Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[mnementh]

If you're looking for that specific image, string DA8703 shirt returns a lot of hits, at least over on this side of the pond.

Thanks. This one for example?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/154604074331

Apart from the fact that the product is located in China and has the following caveat:-

Estimated between Wed, Jan 29 and Thu, Feb 20
This item has an extended handling time and a delivery estimate greater than 2705 business days.
Please allow additional time if international delivery is subject to customs processing.

So after allowing for weekends etc, that equates to something like 10.5 years before it is estimated that you will receive it...

So all is good then 

Look again. May also be in Moscow...

So... delivery some unspecified time after UPS resumes service to Russia, then... 




EDIT: Oh, this just gets better and better... 


mnem
Or are they saying Moscow, China...? Is there a city/town/dorp named Moscow in China...?

[xrunner]

... I still don't look like a HAM. EVER.

You would if you were butchered properly. 

That's true I've seen pictures! 

[med6753]

475A PSU re-cap. The hard part is done. Getting the old cans out. At least 2.5 hours of careful work. UPS finally delivered the replacement caps. Will pick up tomorrow building up the adapters and the install.

[med6753]

And no panties and a redhead

There are redheads that wear panties? News to me...

Only when they attend church....which is never. 

[mnementh]

... I still don't look like a HAM. EVER.

You would if you were butchered properly. 

Fair enuf. Hmmmmm... stringy old butt-portion with lots of fat. I'm sure there's a lot of market for that long pork.

Butt... anybody tries, I'll make double damn sure I fall over on 'em and squish their head like a grape. 

mnem
Better pack a lunch. Gonna be at it for a while.

[Cerebus]

Disquieting Vicious rotor winds in the mountains?

An aircraft I'd been in had the main wing strut bend in flight. The passengers quickly exited, and the pilot managed to land safely.

I hope not in this order, though!

Yes, in that order. They weren't foolish enough to hang around.

Passengers or parachutists ? Somone who takes off in an aircraft not intending to be in it when i lands is not a passenger.

People on an aircraft are either passengers or aircrew. Aircrew operate the aircraft in flight. The parachutists took no part in operating the aircraft, apart from (possibly) opening the door.

Not  quite right even for public transport, there are also cabin crew. For aerial work (parachuting is aerial work) there are also mission personnel and parachutists.
Also when I fly for flight testing I am neither flight crew or passenger.

Which means, I suspect, that the pilot(s) probably call you luggage, baggage, or freight, depending on how many straps it takes to secure you. 

[Robert763]

Disquieting Vicious rotor winds in the mountains?

An aircraft I'd been in had the main wing strut bend in flight. The passengers quickly exited, and the pilot managed to land safely.

I hope not in this order, though!

Yes, in that order. They weren't foolish enough to hang around.

Passengers or parachutists ? Somone who takes off in an aircraft not intending to be in it when i lands is not a passenger.

People on an aircraft are either passengers or aircrew. Aircrew operate the aircraft in flight. The parachutists took no part in operating the aircraft, apart from (possibly) opening the door.

Not  quite right even for public transport, there are also cabin crew. For aerial work (parachuting is aerial work) there are also mission personnel and parachutists.
Also when I fly for flight testing I am neither flight crew or passenger.

Which means, I suspect, that the pilot(s) probably call you luggage, baggage, or freight, depending on how many straps it takes to secure you. 

They call me Trouble probably... Last time they made me take a pilot medical and go on a cabin crew safety course 

[tggzzz]

Disquieting Vicious rotor winds in the mountains?

An aircraft I'd been in had the main wing strut bend in flight. The passengers quickly exited, and the pilot managed to land safely.

I hope not in this order, though!

Yes, in that order. They weren't foolish enough to hang around.

Passengers or parachutists ? Somone who takes off in an aircraft not intending to be in it when i lands is not a passenger.

People on an aircraft are either passengers or aircrew. Aircrew operate the aircraft in flight. The parachutists took no part in operating the aircraft, apart from (possibly) opening the door.

