Author Topic: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase! (Read 2799689 times)

alank2 · « **Reply #1200 on:** April 22, 2016, 03:19:29 pm »

SDG2082X is the tool that I didn't know what I was missing. I use it all the time now.

nugglix · « **Reply #1201 on:** April 22, 2016, 03:50:46 pm »

Yeah, nice little tool - I mean it's a real steal (even with the leak on the freq. counter).

@Aeternam
Nice scope

I ordered the big brother yesterday.
I went a little over the top, but now it's too late

Now waiting for the delivery...

This forum doesn't charge a penny but is extremly expensive in it's own way.

Aeternam · « **Reply #1202 on:** April 22, 2016, 03:57:25 pm »

Quote from: nugglix on April 22, 2016, 03:50:46 pm

Yeah, nice little tool - I mean it's a real steal (even with the leak on the freq. counter).

@Aeternam
Nice scope

I ordered the big brother yesterday.
I went a little over the top, but now it's too late

Now waiting for the delivery...

This forum doesn't charge a penny but is extremly expensive in it's own way.

You won't regret it, Hameg scopes are excellent. Be sure to post a pic once you've set it up

nugglix · « **Reply #1203 on:** April 22, 2016, 04:04:52 pm »

Quote from: Aeternam on April 22, 2016, 03:57:25 pm

You won't regret it, Hameg scopes are excellent. Be sure to post a pic once you've set it up

Thanks for the confirmation, I can make good use of a little support -
seeing the drop in the account balance.
It's a little pricey I'd say.

I already read the manual of the scope and can't wait to put my fingers on it...

On the positive side, there will be a MSO2102A-S available soon.

borjam · « **Reply #1204 on:** April 22, 2016, 08:19:48 pm »

AIM-TTI EL-302R power supply, and a very good deal for 4 new Lecroy PP005 probes

VK5RC · « **Reply #1205 on:** April 24, 2016, 07:38:04 am »

A bit of a compilation of a years or so of purchases and repairs / cleaning . Will be nice to warm myself to the glow of a Nixie with winter approaching. HiHi(and one early LED)
HP 415E SWR meter 3430A Voltmeter
5326B Timer Counter DVM
5233L Counter
5245L Counter
3490A DVM (dot LED)

Cubdriver · « **Reply #1206 on:** April 24, 2016, 07:44:27 am »

Trés Bon! Tis a lovely orange glow there! (With a little touch of red)

-Pat

AF6LJ · « **Reply #1207 on:** April 24, 2016, 12:10:09 pm »

/Sue drooling all over herself at the sight of all that HP Iron.

mmagin · « **Reply #1208 on:** April 24, 2016, 05:07:40 pm »

Quote from: VK5RC on April 24, 2016, 07:38:04 am

A bit of a compilation of a years or so of purchases and repairs / cleaning . Will be nice to warm myself to the glow of a Nixie with winter approaching. HiHi(and one early LED)
HP 415E SWR meter 3430A Voltmeter
5326B Timer Counter DVM
5233L Counter
5245L Counter
3490A DVM (dot LED)

Wow, nice. Wish I had the space to collect more than just the things I really expect to use.

I saw a really early HP counter (maybe a 521C? one that has vertical columns of individual neon bulbs) for a reasonable price about a month ago. But what am I gonna do with a counter that doesn't even go to a MHz?

Anyway, I have a weird old industrial dekatron counter I need to do something with. (Something made more for counting events and turning a load on or off). The power supply (uses a Sola ferroresonant transformer!) seems to be functional and the tubes seem ok. I am tempted to think about reengineering it to be a digital clock. Presumably if I can make some decades roll over early and build a suitably old-fashioned 60hz to 1hz divider

German_EE · « **Reply #1209 on:** April 24, 2016, 07:10:52 pm »

A Helping Hands tool. I've already used it twice today and to be honest I should have bought one of these years ago. The time not spent treating burnt fingers means that it will pay for itself in weeks.

SeanB · « **Reply #1210 on:** April 24, 2016, 07:18:43 pm »

Put a heavier base on it, or at least a larger one. That makes it more stable and useful.

German_EE · « **Reply #1211 on:** April 24, 2016, 07:27:45 pm »

Already done, and the bottom layer is an offcut from a mouse mat to stop it sliding around the bench.

bitseeker · « **Reply #1212 on:** April 24, 2016, 09:06:43 pm »

Oh, that's a very good reuse for mouse pads.

I'll have to do that with some of my stuff.

ChristofferB · « **Reply #1213 on:** April 24, 2016, 09:25:44 pm »

A guy contacted me after seeing an ad I had in a ham radio buy/sales site. Bought these today for around 20 $

FACIT PE1501 hi-speed paper tape punch (1964 vintage)

Siemens T.send 61B paper tape reader (50's vintage)

The FACIT one was one of the first tape readers in use in Denmark!

BFX · « **Reply #1214 on:** April 24, 2016, 10:24:22 pm »

Another one HP6389A for 80eur I'm not able to resist

and fresh new keysight DSOX2012A

I hope hackable

TerraHertz · « **Reply #1215 on:** April 25, 2016, 06:58:08 am »

At last! A TRG 105C Photodetector. Quote:

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The TRG 105B Photodetector can directly measure the power of Q-switched laser outputs. To obtain a response from DC to 1.25Gc, the photodetecting photosensor element, the bias supply and the coaxial connector are part of one homogeneous microwave structure. Unit has a rise time faster the .3 nanosecond, output of up to 70 volts into a 125-ohm load, a DC bandwidth to 1.25Gc, and an Output impedance of 125 ohms.

