Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[bd139]

Hahahaha

I guess my question is... what recourse do you have if they side against you? Or are you saying the money & assache saved over PP makes it worth the risk of eating the occasional sale that goes pear-shaped?

This is the relevant argument. So the answer is firstly that there's no way for them to claw back cash out of an empty bank account. They have to fight you for it and that's not profitable. Secondly it's a tri-party agreement so you can play it in your favor. eBay pulls cash back via Adyen. If they have a problem tell them to talk to Adyen.

But I'm ok with losing 2% of transactions aggregate. So far it's 0.02% which is fine

[tonyalbus]

Other new score.... oldie
looking not to bad at all 

[mnementh]

[...] the most we can do is hold hands and suck face. 

That one made me chuckle! 

Yep, like 2 teenagers on a sofa and her parents house. 

Don't even mention that. My eldest's boyfriend is over this evening. I still haven't got used to that situation yet 

Just answer the door wearing this. She'll be fine. 

mnem
"If you make her cry... I will make you cry." 

[med6753]

Other new score.... oldie
looking not to bad at all 

Welcome to the club. 

[25 CPS]

I’m really surprised nobody did a picture a couple of pages ago for page 3585.  I’ll make up for it by doing two for page 3588 instead.





These aren’t specifically posed, just shots that were convenient to use that were already on my phone.  10 Hz to 150 MHz range on this machine which is why it was the first spectrum analyzer I bought.  Between this and the 3562A on the bench, I’ve hardly put any use on the 3580A but I want to play around with it some more this weekend.  I’m a bit concerned about that double peak I was getting when I did the picture for that page and I have a sinking feeling it’s either got a problem or I’m seriously not used to the driving controls on the front panel given how the 3588A is the machine I use the most often.

[factory]

Urgent Member Re Education required  https://www.eevblog.com/forum/buysellwanted/test-equipment-for-sale/msg3559544/#msg3559544

and VK5RC drop the OP a message maybe 

See my passive/aggressive response.

LOL that was perfect! 

Sarky comment left. 

David

No one seems to have noticed that the OP said "These pics are some stuff in his shed. There is more in his workshop". Or maybe they did and went straight round without telling anyone. I'd like to see the workshop.

Had a bit of time to leave a more sensible comment & identify some of the equipment.

David

[AVGresponding]

[...] the most we can do is hold hands and suck face. 

That one made me chuckle! 

Yep, like 2 teenagers on a sofa and her parents house. 

Don't even mention that. My eldest's boyfriend is over this evening. I still haven't got used to that situation yet 

Just answer the door wearing this. She'll be fine. 

mnem
"If you make her cry... I will make you cry." 

Or just have the front room tanked out with visqueen and be busy cleaning and sharpening your collection of skinning knives

[bd139]

Stop giving me ideas 

[tautech]

Stop giving me ideas 

Another....

A mate with 2 delicious daughters brings their boyfriends up here to our rifle range to teach them to shoot and then takes them away hunting so they not unsupervised at home with his little lovely's.

[bd139]

Yeah that doesn't work around London though. Best you can do is take them to the chicken shop and buy a can of Monster 

[mnementh]

Sonuvacrap. I've misplaced the little baggie containing those special screws for my NVMe drives. 

mnem
"Honey... do you remember where my super-special safe stash-away 'so I don't lose this...' place was 6 weeks or so ago...?"   

[factory]

One for the orange glowy 7 segment fanboys, an 8 digit 512MHz counter, US only.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/233989462688


And overpriced, incomplete & threatened with a death sentence, Beckman EPUT.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/224443938276


David

[25 CPS]

One for the orange glowy 7 segment fanboys, an 8 digit 512MHz counter, US only.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/233989462688


And overpriced, incomplete & threatened with a death sentence, Beckman EPUT.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/224443938276


David

As much as I have a soft spot for vacuum tube timer/counters with columnar displays, there's no way I'm taking that on at that price plus shipping for something in that rough condition that's missing parts.

[BU508A]

Okay, I've bought them. Offer (350 Euro) has been accepted.

I'll reserve 5 units for you and if the captain is interested in one piece, I'll reserve him one as well.
I for myself will keep 5 units, the rest are for sale (max. 5 units per person).

