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[kripton2035]

these aneng probes are really bad quality when you hold them. you don't know what you're measuring. but they are cheap. your choice...
the tweezers that are with the deree de5000 are of really much better quality.

[beanflying]

Brain Flux 

[Specmaster]

Brain Flux 

Hmm, it also exhibits another unwanted behavior if strict observance of the instructions aren't followed. It will if applied to liberally become like solder mask and nothing will stick. From that it's a very fine line to the point where the user/operator looses total control for a number hours. [emoji1787]

[beanflying]

So after sipping some flux diluted with a little lemon and playing with my nuts for awhile 

$60 AUD worth of assorted stainless fasteners to fill some holes in the stash.

[TheSteve]

Four Huber Suhner Minibend-12 precision SMA cables. Rated to 24 GHz but I tested them to 26.5 and they look good. So nice to have flexible test cables that also perform quite well and don't stress the connectors at all. I believe Shahriar uses a variation of these in several Signal Path videos.

[VK5RC]

Nothing like "cable or connector porn"!
I want an sma depth guide/guage, I have the 'medium' strength sma torque wrench.
One of my bits of crazy gear is a noise source - it actually comes with a 3.5mm connector (a posh sma really) - first thing was to put a really good adapter on it - so I didn't muck it up!

[TheSteve]

Nothing like "cable or connector porn"!
I want an sma depth guide/guage, I have the 'medium' strength sma torque wrench.
One of my bits of crazy gear is a noise source - it actually comes with a 3.5mm connector (a posh sma really) - first thing was to put a really good adapter on it - so I didn't muck it up!

Yep, my 3.5mm stuff only comes out on special occasions, the other days I make do with SMA

[nanofrog]

Brain Flux 

That's one way to refer to it I guess... I prefer fuzzy logic generator instead.    And my go-to is Balvenie 12yr. as a minimum (thanks dad  ).

To each their own of course, and enjoy. 

[beanflying]

My shack is at risk of becoming Alcoholic. Current selection Dimple 12yo, Hendricks and a fresh bottle of Glenfiddich 12yo waiting not to mention Beer, Red's various and an open bottle of Port 

Anyone got a spare liver?

[VK5RC]

@beanflying - if those bottles are still waiting - I can assure you that you are no alcoholic! They are to be enjoyed, carefully!

[Specmaster]

@beanflying - if those bottles are still waiting - I can assure you that you are no alcoholic! They are to be enjoyed, carefully!

Especially with all that TE gear on the bench, we don't a silent key sale do we 

[GreyWoolfe]

My shack is at risk of becoming Alcoholic. Current selection Dimple 12yo, Hendricks and a fresh bottle of Glenfiddich 12yo waiting not to mention Beer, Red's various and an open bottle of Port 

Anyone got a spare liver?

I feel so ghetto.  My favorite tasty beverage is a shot of Grey Goose out of the freezer.  A very rare shot between the diabetes and minor cirrhosis of  the liver(not due to alcohol).  That means you can't have my liver.  Even with fava beans.   I also enjoy an occasional beer, not the 'murican piss water called beer, more of some of the local microbrews.  Oh, and the even more occasional Sake with sushi.  I am definitely a light weight.  I stopped the self abuse in my 20's before I could tip over into alcoholism.

[pigrew]

Freshly delivered from eBay: a power supply, a diode, and a 6.5 digit KVD. Unfortunately, I can't find any information on the model, "PPM  412", with 1V and 10 V ranges, built in 1981. The board has points labeled 100V and 1000V, so I figure there were other higher voltage models. The left shield contains the zener reference (it appears to be ovenized), while the right has the upper ranges of the KVD (with dozens of trim-pots). The output Cliff-brand binding posts were broken in transit (will be replaced with parts on hand, but eventually some Pomona 3770). Once I get it working, I'll post more photos.

[TheSteve]

Ham swap was good to me this morning, picked this up for $7.50

[Cubdriver]

$7.50?!?  Damn, you stole it!  Nice score - congrats!

-Pat

[Mr. Scram]

Ham swap was good to me this morning, picked this up for $7.50

Is that a Keithley with a rubber bumper? Nice shelves anyway!

[TheSteve]

Is that a Keithley with a rubber bumper? Nice shelves anyway!

Well spotted - it is an old HP boot which fits the K2400 quite well. It makes the the unit fit in much nicer with the other gear, and as an added bonus it drives TiN nuts.

[bitseeker]

Ham swap was good to me this morning, picked this up for $7.50

I believe you outdid me on scoring one of those, Steve. Nice catch!

Is that a Keithley with a rubber bumper? Nice shelves anyway!

Well spotted - it is an old HP boot which fits the K2400 quite well. It makes the unit fit in much nicer with the other gear, and as an added bonus it drives TiN nuts.

It does indeed fit well. Perhaps I shall do that with my K2700.

Also of note is that bumper will fit on the HP 3468B and 3478A DMMs. I think it may fit the E361xA power supplies you have there.

[VK5RC]

@TheSteve, Green with envy on the bargain of the month!

[Muttley Snickers]

I just needed a few funny sizes capacitors for a repair project so went over and got them from the new Altronics store at Airport West which I had mentioned a while back in another thread. They are going to organise and post me out a trade card which works out to be a substantial discount off their regular prices, they even gave me the capacitors at the lower price which was pretty good really considering I haven't dealt with them for quite a while. They also had a very nice looking illuminated magnifier on special which I didn't get and now regret, I might have to go back later on this week for one. I have no affiliation with Altronics whatsoever and am just a regular trade customer.

New Altronics Thread.
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/altronics-opened-a-new-store-at-airport-west/

The Magnifier.
https://www.altronics.com.au/p/x0432-5-x-inspect-a-gadget-handheld-loupe-led-magnifier/

[basinstreetdesign]

Ham swap was good to me this morning, picked this up for $7.50

Wow!  I cant say you stole it because the guys at swap meets are generally no fools, so it was a gift!   

[Terry01]

Ham swap was good to me this morning, picked this up for $7.50

The display really is something else! It's beautiful!  I'd like to mess about with some of those bulbs but it's quite dangerous if you don't know exactly what your doing right? They need high voltage?

[McBryce]

The "bulbs" are Nixie tubes. They need around 170VDC to illuminate. Not for absolute beginners, but also not what most would consider very high voltage.

McBryce.

[CJay]

Ham swap was good to me this morning, picked this up for $7.50

The display really is something else! It's beautiful!  I'd like to mess about with some of those bulbs but it's quite dangerous if you don't know exactly what your doing right? They need high voltage?

Agree with McBryce, they can be quite dangerous so you need to learn how to work with high voltage DC.

One of Dave's videos is about Nixie tubes and well worth a watch.

You can also get VFD 'tubes' which are a bit friendlier to work with.

[daveyk]

Nixi tubes are so nice!