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[Iwanushka]

I finally pulled the trigger on Ariel Rocholl's (RF Explorer) EMC probes:


Recently I broke my DIY sniffer probe and I might need it for an upcoming project so I bit the bullet.

These are discussed in this thread:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/new-affordable-emc-probe-set-at-a-bargain-price-from-ariel-rocholl's-lab/msg1097666/#msg1097666

Hey,
Csn you share the link where you got then? Looking for someting like this.
Thanks

[nctnico]

I finally pulled the trigger on Ariel Rocholl's (RF Explorer) EMC probes:


Recently I broke my DIY sniffer probe and I might need it for an upcoming project so I bit the bullet.

These are discussed in this thread:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/new-affordable-emc-probe-set-at-a-bargain-price-from-ariel-rocholl's-lab/msg1097666/#msg1097666

Hey,
Csn you share the link where you got then? Looking for someting like this.
Thanks

From Seeedstudio https://www.seeedstudio.com/RF-Explorer-Near-Field-Antenna-Kit-p-2784.html

[Iwanushka]

I finally pulled the trigger on Ariel Rocholl's (RF Explorer) EMC probes:


Recently I broke my DIY sniffer probe and I might need it for an upcoming project so I bit the bullet.

These are discussed in this thread:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/new-affordable-emc-probe-set-at-a-bargain-price-from-ariel-rocholl's-lab/msg1097666/#msg1097666

Hey,
Csn you share the link where you got then? Looking for someting like this.
Thanks

From Seeedstudio https://www.seeedstudio.com/RF-Explorer-Near-Field-Antenna-Kit-p-2784.html

Thanks, good price 1/4 of the no name ones made in Taiwan that you can find on ebay.

[Specmaster]

Just made my first purchase on Ebay for a while now, its been a bit chaotic since Christmas.
 

[URI]

Miscellaneous:

• A HP 432A Power Meter with thermistor mount and cable:
  
  [Linked in from *bay auction]
  Well, it's in the list of recommended test equipment for performance testing of my HP 437A Power Meter.
  Now looking for an HP 8477A Calibrator.
  That's in the list of recommended test equipment for calibrating the HP 432A..   
• Another NI GPIB USB-HS GPIB-to-USB Adapter:
  
  [Linked in from *bay auction]
  Am just building my automated test system brick by brick..
• A NI GPIB-120-A bus expander/isolator:
  
  [Linked in from *bay auction]
  ..also including this neat box.
  I'm trying to persuade me I really do need this to isolate different portions of test equipment from another to avoid isolation problems .. or to have 28 devices on one GPIB bus..   
• Chinese Alligator Kelvin Clips/Tweezers:
  
  [Linked in from *bay auction]
  I haven't ordered something from china for so long and some days ago I could have needed them.   
  Not real Kelvin clips but nearly. Good enough for my purposes.
• And now for something completely different:
  
  [Linked from http://products.einhell.de/de_de/werkzeug/bohrhaemmer/te-dh-1027-1222.html]
  Something to get superfluous concrete things out of my way..   
  I want to get rid of an old unused (->superfluous) Waschkessel (see wikipedia for explanation (first picture):https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waschkessel) in my cellar that's just eating up space for nothing.
  I tried to destruct it only with hammer and chisel manually but realized I want to come to an end within hours/a day and not weeks or months..
  

[neo]

Something to get superfluous concrete things out of my way..   
I want to get rid of an old unused (->superfluous) Waschkessel (see wikipedia for explanation (first picture):https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waschkessel) in my cellar that's just eating up space for nothing.
I tried to destruct it only with hammer and chisel manually but realized I want to come to an end within hours/a day and not weeks or months..
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For those among us that don't speak german

Wash boiler

A washing vessel is a heatable container which serves to heat water or washing liquor and is washed in the laundry. The heating is usually done by a wood or coal fire, rarely with gas. Until the widespread use of the washing machine in the 1960s, washing kettles belonged to most households, but today they are rarely used.

