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[xrunner]

Unfortunately for the scope, some miserable prick bastard opened it up and pilfered all of the dual triodes out of it,

Don't hold back - what is your real opinion?   

Nice find hope you find the parts.

[Falkra]

Very good condition (the Tek scope, alghouth it has missing parts...). Nice to see.

[nctnico]

I like the BAD / GOOD indicator on that tube tester. Today's equipment should be like that too since it would make life a whole lot easier  O0

[canibalimao]

I like the BAD / GOOD indicator on that tube tester. Today's equipment should be like that too since it would make life a whole lot easier  O0

All the testers should have that kind of indicators. If we need a device more specific we use a meter  O0
That's just like TV's: everybody knows HD, Full HD, Ultra HD and the more recent Super Ultra HD; but only the enthusiasts knows the specific resolution of each technology 

[AF6LJ]

Nice Scope, the animal who robbed the tubes should be euthanized. 

[Cubdriver]

Unfortunately for the scope, some miserable prick bastard opened it up and pilfered all of the dual triodes out of it,

Don't hold back - what is your real opinion?   

Nice find hope you find the parts.

Oh, trust me - the words that went through my head would get me in trouble if I were to write them here.  And this is from someone who got back into electronics as a hobby to play around with tube audio.  The test equipment is an offshoot addiction that's taken over.

-Pat

[Cubdriver]

Nice Scope, the animal who robbed the tubes should be euthanized. 

'Euthenized' sounds too gentle and pain free.  Methinks something more creative is called for.      If it were ratty and beaten to hell and back I *might* have been more understanding about parts being missing, but it's in otherwise excellent shape.   

-Pat

[xrunner]

The test equipment is an offshoot addiction that's taken over.

-Pat

Test equipment is the addiction - EEVBlog is the cure. 

[MrSlack]

It's a bad cure. Since I've been here my scopes are breeding.

[rrinker]

 I think that's why he added the bullshit meter. My test equipment collection has increased exponentially since I joined here. EEVBlog is just one big enabler 

[Cubdriver]

It's a bad cure. Since I've been here my scopes are breeding.

Mine too.  I'm afraid to count them at this point!   

-Pat

[Cubdriver]

I think that's why he added the bullshit meter. My test equipment collection has increased exponentially since I joined here. EEVBlog is just one big enabler 

I wonder if 'instigator' might not be a more appropriate term.  Finding cool stuff on here that others have has certainly prompted many an ebuy search and subsequent injury to my credit card in my case...  Martin and Robrenz (immediately off the top of my head; there are certainly others as well) manage to inspire the urge to collect and refurbish things.

-Pat

[tautech]

Nah, you guys are only learners.......check out Frasers SURPLUS TE:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/how-to-sell-masses-of-excess-test-radio-equipment-(uk)-thoughts-please/msg950859/#msg950859


Edit
And this one:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/more-interesting-fins-in-my-lab-tidy-up-by-fraser/msg951468/#msg951468

[Nx-1997]

A 100MHz scope for only 90$ cad, free shipping. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/322114825782?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[McBryce]

The test equipment is an offshoot addiction that's taken over.

-Pat

Test equipment is the addiction - EEVBlog is the cure. 

  Yeah sure... Like an alcoholic looking for a cure in a bar!

McBryce.

[VK5RC]

@Cubdriver, Pat that Tektronix looks a beaut, the internals are easily fixed relative to the front panel (I think) . The front panel on that scope looks immaculate. Can't wait to see it in action. 

I bought what I thought would be a 'donor only' unit for my other FT-101 but this unit I think is too good to hack to death, I have the tubes it is missing and found the knob missing on fleaBay (wasn't the same seller though!!!) This unit still has the protective plastic on the front panel - I think it will have to go.

Currently am battling my way through the HV section of my, new to me, Tek 453, definitely one dead HV diode (non-thermionic) and maybe more, so am getting a few spares in before I tackle it too much.

[wkb]

1970's vintage counter.  Full of 74LS TTL (except for the prescaler IC).  Works just fine, I hooked it up to the Rb reference and it needed just a minute adjustment of the ref oscillator trim cap.

[TheSteve]

DSOX3014A.

Time for my lab to become Rigol free...

[Howardlong]

It's a bad cure. Since I've been here my scopes are breeding.

Indeed, I went from 1 to about 20, of which I use half a dozen regularly (at least once/week). I don't think I'm any more productive as a result, quite the opposite in fact. Ignorance is bliss, the more you know the less you know, and other similar sayings apply.

[daqq]

It's a bad cure. Since I've been here my scopes are breeding.

I was sane two scopes ago.

[SuperShermanTanker]

I'm doing some work on my Gaming/Video editing PC and I'm upgrading it a bit and replacing the case after it got accidently damaged by friend tripping over a wire at a LAN party knocking the pc over damaging the case.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16820011242
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00S5V5C3Q/

[AF6LJ]

It's a bad cure. Since I've been here my scopes are breeding.

So are my scopes, I don't shut off the lights anymore, and the Tek 453 I am repairing for a friend is segregated from the rest. I am afraid it may get ideas.
 

[DimitriP]

DSOX3014A.

Time for my lab to become Rigol free...

 

[MrSlack]

It's a bad cure. Since I've been here my scopes are breeding.

So are my scopes, I don't shut off the lights anymore, and the Tek 453 I am repairing for a friend is segregated from the rest. I am afraid it may get ideas.
 

Watch out for those 453's - they don't breed but they are demonic. Mine had a bag full of things that had been sacrificed to it. Mostly FETs, tunnel diodes and "driftistors" as they ended up being called. Make sure it doesn't steal the organs from the insides of your other scopes in the night. The cat pissed in mine in the end and exorcised it permanently.

[MrSlack]

A nice ebay steal just arrived. Two partial reels of 190 pc each of AVX tantalum caps, 47uF 20v and 4.7uF 25v. Total price? £7.92 for both rolls inc shipping. RS would have shafted me for about £500 for that.