Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[VK5RC]

No photos = didn't happen - you know the rules Pat 🤣, no TEA teasing here☕

Taking half decent pics takes time, you know...   

Ok, some TEAsing with photographic evidence.  Part of today's haul was a little HP 8654A 10~520 MHz Signal Generator


It needs some cleanup (getting the modulation working required some switch exercising), and the attenuator feels like it's missing the proper detents, but at first brush it appears to be functional.


And finally the power supply board.  The really good stuff is hiding inside the cast aluminum housing in the foreground. and I'm not ambitious enough at the moment to open THAT up.


It's now five AM and I should have been asleep hours ago, so I'm hitting the sack.  Tek stuff later today.   

-Pat

What a haul! You should sleep well after that lot👍😁

[VK5RC]

While not classic test equipment but it sort of is.....
I recently bought a Qark Shockwiz - a Bluetooth pressure sensor system that you temporarily connect to your mountain bike fork or rear shock via the air connection. You then go for a ride and it records pressure data and can make pretty good suggestions on adjustments to your fork/shock.
For those not caught by the mountain bike craze - the parameters available are, pressure, presence of spacers (tokens) to alter the non-linearity of pressure ramping with compression, and both high and low speed compression and rebound settings.
Everything gets filthy and you should service the shock - which needs a 32mm socket with no taper at the entrance - of course Fox sell one, $50 aus, so I bought a cheapo and ground it flat😁
Photos of the Wiz, the app and the bodged socket.

[bd139]

BTW for the 7CT1N, test fixture box project:

https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/article/build_your_own_electronics_test_fixtures

[xrunner]

That's cute. 10 to 520 MHz covers almost all the most used HAM bands. +10 to -120 dBm great power range. EXT. Modulation - check. Glowy line ON lamp - check. And the plastic levers aren't broken. Just missing the hp badge on the upper left. Be interested in any more testing you do on it. 

Ok, some TEAsing with photographic evidence.  Part of today's haul was a little HP 8654A 10~520 MHz Signal Generator. It needs some cleanup (getting the modulation working required some switch exercising), and the attenuator feels like it's missing the proper detents, but at first brush it appears to be functional.

[Cerebus]

Would never come to that point with me. Can't stand curry. Not even the smell. Even walking by an Indian Restaurant makes me want to gag. And unfortunately some Indian folks smell of it. 

For a while I used to share a bus stop with a very pretty Indian lass who smelt of cumin (jeera), probably my favourite spice. She was lucky to escape without getting eaten.

[Cerebus]

Sorry to bail on discord last night. The aforementioned member of family is ok just bruised and concussed fortunately. As always things look much worse than they are and the ability for people to communicate things accurately is poor  . The four legged assailant was dealt with anyway and will probably end up in Tesco lasagne by the end of the week.

Save me a haunch. I'll have the cordovan too.

[mnementh]

Way to kill Rigol too 

I notice they kicked out a 2 channel 200MHz DS1000Z 

And it seems quite well priced and featured but dunno just how bug free it is yet. 

Isn't that a problem with all modern day equipment when they contain so much coding in them?

I wouldn’t worry about scope software. Every time you spend money, some code runs somewhere written by an outsourcer who bought his degree for three goats, was stoned and working up to his knees in fecal matter flooded from the Ganges. And he has several orders of magnitude more clue than the guys telling him what to do. Worry about that instead

I am rather concerned about the repeated and incessant occurrence of goats in your product lifecycles.
And the fact that those artiodactyls do not convince me of having the proper certifications does merely aggravate this.

Have you not seen the guys at Foxconn when they bring up a new product line? They sacrifice a goat or two and have a big feast. If it works for them… 

Also can’t beat some curried goat with rice and peas. Talking for which new place opened up near me called GOATS that sells goats 

The last time I had goat curry, I later had an toilet explosion which was the Greatest Of All Time!
All of which rather put me off such culinary delights.

Would never come to that point with me. Can't stand curry. Not even the smell. Even walking by an Indian Restaurant makes me want to gag. And unfortunately some Indian folks smell of it. 

While I occasionally like a plate of tandoori chicken & rice with a side of samosas and cucumber sauce, I'll still admit to not ever wanting to live with the smell of an indian kitchen. When we were looking for a place last time, before we got the place we're moving out of, we passed on two otherwise much nicer duplexes and one was even close to Beth's work.

Just no way in hell we were going to tolerate melee combat with that smell 24/7.

mnem

[BU508A]

Would never come to that point with me. Can't stand curry. Not even the smell. Even walking by an Indian Restaurant makes me want to gag. And unfortunately some Indian folks smell of it. 

You are what you eat, more or less. To most South Asians, most Westerners smell of sour milk. Personally I think I'd rather smell of garlic or curry or anything but sour milk...
 

Here.
A "White Russian" for you. 

