New Member, Please introduce yourself

• #1525 Reply
  Posted by CT Special Forces on 30 Aug, 2014 12:59
• Hello there,
  a lurker
  also found myself here via Dave's ranting, (great accent)
  and tech knowledge
  my cheapie dmm has gone haywire (after several years mind you) so I picked up an 'ol fluke 77
  and am wanting to get time to repair a bunch of stuff
  which I will hopefully be able to post up in the repair section
  
  I would like to say thanks for all your advice and suggestions, especially
  for those of us who are technically illiterate....
• #1526 Reply
  Posted by IconicPCB on 07 Sep, 2014 23:44
• Ziggy here.
  
  Live and work in Brisbane. Run a small PCB prototyping service making single double and multilayer boards.
  
  Also of late offer SMD pick and place assembly service.
  
  I have been out on my own for the past 20 odd years.
  
  Area of interest:  maintaining unity of body and soul.
  
  
  
• #1527 Reply
  Posted by unbiased on 09 Sep, 2014 00:02
• Hello, I just joined this very nice, informative and fun forum after lurking around the multimeter test equipment threads for a few days.  I am a gadgets and electronics freak like most of the members (I am guessing), and I only stumbled upon this nice forum because I recently got the itch to get a new multimeter.  I have many old analog meters and an old Fluke DMM from the 1990's.  I seemed to have lost that old Fluke DMM buried in the mess of my house somewhere, so I decided to get a new one.  Well that led me into doing the research for the best bang for the buck if not the best DMM that I can get and not empty my wallet.  I found and watched the many nice informative and entertaining videos on the internet which ultimately led me to these forums.  So here I am.  I am very knowledgeable in electronics and repair and refurbish vintage Hi-Fi Stereo equipment (tube and solid state) and speaker systems in my spare time as a hobby.  So a really nice meter like the Brymen BM869 caught my attention and I just went ahead and ordered one based on the high raves from the many on this forum.  I thank Dave and all that make this forum so informative and the fun to watch videos. I am glad to join and be part of it!
  I am from and in the NYC area, USA.
  
  Update: I might add that I have been attracted to electricity and electronics since I was about 11 years young from the first time I got shocked by the electrical 120VAC current playing around with an AC electrical socket and then moving on into my ventures of Hi-Fi stereo sound and equipment.  I used to pick up old TV set chassis and speakers off the street in NYC when I found them thrown out and in junk yards! I would bring them home and start tinkering and taking them apart, learning electronics. Later I enlisted and served 8 years in the U.S. Navy where I was trained thoroughly in electronics and worked on all sorts of Digital and Analog equipment from radios, multiplexers, test equipment, teletype to a full blown Univac computer system with old fashioned MIST cards!  Those were the fun days! I received my FCC 1st Class Radiotelephone license back in 1980 while serving a tour of duty on Guam. I went on after the Navy to work for IBM for 19 years where I honed my software development programming skills, then at AT&T as a senior software engineer, District manager. Bad times laid a lot of us senior paid individuals off and I wound up for a stint as Director of IT Programmimg at NYC, HHC for 2 years, then got called back to work as a consulting contractor to AT&T again doing software development stuff where I am now.  I still dabble in electronics every now and then, mostly audio Hi-Fi related.  I have a BS degree in Mathematics with Computer Specialization and a MS Degree in Telecommunications. That's my extremely summarized background.
• #1528 Reply
  Posted by holmsn on 10 Sep, 2014 20:42
• Hi,after seeing Dave's many inimitable tear downs on YouTube , latterly the one for the Keithly 2015 meter which I only recently realised had the DSP for distortion measurement, I decided to join his blog board to share ideas with like minded people.
  I am a retired UK broadcast transmitter engineer, which occupied me quite enjoyably for 35+ years but after retirement when I thought I'd forget about technical matters for a few years you soon miss doing electronics hands-on, so more recently I've been playing with Raspberry Pi and the like also my old hobby of DIY audio. At the moment I have a slightly sick Keithly 2015 probably 20 years old which I think needs refurbishment of its power supply electrolytics thanks to this board I found a link to a limited Service Manual rather than an operation guide
  
• #1529 Reply
  Posted by Spilly on 20 Sep, 2014 13:23
• Hello, I'm Ryan from the middle of nowhere in North Carolina (Merica).
  
  I am a current Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology student.  I enjoy spending my time working on electronics and programming projects.  Dave's tutorials brought me to his channel and I have been hooked ever since!
• #1530 Reply
  Posted by janengelbrecht on 22 Sep, 2014 00:33
• Hey - I´m a Dane.....Electronics ENgineer from University of Aarhus (Denmark).
  I´ve been into electronics since 1980. I work at: jpelectronics.eu and [url=http://jpwebdesign.eu]http://jpwebdesign.eu[/url]
  What else to say ? I´m a musician so of course all electronics related to making and producing music has my interest
• #1531 Reply
  Posted by JayTheGent on 25 Sep, 2014 03:08
• Hi all.  I'm James.  I study computer and electrical engineering.  I am in my fourth year of a five year program. 
• #1532 Reply
  Posted by digitalnomadjc on 26 Sep, 2014 02:10
• Hi, I'm Justin. I've been an electronics enthusiast for about 3 years and work on it in my spare time. My day job is working as an IT Consultant. My main electronics interests are things that work on IP networks and agriculture related systems.
• #1533 Reply
  Posted by YD2WPE on 26 Sep, 2014 16:37
• HI.,.my name is eko pramono with callsign is YD2WPE,..i'm abegineer at direct finding,..maybe oll my friends can share the knowledge about direct finding..best regards from indonesia
• #1534 Reply
  Posted by kuku175 on 26 Sep, 2014 19:28
• Hello, i'm A-P from finland. In day to day work for industrial applications, mainly SW/HW desing but from time to time also manufacturing and servicing.
  