That was from a listing way back in 2002, which I missed out on due to dithering. See first two pics. It was only $49, but while I was trying to make up my mind someone else bought it. I've never seen another one since.

Till this one came up. The next later model apparently. Bought it for $40. Last 3 pics. It's in the USA so it will take a while to get here via my reshipper. Fingers crossed it isn't broken, though I notice it's missing the front diffuser.
Ha ha, I offered $25, but on Saturday and I don't think the seller saw that yet. He did drop the price from 50 to 40. I'm really hoping he didn't see the offer and choose not to respond directly due to the thing sounding like broken glass rattling around inside or something. I couldn't take the suspense, and can afford $40.

I've also had no luck in all that time finding any data on it. Can anyone help with that?

Kevman · « **Reply #1216 on:** April 26, 2016, 01:56:56 am »

I bought a house a while back and got this from a family member as a housewarming gift!

Oh yeah. Now I'm ready. Except I broke my sidecutters and am now waiting on new ones.

McBryce · « **Reply #1217 on:** April 26, 2016, 06:55:12 am »

Quote from: Kevman on April 26, 2016, 01:56:56 am

I bought a house a while back and got this from a family member as a housewarming gift!

Oh yeah. Now I'm ready. Except I broke my sidecutters and am now waiting on new ones.

It won't warm much of the house for you

McBryce.

bingo600 · « **Reply #1218 on:** April 26, 2016, 10:40:40 am »

Just got a New TDK-LAMBDA GEN100-15 LAB-Supply, 100 V, 15 A, 1500 W
I'd say i'm covered for powering high load stuff now.

The fan's aren't that bad, i even think lower noise than my HP 6632B's.
But i haven't applied any serious load on it yet ... Well i don't have anything that could load it seriously.

No teardown yet , i have warranty on it.

/Bingo

mmagin · « **Reply #1219 on:** April 26, 2016, 02:42:13 pm »

Quote from: bingo600 on April 26, 2016, 10:40:40 am

Just got a New TDK-LAMBDA GEN100-15 LAB-Supply, 100 V, 15 A, 1500 W
I'd say i'm covered for powering high load stuff now.

The fan's aren't that bad, i even think lower noise than my HP 6632B's.
But i haven't applied any serious load on it yet ... Well i don't have anything that could load it seriously.

No teardown yet , i have warranty on it.

/Bingo

Assuming you're fairly constrained on budget but you did want to reasonably load that power supply for testing -- That's when it's time to look around for suitable resistive heating elements in everyday life. If you were living in the US, I'd suggest a 120V, 15A portable heater. Another possibility is the replacement heating elements for tank-type electric water heaters, if you have those in your area. I noticed that they're various sizes and starting at about US $15 here. They're meant to screw in the side of the tank, so you'd need to put it in a bucket of water or something

Obviously you can get a rough sense of the resistance from the voltage and wattage rating -- it will change some with temperature, but not as bad as an incadescent light bulb.

bingo600 · « **Reply #1220 on:** April 26, 2016, 04:08:52 pm »

Quote from: mmagin on April 26, 2016, 02:42:13 pm

Assuming you're fairly constrained on budget but you did want to reasonably load that power supply for testing -- That's when it's time to look around for suitable resistive heating elements in everyday life. If you were living in the US, I'd suggest a 120V, 15A portable heater. Another possibility is the replacement heating elements for tank-type electric water heaters, if you have those in your area. I noticed that they're various sizes and starting at about US $15 here. They're meant to screw in the side of the tank, so you'd need to put it in a bucket of water or something Obviously you can get a rough sense of the resistance from the voltage and wattage rating -- it will change some with temperature, but not as bad as an incadescent light bulb.

You might be on to something there ...

Use something that makes "water hot" , wonder if a coffe machine would run from DC ?
Else one of those "Dip-In boilers" ...

/Bingo

SeanB · « **Reply #1221 on:** April 26, 2016, 04:22:13 pm »

Just use 2 kettles in parallel, they will provide a pretty good test load. Put water in them, and turn on to test. They will not get to boiling for a long time as the heater is being underrun.

bingo600 · « **Reply #1222 on:** April 26, 2016, 04:34:23 pm »

Nice idea.
I have a 2KW 230v kettle , i guess i can use that for ~900W load @100V DC

/Bingo

GreyWoolfe · « **Reply #1223 on:** April 26, 2016, 04:59:45 pm »

Quote from: Kevman on April 26, 2016, 01:56:56 am

I bought a house a while back and got this from a family member as a housewarming gift!

Oh yeah. Now I'm ready. Except I broke my sidecutters and am now waiting on new ones.

Well, that doesn't suck as a house warming gift. As mcbrice said, won't warm your house much, but will warm your fingers quite a lot if you're not careful. Have fun with it.

rrinker · « **Reply #1224 on:** April 26, 2016, 05:55:41 pm »

Just ordered a remote switched ISOBAR power strip for the bench, an ESD mat (from the eBay seller mentioned in a few threads here), and a monitor swing arm to mount my monitor off the bench surface. Hoping to have the bench at least partway up and running this weekend.


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