Not  quite right even for public transport, there are also cabin crew. For aerial work (parachuting is aerial work) there are also mission personnel and parachutists.
Also when I fly for flight testing I am neither flight crew or passenger.

I took the "definition" from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircrew

No doubt there are other equally valid/invalid definitions depending on which shade of gray you regard as black/white

[tggzzz]

Disquieting Vicious rotor winds in the mountains?

An aircraft I'd been in had the main wing strut bend in flight. The passengers quickly exited, and the pilot managed to land safely.

I hope not in this order, though!

Yes, in that order. They weren't foolish enough to hang around.

Passengers or parachutists ? Somone who takes off in an aircraft not intending to be in it when i lands is not a passenger.

People on an aircraft are either passengers or aircrew. Aircrew operate the aircraft in flight. The parachutists took no part in operating the aircraft, apart from (possibly) opening the door.

Not  quite right even for public transport, there are also cabin crew. For aerial work (parachuting is aerial work) there are also mission personnel and parachutists.
Also when I fly for flight testing I am neither flight crew or passenger.

Which means, I suspect, that the pilot(s) probably call you luggage, baggage, or freight, depending on how many straps it takes to secure you. 

"Self-loading freight", perhaps.

[mnementh]

mnem

[bd139]

I bet that makes some interesting noises when it fails

[mansaxel]

What ever the f*ck that is, it looks like it shoots something (probably a line), it has an irrigation valve, a spinning reel, a switch ... at least he's pointing it in a safe direction (at least when the pic was taken). 

The girl looks amused anyway. 

Unfortunately I know what that is. It's basically a potato cannon which is used to sling a tennis ball over a tree to pull an antenna up. aka "trash launcher".

She's only smiling because of the sertraline.

Edit: Actually that reminds me. I need to shred my RSGB certs and ham licenses 

I immediately thought "spud gun for antenna shootin'", yup. Nice idea, especially if you fail at throwing. Arborists around here have a special throwline, thin, with a fairly soft weight at the end. That's something I'd consider for portable work. I've got a set of Clansman antenna wires, and a couple dipole centres for them; really well built kit.  But they need something to hang from.

I'm a rather passive ham, but other more active ones in my vicinity have been seen speaking at metrology conferences and similar. Make no mistake, we get the racist soap-phobic bum type too, but perhaps not as frequently.  There is more than one kind.

[Robert763]

Disquieting Vicious rotor winds in the mountains?

An aircraft I'd been in had the main wing strut bend in flight. The passengers quickly exited, and the pilot managed to land safely.

I hope not in this order, though!

Yes, in that order. They weren't foolish enough to hang around.

Passengers or parachutists ? Somone who takes off in an aircraft not intending to be in it when i lands is not a passenger.

People on an aircraft are either passengers or aircrew. Aircrew operate the aircraft in flight. The parachutists took no part in operating the aircraft, apart from (possibly) opening the door.

Not  quite right even for public transport, there are also cabin crew. For aerial work (parachuting is aerial work) there are also mission personnel and parachutists.
Also when I fly for flight testing I am neither flight crew or passenger.

I took the "definition" from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircrew

No doubt there are other equally valid/invalid definitions depending on which shade of gray you regard as black/white

Well the EASA definition is "Flight crew’ means a licensed flight crew member charged with duties essential to the
operation of an aircraft during a flight duty period."
https://www.easa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/dfu/Annexes%20to%20the%20draft%20Commission%20Regulation%20.pdf

Cabin crew is "“Cabin crew member” means an appropriately qualified crew member, other than a flight crew or technical crew member, who is assigned by an operator to perform duties related to the safety of passengers and flight during operations;"
https://www.easa.europa.eu/faq/19130

Note Flight crew have to be licenced. I am qualified as Flight Crew but for a position that is little used. That said I have flown as a flight crew member on scheduled public transport flight due to a technical failure meaning a additional flight crew member being required and no pilot being available.

