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[apelly]

Google (and my English Lit teacher) say John Keats

That is information.

I was neither quoting Keats nor inferring Jones' originality.

It is still a recognisable Jones sound bite.

[vk6zgo]

@apelly, in those days Yaesu made a drop dead gorgeous radio didn't they!

I have its HF twin,----the FT301.
It lacks WARC bands,obviously,but covers 160m to 10m.

I've thought of getting an FT221R for symmetry on my operating table.

[TheSteve]

Keysight U1282A DMM - now do I sell my U1273A or not?
I was pleased to find the U1282A does have a full setup mode with quite a few options. Not sure it was documented when Dave did his tear down. Mine included rev 1 of the manual which makes no mention of it, of course the manual didn't cover dual measurements either. So I checked the Keysight website and they have a much improved updated version, there was also new firmware which was easy to install.
She is a big beast but the huge display is nice. With 800 hours of battery life I changed the auto power off from 15 minutes to 60 and disabled the auto off backlight - if I want the sucker on, I want the sucker on!

[HighVoltage]

Keysight U1282A DMM - now do I sell my U1273A or not?

One can never have enough DMMs
Congratulations to a your U1282A it is indeed a very nice meter.
I have not updated the FW in mine, if it goes without trouble, I will do it.

[Sbampato12]

Keysight U1282A DMM - now do I sell my U1273A or not?

One can never have enough DMMs
Congratulations to a your U1282A it is indeed a very nice meter.
I have not updated the FW in mine, if it goes without trouble, I will do it.

One can never have enough DMMs
+1

[TheSteve]

Keysight U1282A DMM - now do I sell my U1273A or not?

One can never have enough DMMs
Congratulations to a your U1282A it is indeed a very nice meter.
I have not updated the FW in mine, if it goes without trouble, I will do it.

I've had no problems updating firmware in a Agilent/Keysight meter but I have read the ugly stories from those who have. I updated the firmware in my U1273A with a home brew IR interface I held up to the meter during the update. The U1282A includes the IR interface so it was even easier. I did use a Win7 machine which may have helped. Mine came with version 1.00 firmware(website says 1.02 was initial, lol) so updating was likely a good idea. I say go for it.

[bitseeker]

Keysight U1282A DMM - now do I sell my U1273A or not?

One can never have enough DMMs

One can never have enough DMMs
+1

Steve, I don't know how many meters you currently have, but one can never have too many DMMs.

[TheSteve]

Keysight U1282A DMM - now do I sell my U1273A or not?

One can never have enough DMMs

One can never have enough DMMs
+1

Steve, I don't know how many meters you currently have, but one can never have too many DMMs.

You might be right - 34461A, 34450A, U1282A , U1273A and my vintage Keithley nixie unit. I'm still pondering selling the U1273A though, maybe if the right offer comes along I will let it go.

[bitseeker]

That's a good collection. Of course, for the right offer, almost anything is fair game.

[gamalot]

Anritsu MA24106A USB Power Sensor (abou 260USD including EMS)

[gamalot]

Anritsu MA24106A USB Power Sensor (abou 260USD including EMS)

What is that? USB LISN?

It's just a USB RF power meter, I don't really know why they call it power sensor. 

[bitseeker]

It's just a USB RF power meter, I don't really know why they call it power sensor. 

A sensor detects the thing you want to measure. A meter displays the measurement.

e.g., http://www.keysight.com/en/pc-1000000475%3Aepsg%3Apgr/power-meters-power-sensors

[gamalot]

It's just a USB RF power meter, I don't really know why they call it power sensor. 

A sensor detects the thing you want to measure. A meter displays the measurement.

e.g., http://www.keysight.com/en/pc-1000000475%3Aepsg%3Apgr/power-meters-power-sensors

Why they call Keithley DMM7510-NFP multimeter  , call Keysight DSO6014L oscilloscope  ?   

http://www.tek.com/tektronix-and-keithley-digital-multimeter/keithley-dmm7500-series-7%C2%BD-digit-graphical-sampling-multim
http://www.keysight.com/en/pdx-x202272-pn-DSO6014L/low-profile-oscilloscope-100-mhz-4-analog-channels?cc=US&lc=eng

[bitseeker]

Because those devices display the measurements. One could say they have the sensors built in, accessible via probes.