[URI]

Something to get superfluous concrete things out of my way..   
I want to get rid of an old unused (->superfluous) Waschkessel (see wikipedia for explanation (first picture):https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waschkessel) in my cellar that's just eating up space for nothing.
I tried to destruct it only with hammer and chisel manually but realized I want to come to an end within hours/a day and not weeks or months..
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[/list]

For those among us that don't speak german

Wash boiler

A washing vessel is a heatable container which serves to heat water or washing liquor and is washed in the laundry. The heating is usually done by a wood or coal fire, rarely with gas. Until the widespread use of the washing machine in the 1960s, washing kettles belonged to most households, but today they are rarely used.

Thank you, neo!
I was too blind to find the translation obviously. 

[Specmaster]

Just made my first purchase on Ebay for a while now, its been a bit chaotic since Christmas.

..did you get the carrying case it has to be stored and transported in with it..? 
Nice young timer DMM. Is it a Schlumber solarton brand?
You will clean it up, will you? 

I'll do my very best to clean it up of course, I can't stand having equipment defaced with scribble all over it. I'm hoping that it will clean up OK, the labels won't be a problem at all.
The most important part for me is the fascia as the meter will be part of a stack so if the case doesn't come up as clean as I'd like, it won't be that much of a problem. 

Yes it is a Schlumber solarton meter, never had one of these before so I thought I ought to try one, not too many around these days.

[bitseeker]

..did you get the carrying case it has to be stored and transported in with it..? 
[gnaa.. too late: bitseeker made the joke first in the Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread..]

Keen eye, URI. Impressive.

[sony mavica]

bought a Precomputer 1000 for $25 including shipping came today its like new complete in box guy said he had as a kid but only used once
had one as a kid but the screen on mine went all black i just mostly got it to play around with basic on it 


not my photo

anybody know of any other computers like this or know what ac adapter i would need says it need a 9v 300mA the socket on it looks like a headphone jack

[URI]

..did you get the carrying case it has to be stored and transported in with it..? 
[gnaa.. too late: bitseeker made the joke first in the Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread..]

Keen eye, URI. Impressive.

I'm reading this and the Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread regularly. This time, I read this thread first..   

I wanted to correct my writing "Schlumber" in "Schlumberger" but accidantially hit "Remove" instead of "Modify".   
So please don't wonder why the originating posting isn't there anymore...   

[Specmaster]

..did you get the carrying case it has to be stored and transported in with it..? 
[gnaa.. too late: bitseeker made the joke first in the Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread..]

Keen eye, URI. Impressive.

I'm reading this and the Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread regularly. This time, I read this thread first..   

I wanted to correct my writing "Schlumber" in "Schlumberger" but accidantially hit "Remove" instead of "Modify".   
So please don't wonder why the originating posting isn't there anymore...   

Haha, done that myself too [emoji52]

[Rémi]

I received my first spectrum analyzer. An Advantest R3131A which fails the total gain of the selftest. There is already a thread about this unit so I hope to repair it quite easily. I received a Racal Dana 1500 series as well! 

[BU508A]

I was too blind to find the translation obviously. 

Perhaps you'll find this one quite useful:
https://dict.leo.org/englisch-deutsch/

It helped me a lot in the past.

[beanflying]

Received nearly an adequate supply of RF adapters in the mail today along with a bunch of cables 

Not in the shot is 30+ bnc connector and a stash of type N plugs.

[URI]

I was too blind to find the translation obviously. 

Perhaps you'll find this one quite useful:
https://dict.leo.org/englisch-deutsch/

It helped me a lot in the past.

Thanks. It also does help me regularly. 
Leo offers Waschkessel - Copper. That's it.

Google Translate suggests wash boilers and Pons suggests wash boiler.   

I have to spread my efforts in searching good translations a bit sometimes, I think. 

[beanflying]

Thanks. It also does help me regularly. 
Leo offers Waschkessel - Copper. That's it.

Google Translate suggests wash boilers and Pons suggests wash boiler.   

I have to spread my efforts in searching good translations a bit sometimes, I think. 