[xrunner]

Dang, the Queen is appearing on all the TV news channels today. Can't watch all the other problems in the world because of her party thing ... maybe I should be grateful! 

[bd139]

Dang, the Queen is appearing on all the TV news channels today. Can't watch all the other problems in the world because of her party thing ... maybe I should be grateful! 

Oh yes forgot why I had a day off today. That’s about as far as I give a shit about the Queen. Not that I had a day off. Been sitting here on standby in case something goes terribly wrong for someone. No carnage yet

This is when they bury all the other shit quietly. Beware.

[Cubdriver]

What ever the f*ck that is, it looks like it shoots something (probably a line), it has an irrigation valve, a spinning reel, a switch ... at least he's pointing it in a safe direction (at least when the pic was taken). 

The girl looks amused anyway. 

Unfortunately I know what that is. It's basically a potato cannon which is used to sling a tennis ball over a tree to pull an antenna up. aka "trash launcher".

She's only smiling because of the sertraline.

Edit: Actually that reminds me. I need to shred my RSGB certs and ham licenses 

I immediately thought "spud gun for antenna shootin'", yup. Nice idea, especially if you fail at throwing. Arborists around here have a special throwline, thin, with a fairly soft weight at the end. That's something I'd consider for portable work. I've got a set of Clansman antenna wires, and a couple dipole centres for them; really well built kit.  But they need something to hang from.

I'm a rather passive ham, but other more active ones in my vicinity have been seen speaking at metrology conferences and similar. Make no mistake, we get the racist soap-phobic bum type too, but perhaps not as frequently.  There is more than one kind.

Yep.  There's also the type like me, who got the ticket three or four years ago and have the radio, but have yet to utter a word on the air or put an antenna up.  One of these years...

-Pat

[bd139]

What ever the f*ck that is, it looks like it shoots something (probably a line), it has an irrigation valve, a spinning reel, a switch ... at least he's pointing it in a safe direction (at least when the pic was taken). 

The girl looks amused anyway. 

Unfortunately I know what that is. It's basically a potato cannon which is used to sling a tennis ball over a tree to pull an antenna up. aka "trash launcher".

She's only smiling because of the sertraline.

Edit: Actually that reminds me. I need to shred my RSGB certs and ham licenses 

I immediately thought "spud gun for antenna shootin'", yup. Nice idea, especially if you fail at throwing. Arborists around here have a special throwline, thin, with a fairly soft weight at the end. That's something I'd consider for portable work. I've got a set of Clansman antenna wires, and a couple dipole centres for them; really well built kit.  But they need something to hang from.

I'm a rather passive ham, but other more active ones in my vicinity have been seen speaking at metrology conferences and similar. Make no mistake, we get the racist soap-phobic bum type too, but perhaps not as frequently.  There is more than one kind.

Yep.  There's also the type like me, who got the ticket three or four years ago and have the radio, but have yet to utter a word on the air or put an antenna up.  One of these years...

-Pat

Wise move.

I've been asked a couple of times recently if I'd recommend it as a hobby and quite frankly I've had to say no. While there are a couple of notable exceptions, I actively dislike the community as a whole. It's got some really bad social problems and a poor but accurate reputation. From various life experiences, I've learned the best thing to do when you come across such communities is to disassociate yourself from them.

Edit: I consider saving test gear they kept prisoner to be a socially responsible thing to do

[Neper]

In most of continental Europe, an amateur radio license is the only thing that will keep you out of trouble if you're caught with a scanner. It just has to cover at least one ham band.

[Neomys Sapiens]

On the occasion of 1554 thanked posts: (see image)

Who gets the connection?

[AVGresponding]

Free entertainment!  https://www.eevblog.com/forum/dodgy-technology/the-non-linear-plasma-reactor/

 

[xrunner]

I'm a rather passive ham, but other more active ones in my vicinity have been seen speaking at metrology conferences and similar. Make no mistake, we get the racist soap-phobic bum type too, but perhaps not as frequently.  There is more than one kind.