[nixiefreqq]

All y'all are gonna hate me.  Hit the mother lode for Tek 7k series plug-ins today, along with a scope, too.  Didn’t even really look, just threw cash and ran.  I’m going to have to throw more cash in next week as it didn’t click what one of those in the box was until I was heading home.  BD's new acquisition has a twin on this side of the pond.  Holy shit, what a day! 

-Pat

can not speak for anyone else.......but yes.......i hate you.


ps  and oculus is not helping.  that parameter analyzer of his has me hatin' on him too.

[Cerebus]

While I occasionally like a plate of tandoori chicken & rice with a side of samosas and cucumber sauce, I'll still admit to not ever wanting to live with the smell of an indian kitchen. When we were looking for a place last time, before we got the place we're moving out of, we passed on two otherwise much nicer duplexes and one was even close to Beth's work.

Just no way in hell we were going to tolerate melee combat with that smell 24/7.

mnem

Ah, you don't want to even think about moving to London then. I live in a borough where there's the greatest proportion of people from the Indian subcontinent or their descendants. Ironically, that means that the density of Indian restaurants is probably the lowest in London, possibly the whole UK. You get the smell of neighbours cooking instead of restaurants cooking. Being "White British" where I live officially makes you a racial minority.

"Indians to the left me of,
Somalis to the right,
Here I am,
Stuck in the middle with stew,
Yes I 'm,
Stuck in the middle with stew..."

(Apologies to the right cheek of the Humblebums)

[bd139]

Thought that was my side (Hounslow) 

Edit: honestly the variety of food here is amazing. I love all of it. Apart from okra which can piss off.

[Neper]

I'll still admit to not ever wanting to live with the smell of an indian kitchen.

There's a curry house right behind our back yard. We don't smell any of their cooking but they are great at letting their bread burn and that smells like the whole block was on fire. Took us years to convince them to crank up their fan and blow the smoke out at roof level instead of opening their back door and let it all waft into our place.

[Cerebus]

Thought that was my side (Hounslow) 

Edit: honestly the variety of food here is amazing. I love all of it. Apart from okra which can piss off.

My sentiments exactly. That and kale.

[bd139]

I rather like kale! 

[Brumby]

Getting back into test gear....  My latest acquisition:



Anyone care to take a punt on what this is...?  I'm sure there will be a few who will know.  (Bean keep quiet)

[mnementh]

Still getting to it but a quick Helmet check and bearing in mind it is not spattering MIG or Stick most of the bushy bits are covered. There is more double and triple packaging than Welder in the box...

Daft Punk just called, they want their helmet back.

McBryce.

Daft Welder is fairly close anyway  Some preliminary scratching's made amazingly no Tungsten dipage - yet.

Already decided on the first projects layout with room for aspirational Plasma cutter expansion Cheating on the drawers  eBay auction: #333835674434

Heh... My first welding cart, I cheated similarly. Built a angle frame around a yard sale 2 drawer filing cabinet.  Made baskets out of expanded steel for all the random bits and stuck all my angle clamps to the sides. It wasn't  as poopy as that booty-fab exhaust manifold, but it was pretty ugly. 

mnem
 

[bd139]

Getting back into test gear....  My latest acquisition:



Anyone care to take a punt on what this is...?  I'm sure there will be a few who will know.  (Bean keep quiet)

Aegis PAT or MFT?

[BU508A]

Thought that was my side (Hounslow) 

Edit: honestly the variety of food here is amazing. I love all of it. Apart from okra which can piss off.

Not on your page?


Serving suggestion

[bd139]

That's my idea of hell that is 

[BU508A]

Getting back into test gear....  My latest acquisition:



Anyone care to take a punt on what this is...?  I'm sure there will be a few who will know.  (Bean keep quiet)

It's yellow.
Must be a Fluke. 

[Neper]

If it were Fluke, it would have come with a free tin opener or a set of steak knives.

[Brumby]

Getting back into test gear....  My latest acquisition:



Anyone care to take a punt on what this is...?  I'm sure there will be a few who will know.  (Bean keep quiet)

It's yellow.
Must be a Fluke. 

I wish - but, No.

Getting back into test gear....  My latest acquisition:



Anyone care to take a punt on what this is...?  I'm sure there will be a few who will know.  (Bean keep quiet)

Aegis PAT or MFT?

I should have changed the filename.

[tggzzz]

cumin (jeera), probably my favourite spice.

Mine too. The other favourites are sumac (pretty red, acid) sprinkled on top, paprika, and tamarind essence in just about anything.

[Brumby]

Pretty clean and came with adapter lead, earth lead, probe and clip.  Also has the manual in very good condition - only slightly deformed by being tucked under the lid.

[Cerebus]

I rather like kale! 

Pervert!

And on the subject of food, just doing my mise en place for dinner:



Note, the cutlery is only suitable for light witticisms, not proper conversation.