Aitutaki. Waimanalo was not far enuff of the map.

You can vacation right in your own home with almost no effort and no one will be none the wiser.

Turn the fucking phone OFF. 

[Saskia]

you are right in principle, but easier said than done. They now force you to do credit card verification through your phone ...

at least over here.

[mnementh]

Urrrk.

Snow drifted 2 feet high against the door; had to start shoveling from inside.  Fortunately, I kept the small shovel inside for just this eventuality.

Just got inside & sat down; thought I was used up when I finished the porch, brooming off the car and snowblowing the drive, but actually managed to keep going and helped the neighbor clear out back to her trash cans.

I go find coffee now.

mnem
Pay it Forward.

[mnementh]

you are right in principle, but easier said than done. They now force you to do credit card verification through your phone ...

at least over here.

That is why I always had 2 phones. MINE and THEIRS. Mine stays in the car & theirs turns off at quitting time unless I'm on call.

mnem
when I work as a independent contractor, I do the same thing; my employer's a assh'o.

[BU508A]

Enjoy your hot cup of coffee in your cold hands.  

[mnementh]

mnnnnummm-nummm.... fried eggs & sausage too. 

mnem
 

[Specmaster]

you are right in principle, but easier said than done. They now force you to do credit card verification through your phone ...

at least over here.

Easy, turn your phone off and don't buy anything that requires a credit card   

[capt bullshot]

SVA1032X is my fav instrument however I have hendorogs SSA3075X-R that we grabbed from our EMEX stand just before lockdown on Sunday night.
That thing is totally next level ! 

Now you'll need a $ Cal kit ! 
Then it starts......

Looks like you're right with the cal kit ...

BTW, what's that "Remove film before usage" stuff, anyhow?

Don't see any handles to open the film compartment, as they were with these good old cameras. Wait ... afair one was supposed to insert the film before usage, wasn't he?

Now searching for some objects to test the VNA function.

[mnementh]

That's entirely too nice a bit of gear for me to be around... I'm just gonna stand over here, lest my scaly dwagon cooties get all over it.

mnem
 

[Specmaster]

you are right in principle, but easier said than done. They now force you to do credit card verification through your phone ...

at least over here.

That is why I always had 2 phones. MINE and THEIRS. Mine stays in the car & theirs turns off at quitting time unless I'm on call.

mnem
when I work as a independent contractor, I do the same thing; my employer's a assh'o.

That is what I started to do in the end, the employer doesn't think any more of for keeping their phone switched when your off duty, they just exploit you even more in my experience, most employers are arseholes anyway.

[mnementh]

you are right in principle, but easier said than done. They now force you to do credit card verification through your phone ...

at least over here.

Easy, turn your phone off and don't buy anything that requires a credit card   

Except a burner phone... that you can use to verify your credit cards.

mnem
 

[SilverSolder]

you are right in principle, but easier said than done. They now force you to do credit card verification through your phone ...

at least over here.

Get a second phone.  One you use for work, the other is personal.   The work phone gets turned off when you have done enough for them today.   This idea has kept me sane for 25 years so far! 

[mnementh]

you are right in principle, but easier said than done. They now force you to do credit card verification through your phone ...

at least over here.

That is why I always had 2 phones. MINE and THEIRS. Mine stays in the car & theirs turns off at quitting time unless I'm on call.

mnem
when I work as a independent contractor, I do the same thing; my employer's a assh'o.

That is what I started to do in the end, the employer doesn't think any more of for keeping their phone switched when your off duty, they just exploit you even more in my experience, most employers are arseholes anyway.

Especially me. 

mnem
Shut up and get back to work; I don't pay you to sit there and count yer scales!!!

[mnementh]

Pushing the boundaries of most affordable Radar Guns  Tonight's outdoor Dunny Laxative for no reason at all 

Yeah... that's not relaxing at all. My friend Rick would've been all over that as news, but he was the Jonathan Livingston Seagull sort only aboot 10% of the time; the rest, he was aboot the gliiiiiiiiiiiiide.......

mnem
Miss you, buddy. *sigh*

[capt bullshot]

That's entirely too nice a bit of gear for me to be around... I'm just gonna stand over here, lest my scaly dwagon cooties get all over it.

I thought long time about buying another boat anchor SA (already have a R&S CMU200), looking into HP, Anritsu, Advantest etc. at the bay of evil. Typically these go for way more than half the price of this shiny new one. Additionally the Siglent is way much lighter and smaller, faster, has more features, ... so in the end it was an easy decision.