Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[Squarewave]

Quick Hamfest radio rally report

1x HP204D £10
1x Farnell TM6 RF voltmeter £15
2x ARRL books to bounce £3
2x loads of trimmers £5

Hard to spend at these things 

Seen any nice Avos? 

[AVGresponding]

Quick Hamfest radio rally report

1x HP204D £10
1x Farnell TM6 RF voltmeter £15
2x ARRL books to bounce £3
2x loads of trimmers £5

Hard to spend at these things 

Seen any nice Avos? 

Now there's an oxymoron if I ever saw one...

[Squarewave]

Quick Hamfest radio rally report

1x HP204D £10
1x Farnell TM6 RF voltmeter £15
2x ARRL books to bounce £3
2x loads of trimmers £5

Hard to spend at these things 

Seen any nice Avos? 

Now there's an oxymoron if I ever saw one...

Now now, let's hashtag be kind.

[vk6zgo]

Quick Hamfest report

1x HP204D £10
1x Farnell TM6 RF voltmeter £15
2x ARRL books to bounce £3
2x loads of trimmers £5

Hard to spend at these things 

Our local Hamfest is coming up soon, & hopefully, this time I will get there early---I usually dilly-dally around, & get there just late enough so that I miss the chance that there may be a really outstanding bargain.
That said, as "I have short arms & long pockets", I am still reluctant to spend much!

[bd139]

Quick Hamfest report

1x HP204D £10
1x Farnell TM6 RF voltmeter £15
2x ARRL books to bounce £3
2x loads of trimmers £5

Hard to spend at these things 

Did that 204D come from Israel?

-Pat

Even worse. A ham shack. The yellow is what it looks like 

[Saskia]

looking at small heater diagnostics. The seasonic platinum 1300 switches on. Power is good according to tester.
However the seller did not include all cables. Bummer.
Will have to rework some from a dead seasonic PSU (the Molex pin puller is worth a fortune)

the cpu board I got for free has a short and is dead. Suspect a mosfet.

[Squarewave]

Quick Hamfest report

1x HP204D £10
1x Farnell TM6 RF voltmeter £15
2x ARRL books to bounce £3
2x loads of trimmers £5

Hard to spend at these things 

Did that 204D come from Israel?

-Pat

Even worse. A ham shack. The yellow is what it looks like 

Honey glazed ham?

[Specmaster]

sticks are good. Charlie taught me something about the use of sticks for a decent intruder deterrent system.

You need stakes, not sticks to kill the Candiru (vampire fish) or of course a few batches of 50g, although I can't recall a film where they killed a vampire using explosives 

[mansaxel]

That 204d is not, repeat not, clean. Think it would do well with the Tektronix scope bath^(tm) before it goes anywhere near living quarters. Am quite happy with my 200CD so suspect you'll be too with that.

[med6753]

Arrggg just saw a cheap Tek 485 on ebay this morning, sold as "used" and supposed to be working. I was about to post the link over here but hitted "Buy" instead 

No worries. I already have 2 of them plus a junk unit. I think 4 total would be overkill. 

Edit.....although I do have 3 Type 547's. 

That would be my second one since I still have one in the repair queue. Even if it was sold as used and tested, I suspect the second one will also go in the repair queue. Will see.

Well well, it's actually working. Probably need a good cleanup and a deoxit bath but it's more or less working as it should.

I think I need one in my life 

This should help convince you. 

[nixiefreqq]

well this just ruined my day.

is it OT?   sure is........it said "test kit" right on the box.

[med6753]

well this just ruined my day.

is it OT?   sure is........it said "test kit" right on the box.

That sucks for sure. Hopefully mild and you recover quickly. 

[mansaxel]

well this just ruined my day.

is it OT?   sure is........it said "test kit" right on the box.

Yup. We finally got rid of that pesky second line on Boy 3 here, all others (including me, who've been coughing for 4 weeks straight now; this is something else...) have been clean through and through. School starts Tuesday, so this is good timing.

From an on-topic perspective, the mechanics of these tests show a remarkable development over fairly short time. Now, we can do a saliva-only test in 15 minutes. That was not the case year and a half ago.

[TERRA Operative]

well this just ruined my day.

is it OT?   sure is........it said "test kit" right on the box.

I thought you were pregnant for a moment until I looked closer. 

Rest up and get better soon!

[Saskia]

I second that.

In unrelated news, here are the results of my beer crate AA holder print test.