  Meany years been about to join the forums, finaly today realised that almost four years has passed since first time that i looked Dave's video blog and three years that i'm been reading the forums. So finally registred today.     
• #1535 Reply
  Posted by volthaus on 05 Oct, 2014 19:34
• Howdy all ya'll wire-heads! I'm in Texas making smoke and telling jokes. I been frying components (  ) since I was a little kid with my 130-In-1 Radio Shack project box.  It's great to be here and I'm looking forward to tons of fun.

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• #1536 Reply
  Posted by dogcatdog on 06 Oct, 2014 05:31
• Hello from NY, been a lurker, just recently restarting my electronic project hobbies......
• #1537 Reply
  Posted by mrbook on 07 Oct, 2014 15:50
• Hello,
  
  I am just getting back into EE as a hobby after a 10 year hiatus.  Sad I sold most of my gear through the years (I do still have my trusty Fluke 12) but now I get to buy new stuff.
  
  I am a software developer by trade (mainly C/C++/C#) and primarily work in the industrial automation area.
  
  Been in to electronics and computers since I was a kid and really enjoy them.  My hobbies now a days are spending time with family, electronics, HAM radio and various other things.
  
  Anyways I just want to stop by and say hello.
  
  mrbook   
• #1538 Reply
  Posted by engywook on 10 Oct, 2014 06:01
• Hi,
  
  I am a hobby fan, in the remote control vehicles type (cars, planes, multi-rotor, ... starting the FPV path). I use electronics all the time, and I come here to get some tips on technique and tools to help me.
  
  I am from Belgium (Europe) and work as a software developer.
  
  Nicolas
• #1539 Reply
  Posted by volthaus on 10 Oct, 2014 11:13
• I forgot to mention my primary passion is solar power. I would love to see the people of the world stop being petroleum junkies! If anyone is into it as well and could use a hand with any projects let me know!
• #1540 Reply
  Posted by valvedude on 11 Oct, 2014 06:35
• hi i am Ian i am 38 years old i live in Dulwich Hill Sydney
  i works as an electronics technician in Ashfield Sydney Australia
  i have all ways been interested in electronics since time i could read walk and talk hahahahah
  at my work i work on domestic and professional electronics
  i have a lab in my dining room were i build and fix electronic equipment
  i love working on valve gear i have tough my self by reading old valve radio and electronic data books and practising and studying on equipment
  i enjoy build valve guitar amps and valve preamps for a hobby
  
  
• #1541 Reply
  Posted by Ranchu on 13 Oct, 2014 20:58
• Hi everyone
  
  My name is Christian from Brisbane, Australia.  I have an interest in analogue electronics, and I'm currently fairly active on the DIYAUDIO forum.
  
  While doing research for a new 'scope I came across some of David Jones' crazy video reviews, which has led me to this forum.
  
  cheers
• #1542 Reply
  Posted by a_vlad on 14 Oct, 2014 02:16
• Hi All,
  
  Vladimir, Auckland, New Zealand
  
  IT professional, graduated Electric Engineer, Masters in IM
  hobby - diving, sailing, embedded electronics, navigation equipment, radio
• #1543 Reply
  Posted by Rhine_Labs on 17 Oct, 2014 01:20
• I am Steven Ex-EE out of practice for about 10-12 years Relearning and making it a hobby!
• #1544 Reply
  Posted by asteroidz on 17 Oct, 2014 08:05
• Hi,
  I am Liming. I have been working on RF electronics and PCBs for a few years. Nice to meet everyone.
• #1545 Reply
  Posted by uridium on 19 Oct, 2014 00:45
• Hi I'm Al.
  
  New hobbyist. Mostly repairing old DEC computers and other silly stuff. Have built a couple of 8bit homebrew computes and am having a ball learning!
  
  Best Wishes,
  
  Al
• #1546 Reply
  Posted by Teljemo on 19 Oct, 2014 07:57
• Hi.
  I'm a 30 years old hobbyist from Sweden.
  We have "Svenska Elektronikforumet" (Swedish electronics forum) over there that is great but i felt that I needed to register on a international  forum too.
  So here I am. I've been a Sub for eevblog for a long time so the choice of forum was not hard
  
  I'm doing all kinds of projects. and I try to save them on my site, both in pictures and video clips on youtube.
  
  Glad to be here =)
• #1547 Reply
  Posted by donmr on 19 Oct, 2014 23:55
• Hi, still working after about 35 yrs.  20+ with HP in calculators, printers, cameras.  Then Agilent, and Avago.  They sold our group and the wild ride has continued through several more changes.  Still doing embedded stuff for a living.
  
  I'm also into amateur radio as a hobby and community service (W7DMR).
  
  Don
• #1548 Reply
  Posted by bills on 20 Oct, 2014 01:24
• Hi
  my name is bill and I have a electronics problem,I have tried a 12 step program but it did not work.
  So here I am.
  regards
  bill
• #1549 Reply
  Posted by bingo34 on 20 Oct, 2014 09:47
• Hello,
  
  My name is David,
  I am 33 years old i live in Paris
  I search to softmod a graphic card on graphic professionnal card.
  
  My search from google go here.
  Regards
  David