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What ever happened to TV technicians?
madires:
My neighbour is a radio/TV technician and had his own shop. In the later years he did a lot of sat TV dish installations since we don't have cable TV. He was fortunate to be old enough to retire early before the industry downfall. An old friend is also a radio/TV technician and he moved on into IT.
NiHaoMike:
--- Quote from: David_AVD on May 08, 2022, 11:07:24 am ---I've never been into TV repair, but have gotten back into consumer audio equipment repairs in the last few years.
There are fewer techs around and more people wanting their old (1970s' to 2000s') gear fixed now.
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A lot of that is likely the return of LPs and modern audio equipment being designed for digital input with analog input as an afterthought.
PKTKS:
--- Quote from: Circlotron on May 08, 2022, 12:13:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: vk6zgo on May 07, 2022, 01:49:03 pm ---The thing is, they did have a solid background of theory, although not to an EE level.
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I tip my hat to any old school TV repairman that understands the finer points of a vacuum tube horizontal output stage.
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Not really that hard... the hard part is the voltage probing .. values are really dangerous..
Apart the really methodic methods..
It is a simple plain SMPS...
If you can deal with a modern SMPS..
FLYBACKs are just a specialized smps..
Paul
cdev:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on May 08, 2022, 01:40:15 pm ---
--- Quote from: David_AVD on May 08, 2022, 11:07:24 am ---I've never been into TV repair, but have gotten back into consumer audio equipment repairs in the last few years.
There are fewer techs around and more people wanting their old (1970s' to 2000s') gear fixed now.
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A lot of that is likely the return of LPs and modern audio equipment being designed for digital input with analog input as an afterthought.
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Old audio equipment is often better than new audio equipment so is often worth fixing.
SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on May 08, 2022, 02:43:54 am ---I was told this by a French engineer whom I worked with that he was required to qualify as a technician prior to becoming an engineer and that is the norm in France.
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And it's not. :)
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