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[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.

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.

Cheers. I hadn't been planning on working at that range.

[Messtechniker]

I'll be using them in a small FreeNAS machine for movies/music/TV and such.

Yep. FreeNAS is definitely the way to go. Had relied on it heavily
for many years before changing to Open Media Vault which I find equally
suitable and reliable.

Yours Messtechniker

[SteveyG]

I'll be using them in a small FreeNAS machine for movies/music/TV and such.

Yep. FreeNAS is definitely the way to go. Had relied on it heavily
for many years before changing to Open Media Vault which I find equally
suitable and reliable.

Yours Messtechniker

I had bad luck with FreeNAS and didn't find it all that intuitive - Not sure if it was a limitation or user error but I also struggled to create a shared folder from a single drive - it kept wanting to add the single disk to the RAID array.

OMV is really good however. 

[3db]

I'll be using them in a small FreeNAS machine for movies/music/TV and such.

Yep. FreeNAS is definitely the way to go. Had relied on it heavily
for many years before changing to Open Media Vault which I find equally
suitable and reliable.

Yours Messtechniker

I had bad luck with FreeNAS and didn't find it all that intuitive - Not sure if it was a limitation or user error but I also struggled to create a shared folder from a single drive - it kept wanting to add the single disk to the RAID array.

OMV is really good however. 

I'm afraid it looks like user error Steve.
If you had an array already then you would have had to create a NEW volume using the single disk.
You can also use a single disk if you set it up as an ISCSI target/extent.
The you would see the entire disk in windows etc.
I agree that Freenas is NOT very intuitive.
It is awesome though.
3DB

[NottheDan]

The Avometer 8 mk2 arrived today in a pretty banged-up looking box. Though, one nicely stuffed with peanuts. The carry case is not in the best condition.There obviously has been some heavy stuff stacked on it and it smells of old garage. The probes area bit bent but they seem original.

I haven't taken it out and tried it yet.

Edit: Had a quick look inside the battery compartment and found the batteries have badly leaked. Urk.

[McBryce]

I bought a 64GB Intenso USB 3.0 Memory stick, which lasted exactly 4 days before it suddenly corrupted and lost all my data!
It works again after reformatting it, but I'm not sure I trust it anymore now 

McBryce.

[MosherIV]

A set of original Fluke leads for my Fluke187 which I am restoring

[rdl]

I have five multimeters, including a Fluke 87-III, but all I had were cheap probes. I bought the Fluke used and it came with Radio Shack probes.

I few months ago I decided I should get some real Fluke probes. When they arrived, I replaced the probes in the 87-III, then went to put the old ones in my probe storage box. When I opened the box I saw in there a brand new, unopened package of Fluke TL75 probes. Apparently I already had the idea to buy some Fluke probes sometime before. 

I have no idea why I stored them instead of putting them to use. Well, at least now I have a back up set.

[PartialDischarge]

Got a Transistor Devices active load, 130V 50A 2500W max, pretty old but seems to work well. For 45€ with shipping included I couldn't resist.

[nanofrog]

Got a Transistor Devices active load, 130V 50A 2500W max, pretty old but seems to work well. For 45€ with shipping included I couldn't resist.

Very nice score. 

[ebclr]

[bitseeker]

Got a Transistor Devices active load, 130V 50A 2500W max, pretty old but seems to work well. For 45€ with shipping included I couldn't resist.

Wow, that's a great score. I've wondered what those looked like inside. Thanks for the pics.

[tautech]

https://mediacdn.eu/m/media/wysiwyg/siglent/pictures/SSA3021.jpg

Congrats. 
Did you get the SSA3032X or SSA3021X ?
Any options?

Showed my demo 3032X to my retired EE mate the other day and he was impressed and amazed he could put it on his lap unlike the NZ$70k HP he used years ago that took up a whole bench.

[Cyberdragon]

Audiophonics SR-1130

[KL27x]

My hot air heater element died. I was alerted to the fact by the metal tube glowing bright orange. I eventually got around to replacing the heater with a spare.

But I bought an 858D for backup. I think I like the $32.00 858 better than my $200.00 station. 

[TheSteve]

HP 5340A Frequency counter 10Hz-18GHz - there are two revs, this is the early one with Nixie tubes. It is very clean inside and out - and seems to work perfect to boot. HP really gilded the lily on this one, even the power supply board is gold plated. $81.00 plus shipping - I jumped on it. This one was made in 1977. I believe the 1986 price was $8600.00 USD.

[Cubdriver]

Wow!!  You stole that for $81, especially if it's working!  I have two, both with issues in an unobtanium custom IC.  I snagged a supposedly functional replacement for the board from the 'bay a while back, but haven't gotten to installing it thus far.  Nice unit!   

-Pat

[TheSteve]

Wow!!  You stole that for $81, especially if it's working!  I have two, both with issues in an unobtanium custom IC.  I snagged a supposedly functional replacement for the board from the 'bay a while back, but haven't gotten to installing it thus far.  Nice unit!   

-Pat

Sure appears to work. I can only test the input to 8.4 GHz, at this frequency it counts just fine @ -35 dBm which is in spec. The seller had it listed for $85.00 buy it now and I was thinking of buying it when it sold. Then a few days the same seller relisted it but for $81.00 - this time I jumped on it right away. There isn't even any dust inside.

[Cubdriver]

I guess it's good that I took that model number out of my 'followed searches' list, or I'd have tried to grab it.  Congrats on a good  score!

I don't have the manual handy right now, but I think that if it's counting at 8 GHz, it's likely good to go.

-Pat

[VK5RC]

Ooooooooooh,  Nixie HP 'porn',  well done!
I must look away,  'TEA'  (test equipment addiction)

[HighVoltage]

Wow, that HP 5340A looks impressive.
I find it amazing, what kind of quality HP built in those days.

[Radio Tech]

Also a deaf Yaesu FT-221R for the princely sum of about USD15.

Repair will happen in another thread.

I have 2 of these. A good one and a parts rig. I love this old radio.

[Alex Nikitin]

Could not resist  . The condition is good and inside it looks untouched (except that somebody did remove the old battery at some point). I have two options - either restore it as is or install a modern circuitry to make it more useful (and perhaps expand the ranges down to 1uV FS).

Cheers

Alex

[bitseeker]

HP 5340A Frequency counter 10Hz-18GHz - there are two revs, this is the early one with Nixie tubes. It is very clean inside and out - and seems to work perfect to boot. HP really gilded the lily on this one, even the power supply board is gold plated. $81.00 plus shipping - I jumped on it. This one was made in 1977. I believe the 1986 price was $8600.00 USD.

Wow, what a steal! I don't think I've seen this version with the Nixies before.

[Circlotron]

Got some 40KV 1 amp diodes. They are about 4-1/2 inches long. Gunna see some action on the HV end of an ignition coil.