[Robert763]

Just  bought another 
A 6.5 digit. On my trend away from HPAK I'd dismissed the 34401A so a Fluke 8845A Shown connected to a calibrator I  think I'm safe
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115493981298

On other TE
Safely removed the 8754A VNA from the stack. But the feet on the R&S CRTU / CMS200 now foul the slide on the keyboatd / monitor drawer. I'll have to find a plate or packer to go between the two.

[mnementh]

Quick Hamfest report



1x HP204D £10
1x Farnell TM6 RF voltmeter £15
2x ARRL books to bounce £3
2x loads of trimmers £5

Hard to spend at these things 

*sniffs the air inquisitively*

Why do I smell a DIY RF power meter on the wind...? 

mnem
more power!!! waugh-waugh-waugh!!!

[mnementh]

LR44 inside sleeving from the $2 shop is the simplest fastest fix for the now nearly unobtainium 15V cell.

V74PX / 10LR54 - 15V
Diameter: 16mm
Height: 35mm

LR44 - 1.5V
Diameter: 11.5mm
Height: 5.4mm

LR54 - 1.5V
Diameter: 11.6mm
Height: 3.05mm

LR41 - 1.5V
Diameter: 7.9mm
Height: 3.6mm

I think, the LR54 will fit better than the LR44 which is 2mm too high.

5 3xCR1632 and some change could be more stable emergency solution than the pictured one.

Which is, I think, what's in that hack using a nylok nut...
Never mind. Sander-vibration-induced mental malfunction... Ignore with extreme prejudice.

mnem
 

[mnementh]

Quick Hamfest report

1x HP204D £10
1x Farnell TM6 RF voltmeter £15
2x ARRL books to bounce £3
2x loads of trimmers £5

Hard to spend at these things 

Did that 204D come from Israel?

-Pat

Even worse. A ham shack. The yellow is what it looks like 

Straight in the dishwasher widdat one. 

mnem
ah yes; "nicotine and diesel" setting... *clik*

[mnementh]

sticks are good. Charlie taught me something about the use of sticks for a decent intruder deterrent system.

You need stakes, not sticks to kill the Candiru (vampire fish) or of course a few batches of 50g, although I can't recall a film where they killed a vampire using explosives 

What're you gonna do, drive the stakes through yer pecker to keep 'em from swimming up in there...? 

mnem
hey, just as real as vampires.

[mnementh]

Quick Hamfest report

1x HP204D £10
1x Farnell TM6 RF voltmeter £15
2x ARRL books to bounce £3
2x loads of trimmers £5

Hard to spend at these things 

Did that 204D come from Israel?

-Pat

Even worse. A ham shack. The yellow is what it looks like 

Honey glazed ham?

No, that's my tool shed. 

mnem
*toddles off to paw through the freezer*

[mnementh]

well this just ruined my day.

is it OT?   sure is........it said "test kit" right on the box.

I thought you were pregnant for a moment until I looked closer. 

Rest up and get better soon!

LOL! 

Times change, eh!

@freqq - But seriously... OT is the generally accepted shorthand for "Off Topic", not "On Topic". I get your meaning from context, but it still is a bit confusing at first glance. 

If the conversation were more complex... could lead to a real noisy misunderstanding.

Cheers,

mnem
Oh, and take care of yerself... drink plenty of fluids; enough to make you pee with annoying frequency. It does help.

[Saskia]

Eff.
I effed up. produced a nice lil short on a 100A 12V rail ...
 
Oh well. I should have been more careful.
The connector has melted. The Fluke 179 has survived. The PCIE extender is a pile of plastic rubble.
The PSU survived.

I found the mistake. My brain effed up.

[McBryce]

Eff.
I effed up. produced a nice lil short on a 100A 12V rail ...
 
Oh well. I should have been more careful.
The connector has melted. The Fluke 179 has survived. The PCIE extender is a pile of plastic rubble.
The PSU survived.

I found the mistake. My brain effed up.

That's called welding.

McBryce.

[Specmaster]

Quick Hamfest report



1x HP204D £10
1x Farnell TM6 RF voltmeter £15
2x ARRL books to bounce £3
2x loads of trimmers £5

Hard to spend at these things 

*sniffs the air inquisitively*

Why do I smell a DIY RF power meter on the wind...? 

mnem
more power!!! waugh-waugh-waugh!!!

Thought he said no more RF / Ham gear, that rabbit hole had been filled in I thought.