The term Copper is the common usage name in Australia at least. Named after the normal Copper liner. Outsides of Brick Cast Iron or Concrete were common with a fire box under them in a lot of cases. Still in use in the early 60's. These days I have several liners with pot plants in them and one cast Iron outer as a stand.

[Calambres]

Got an ANENG 8009 multimeter.

Felt curious about all the hype about his little bugger in this forum and elsewhere. It seems a pretty nice piece of kit and cheap to boot.

And now for the mini-fuse ebay hunt... 

[Inverted18650]

Fuse was blown. Now gets power bit no display. Should be a fun project. Typo in the photos, its the 8500A, not the 8005A....haha

[vk6zgo]

Thanks. It also does help me regularly. 
Leo offers Waschkessel - Copper. That's it.

Google Translate suggests wash boilers and Pons suggests wash boiler.   

I have to spread my efforts in searching good translations a bit sometimes, I think.  :)q

The term Copper is the common usage name in Australia at least. Named after the normal Copper liner. Outsides of Brick Cast Iron or Concrete were common with a fire box under them in a lot of cases. Still in use in the early 60's. These days I have several liners with pot plants in them and one cast Iron outer as a stand.

The cast iron ones were ( semi) portable, & were used by hot dog vendors at agricultural shows to boil up the "Frankfurts" .
The smell was mouth watering.

Probably the copper did horrible things to us but I still habn't noticed henny efex avtef ool these yeeeez!

[jasonbrent]

Tektronix TLA5202, "for parts or not working; screen flashes on boot, external monitor works.".... $150.

Fix: Change bios primary boot device from AGP (external video card) to PCI (internal LCD).

Yay.

*EDIT*: This appears to have the 2M memory option... now time to disassemble, back up the factory drive, and then see what fun I can have with this. The unit itself has one damaged BNC connector on the front ("External signal out"); it appears functional, just looks like someone bent part of the outer ring and then snipped the bent part off with shears so they could fit a BNC on it again. Hoping this will help me troubleshoot the Valhalla 2701C I've been working on. ... although I'm going to have a hard time resisting trying to upgrade this 5202 first.

... 120GB SSD, 4GB of memory ordered for this, replaced the CMOS battery which was flatter than a pancake. Unit appears to be in very good shape; some of the torx were tight enough that I wonder if it's ever been opened. BIOS log suggests it was used from 04 through 08, once in 2012, and then idle/flat battery. Wonder if the thing got tossed to the side because the CMOS battery went dead and the BIOS defaults to AGP output instead of the internal PCI/LCD screen!

*EDIT2*: This was too easy... So, I'm currently reformatting the factory drive, without a backup, and installing windowsXP to try to get the latest TLA software on this one. Wheeee.

[Inverted18650]

$150!!! what a steal!

[neo]

I just spent $80 on digikey. 

23 dollars of capacitors for the HP 3456A, expensive 10,000 hour types. Some rated at 105c.
23 dollars of capacitors for the Fluke 8300A, expensive because the design dictates axial. Anything else won't fit.
 5 dollars of capacitors for miscellaneous reasons.
 7 dollars of logic chips for a project
 6 dollar c-14 receptacle for an experiment
12 dollar test lead set
and the banana plug receptacles needed to retrofit my Hickoks.

Also a power supply board from ebay to try and fix my tv, oh how the money flies.....

[Calambres]

I quote myself:

Got an ANENG 8009 multimeter.

Felt curious about all the hype about his little bugger in this forum and elsewhere. It seems a pretty nice piece of kit and cheap to boot.

And now for the mini-fuse ebay hunt... 

Found spares for the 10A minifuses but can't find anything valid for the 200mA fuses. Anyone?...

[McBryce]

I quote myself:

Got an ANENG 8009 multimeter.

Felt curious about all the hype about his little bugger in this forum and elsewhere. It seems a pretty nice piece of kit and cheap to boot.

And now for the mini-fuse ebay hunt... 

Found spares for the 10A minifuses but can't find anything valid for the 200mA fuses. Anyone?...

https://www.divinelighting.com/36x10mm-200ma-fast-blow-fuse-fa-2-ma-250v-mini-micro-p-667.html

McBryce.