[rdl]

Two of these were delivered yesterday. I'll be using them in a small FreeNAS machine for movies/music/TV and such.



They're surely some of the cheapest drives you can get, but they'll be mirrored and I've had good luck with WD in the past (once they get past the first day or so).

[SeanB]

First thing on new drives run a full SMART surface scan, and if any reallocated sectors show up, or there are any pending ones, then suspect it. Will take hours, but the nice thing is you can do it using a USB2 drive caddy, as all you are transferring is control data. then install in the machine, format to what you want ( preferably a full format, so if there is any infant mortality it will occur on a blank drive) then scan again and see if the reallocated sector is grown or pending is higher. If so it is an infant mortality drive, so time to RMA it for failing SMART.

Good drives should go their entire lives with no reallocation, or only a few. If you are in the tens on a new drive it is not healthy. I had a few WD and Seagate drives that were DOA or which died during the scan. Much easier to change when it is only formatted and mostly blank and has a bad day.

[rdl]

Both passed the Smartctl full test with no problems. One drive is in the machine now having badblocks run on it. It's been running over 20 hrs now and is into the third pass. That's what's on screen in the background. Everything is looking good so far.

[Hydrawerk]

I bought these Wiha cutters as new at a Hornbach store. Not a second hand shop. They are now at my grandmother's apartment. It is strange that these pliers are not listed on the manufacturer's website. http://www.wiha.com/en/produkte/pliers/diagonal-cutters.html
Do you think they are good and genuine? They seem to be hard and solid. I think that these pliers might have been stored for four years or so. Now they are probably discontinued.
Searching "wiha z 12 0 25 180" gives no results. Strange. But i think that they are OK.
EDIT: The pliers look very nice and new, but they were not packed anyway. No plastic blister or something.

[gamalot]

Because those devices display the measurements. One could say they have the sensors built in, accessible via probes.

No they don't display anything. 

[gamalot]

3GHz option board (cloned) for my Agilent 53181A, cables, DC block, and RF attenuator from Tabao. Adapters, terminals from Digikey. 

[NottheDan]

Bought an AVOmeter 8 off ebay. With 5 minutes to go it only had one bid and stood at £10. So I put a little bid on it for a lark. Turned out the original bidder didn't want to go any higher.

[razberik]

I think that these pliers might have been stored for four years or so. Now they are probably discontinued.

I believe it is possible. I remember these pliers at Hornbach 6 years ago. I have them too and no problem whether it is genuine or not.

[McBryce]

I bought these Wiha cutters as new at a Hornbach store. Not a second hand shop. They are now at my grandmother's apartment. It is strange that these pliers are not listed on the manufacturer's website. http://www.wiha.com/en/produkte/pliers/diagonal-cutters.html
Do you think they are good and genuine? They seem to be hard and solid. I think that these pliers might have been stored for four years or so. Now they are probably discontinued.
Searching "wiha z 12 0 25 180" gives no results. Strange. But i think that they are OK.

If you got them as a "one of" out of a bargain bin, then they may have originally come from one of the Wiha sets. They sometimes include tools that aren't sold seperately.

McBryce.

[bitseeker]

Because those devices display the measurements. One could say they have the sensors built in, accessible via probes.

No they don't display anything. 

Sorry, I only looked at the top of http://www.tek.com/tektronix-and-keithley-digital-multimeter/keithley-dmm7500-series-7%C2%BD-digit-graphical-sampling-multim which has a photo of one meter in the series that happens to have a display.

Yep, c'est la vie. It's not like marketing departments consult linguists to make sure things are correct.

[tautech]

Bought an AVOmeter 8 off ebay. With 5 minutes to go it only had one bid and stood at £10. So I put a little bid on it for a lark. Turned out the original bidder didn't want to go any higher.

Good old meters.
Just be aware if wishing to use the 2.5 or 3 kV ranges these meters have only use original leads for safety's sake.
I don't know of any other DMM leads that might be considered safe at those voltages. One Avo I got had some pirate leads that looked the same as AVO but the didn't have AVO markings on them and I wouldn't be brave enough to use them at elevated voltages.