Let me know, if someone is interested. :-)

Edit:
Will sell them for 15 Euro per unit, including shipping (EU + UK).
If someone from overseas is interested, let me check for the shipping. Down under shouldn't be a problem with the customs etc.

Edit 2:
ch_scr: 5 units
capt. bullshot: 3 units
BU508A: 5 units
syau: 5 units
kleiner Rainer: 2 units

6 units to go.

Edit: SEPA (banking wire transfer) and PayPal (payments for friends) are both possible.
Will inform you about the details once the IC's have been arrived and I had a closer look at them.
They'll ship from Munich to me.

The 26 AD587UQ arrived today. Here are some pictures of them.
The date code is 0322 and all are having a serial number on their backside.
Six units are still available (lower left corner).

Overview:


Detailed view, front and backside:


And for comparison, these are AD587UQ which I've bought @ Mouser:


I've packed the ICs with the mentioned serial numbers (0):
ch_scr: 76193, 84002, 83977, 84158, 84170
capt bullshot: 76160, 76171, 84248
syau: 84192, 84204, 84237, 84226, 84013
kleiner Rainer: 84046, 84079

available ICs: 83966, 83955, 84215, 84091, 84103, 84080

If someone is interested in some of the ICs, please let me know.
Conditions still apply:
- 15 Euro / unit
- no additional shipping costs in the EU + UK
- Overseas: will check the shipping costs. If it is not significantly more expensive than EU, then I'll send them out without additional costs for you.

(0)
Will send out a PM with the details and I will ask for your snail mail address. Thanks. 

[nixiefreqq]

Events Per Unit Time


well that is 10 minutes of my life that some one owes me.

[bd139]

Sonuvacrap. I've misplaced the little baggie containing those special screws for my NVMe drives. 

mnem
"Honey... do you remember where my super-special safe stash-away 'so I don't lose this...' place was 6 weeks or so ago...?"   

Mine are all in the carpet somewhere 

[mnementh]

Sonuvacrap. I've misplaced the little baggie containing those special screws for my NVMe drives. 

mnem
"Honey... do you remember where my super-special safe stash-away 'so I don't lose this...' place was 6 weeks or so ago...?"   

gah. Not my favorite solution, to be sure; a combination of special shoulder screws & aluminum spacers from my quadcopter hardware, plus some cheap m2 flathead screws & zinc-plate washers... but it'll do until I can find the right ones or rob them from something else. 

mnem

        meh.

[AVGresponding]

Sonuvacrap. I've misplaced the little baggie containing those special screws for my NVMe drives. 

mnem
"Honey... do you remember where my super-special safe stash-away 'so I don't lose this...' place was 6 weeks or so ago...?"   

Mine are all in the carpet somewhere 

This is where cheap neodymium magnets from ebay come in handy. Unless the screws are titanium, stainless steel, brass, or aluminium, in which case you are... screwed...

[mnementh]

I don't even have the GAF right now... could you please just soggy ol' boot yourself like a good lad now...? 

mnem
 

[beanflying]

[...] the most we can do is hold hands and suck face. 

That one made me chuckle! 

Yep, like 2 teenagers on a sofa and her parents house. 

Don't even mention that. My eldest's boyfriend is over this evening. I still haven't got used to that situation yet 

Just answer the door wearing this. She'll be fine. 

mnem
"If you make her cry... I will make you cry." 

Or just have the front room tanked out with visqueen and be busy cleaning and sharpening your collection of skinning knives

A local secondhand shop had a collection of these a while ago.

[bd139]

That'd do the job 

[mnementh]

   

For those who might wonder just exactly what's inside a CAD$1100 AiO water-cooled GPU... I popped the cover off to clean off a little dust from the inside of that window there, so I snapped a couple pics while I was in it.

Pretty much exactly what you suspected; a little brick pump, some copper heat-sink, and some heat-pipes over to the VRM in the ~300 watt range, gauging by the dual 8-pin power header.

mnem
 

[tautech]

That'd do the job 

So will these:

[tautech]

That'd do the job 

Back when men were men a quick lambs scrotum nick with a razor sharp pocket knife then bite the mountain oyster out and spit them into a bucket to be later threaded onto a a piece of fence wire and roasted over a flame.

Yummy I believe but never tried them.
None of that more recent rubber ring sissy stuff !

[mnementh]

Yeah... back when men were men, and sheep were a-skeered...! 

mnem