I'd have to agree with bd139. You're very lucky mansaxel. After getting back into the hobby in ~2013 I finally got fed up with almost all the hams here. My mobile radios I used to talk on the local frequencies are all back in the closet. I still talk to one of them (on the phone) and go eat lunch from time to time. But the rest I have little interest in. Some of the words/phrases I would use to describe them would be : Bigoted, sloppy, incurious, lazy, boring, religious zealots, and dirty (if you want to see the radio I had to bug-bomb before I repaired it let me know ...) to list a few things.

It's really sad but I have more interest in spending time with my cat than 95% of local hams. Let me say that I do realize there are many very smart and likeable hams in the world, it just seems like they are nowhere near me. 

So yes they have all the freedom in the world to say whatever they want to, but I have no requirement to listen. 

[Cubdriver]

Yep.  There's also the type like me, who got the ticket three or four years ago and have the radio, but have yet to utter a word on the air or put an antenna up.  One of these years...

-Pat

Wise move.

I've been asked a couple of times recently if I'd recommend it as a hobby and quite frankly I've had to say no. While there are a couple of notable exceptions, I actively dislike the community as a whole. It's got some really bad social problems and a poor but accurate reputation. From various life experiences, I've learned the best thing to do when you come across such communities is to disassociate yourself from them.

Edit: I consider saving test gear they kept prisoner to be a socially responsible thing to do

In my case it's mostly laziness.  The group who encouraged me to get the ticket are a good lot, though I have encountered those whom you'd best stay upwind of at swap meets and the like.  Not sure why sketchy hygiene is so prevalent in this population, but I can't dispute that it certainly seems to be overrepresented relative to people as a whole.

-Pat

[med6753]

Yep.  There's also the type like me, who got the ticket three or four years ago and have the radio, but have yet to utter a word on the air or put an antenna up.  One of these years...

-Pat

Wise move.

I've been asked a couple of times recently if I'd recommend it as a hobby and quite frankly I've had to say no. While there are a couple of notable exceptions, I actively dislike the community as a whole. It's got some really bad social problems and a poor but accurate reputation. From various life experiences, I've learned the best thing to do when you come across such communities is to disassociate yourself from them.

Edit: I consider saving test gear they kept prisoner to be a socially responsible thing to do

In my case it's mostly laziness.  The group who encouraged me to get the ticket are a good lot, though I have encountered those whom you'd best stay upwind of at swap meets and the like.  Not sure why sketchy hygiene is so prevalent in this population, but I can't dispute that it certainly seems to be overrepresented relative to people as a whole.

-Pat

Every ham fest I have ever attended was over run with shabby, dirty hobos. 

[bd139]

Free entertainment!  https://www.eevblog.com/forum/dodgy-technology/the-non-linear-plasma-reactor/

 

I didn't even need to read it. The posting style says crazy. I am watching Simon avidly 

[bd139]

I'm a rather passive ham, but other more active ones in my vicinity have been seen speaking at metrology conferences and similar. Make no mistake, we get the racist soap-phobic bum type too, but perhaps not as frequently.  There is more than one kind.

I'd have to agree with bd139. You're very lucky mansaxel. After getting back into the hobby in ~2013 I finally got fed up with almost all the hams here. My mobile radios I used to talk on the local frequencies are all back in the closet. I still talk to one of them (on the phone) and go eat lunch from time to time. But the rest I have little interest in. Some of the words/phrases I would use to describe them would be : Bigoted, sloppy, incurious, lazy, boring, religious zealots, and dirty (if you want to see the radio I had to bug-bomb before I repaired it let me know ...) to list a few things.

It's really sad but I have more interest in spending time with my cat than 95% of local hams. Let me say that I do realize there are many very smart and likeable hams in the world, it just seems like they are nowhere near me. 

So yes they have all the freedom in the world to say whatever they want to, but I have no requirement to listen. 

Nailed it on so many points there. As for the bug bombed radio, I remember that one. That was "special"