I fear the tech changes of the next 20 years aren't going to be all warm and fuzzy.
Actually, they will be warm
wet and fuzzy.
Bioengineering with CRISPR is now at the stage that computing was in the 70s. Computers -> hackers took 30 years. Genetic manipulation -> hackers ? years.
Yep. Hamfest bingo: http://n5dux.com/bingo/hamfest/
Hey! I won't use anything other than a flipphone. And yesterday my right arm was workng well enough for me to be able to, at last, remove my salt-and-pepper beard. That took quite some scrubbing with the razor!
Now that's a collection of standard resistors to kill for!
I keep looking at eBay for some genuine standard resistors, but the Ukranian guys seem to have sewn that market up and I'm not paying their mafia prices.
I have older LTZ1000, they need also some trustful resistors to build a little reference box
I have been trying to hold off on building an LTZ1000 reference, as the overall BOM cost is going to exceed $300, but I can see that sooner or later, I will have to.
Now that's a collection of standard resistors to kill for!
A couple of those are mica capacitors, marked 0.49979uF (in 1972) and 1006.75pF (in 1988).
As for resistors, I think I could arrange for just about any other value by combining these in series and parallel (not that I intend to!). The serried ranks are all 20K 0.005% Vishay VHP202K resistors, probably a couple of hundred in total (more on another PCB). I believe the handwritten number are the serial numbers. A quick google indicates they are
oil-filled bulk metal foil resistors, and if you have to ask the price, you can't afford them
Nearly 10pm and a very pleasant 24.5C
Seems my little VRef has moved up a touch in the last year. I ran it for an hour or so on the 34461A from a cold start and the stability is good. For what it is worth there is some aging effect to consider with them.
Even with the bump up good for 4 1/2 digits for not much spend.
Nearly 10pm and a very pleasant 24.5C
Seems my little VRef has moved up a touch in the last year. I ran it for an hour or so on the 34461A from a cold start and the stability is good. For what it is worth there is some aging effect to consider with them.
Even with the bump up good for 4 1/2 digits for not much spend.
Do you think it's exposure to high heat that caused the drift or perhaps that and normal aging? I haven't seen that with mine but with 5.5 digit max I may not see it and mine have only been exposed to "normal" room temperatures.
It's only maybe 1-2 counts on your 5 1/2 (without checking the Siglents counts?) so I doubt it would be an issue which is why YOU NEED A 6 1/2 Digit meter
you can also do jokes with accuracy.
By example:
Fluke 883A have at the rear an output 0-1V to drive analog plotters.
Connect that to a 3456A to readout the DIFF with 6 1/2 digits
set the Differential to 0.0001 before..
The different of 0.0001 amplified to 1V will be readout 6 1/2, so it is (0,000-) 000-000-1
I guess I'm going to have to improve my German skills as ebay.co.uk will be largely useless to me in just a few days.
I guess I'm going to have to improve my German skills as ebay.co.uk will be largely useless to me in just a few days.
My understanding is the problems
may can be expected to arise at the end of the year, not month.
I guess I'm going to have to improve my German skills as ebay.co.uk will be largely useless to me in just a few days.
My understanding is the problems may can be expected to arise at the end of the year, not month.
My problem is that as soon as the UK leaves the EU, anything posted to me here in Sweden will disappear into Postnord's ransom system. If the item's value is <= 1700 SEK, the handling charges are 75 SEK plus VAT at 25%. For anything > 1700 SEK, handling charges are 125 SEK + 25% VAT + import duty. The entire import process adds a delay of 3 - 4 weeks in delivery. There is also no lower limit, so if I buy (for example) two end caps for the knobs on my PL320 for £5, they would still be subject to 25% VAT and the 75 SEK handling charge. The expression "daylight robbery" comes to mind.
This will make small value items uneconomical to order from the UK, and I'm sure will seriously hurt many UK based eBay sellers. Who wants customs problems when the same items may be available in the EU?
Mic&Key
I'm the guy with the anemometers
I will have a table there this year. I'll be the guy with the random collection of RTTY gear, piles of test equipment, and hunks of old coax. Yes, I will look exactly like thirty or forty other old white guys there.
You been to the M&K before? more like 300-400 old white guys. You loading in Friday night or Saturday morning?
I guess I'm going to have to improve my German skills as ebay.co.uk will be largely useless to me in just a few days.
My understanding is the problems may can be expected to arise at the end of the year, not month.
My problem is that as soon as the UK leaves the EU, anything posted to me here in Sweden will disappear into Postnord's ransom system. If the item's value is <= 1700 SEK, the handling charges are 75 SEK plus VAT at 25%. For anything > 1700 SEK, handling charges are 125 SEK + 25% VAT + import duty. The entire import process adds a delay of 3 - 4 weeks in delivery. There is also no lower limit, so if I buy (for example) two end caps for the knobs on my PL320 for £5, they would still be subject to 25% VAT and the 75 SEK handling charge. The expression "daylight robbery" comes to mind.
This will make small value items uneconomical to order from the UK, and I'm sure will seriously hurt many UK based eBay sellers. Who wants customs problems when the same items may be available in the EU?
So if you are going to go through the import process, might as well import straight from China, USA, etc.? Who would have thunk it.
My problem is that as soon as the UK leaves the EU, anything posted to me here in Sweden will disappear into Postnord's ransom system. If the item's value is <= 1700 SEK, the handling charges are 75 SEK plus VAT at 25%. For anything > 1700 SEK, handling charges are 125 SEK + 25% VAT + import duty. The entire import process adds a delay of 3 - 4 weeks in delivery. There is also no lower limit, so if I buy (for example) two end caps for the knobs on my PL320 for £5, they would still be subject to 25% VAT and the 75 SEK handling charge. The expression "daylight robbery" comes to mind.
This will make small value items uneconomical to order from the UK, and I'm sure will seriously hurt many UK based eBay sellers. Who wants customs problems when the same items may be available in the EU?
sounds to me like y'all have entirely too much government
I guess I'm going to have to improve my German skills as ebay.co.uk will be largely useless to me in just a few days.
My understanding is the problems may can be expected to arise at the end of the year, not month.
My problem is that as soon as the UK leaves the EU, anything posted to me here in Sweden will disappear into Postnord's ransom system. If the item's value is <= 1700 SEK, the handling charges are 75 SEK plus VAT at 25%. For anything > 1700 SEK, handling charges are 125 SEK + 25% VAT + import duty. The entire import process adds a delay of 3 - 4 weeks in delivery. There is also no lower limit, so if I buy (for example) two end caps for the knobs on my PL320 for £5, they would still be subject to 25% VAT and the 75 SEK handling charge. The expression "daylight robbery" comes to mind.
This will make small value items uneconomical to order from the UK, and I'm sure will seriously hurt many UK based eBay sellers. Who wants customs problems when the same items may be available in the EU?
I've just put that to my fragrant MP, Dr Liam Fox, Secretary of State for International Trade. He is responsible for helping to secure trade deals with other countries following Brexit.
I am holding my breath, but not because I am waiting for a useful response.
So if you are going to go through the import process, might as well import straight from China, USA, etc.? Who would have thunk it.
...and the wonderfully competitive and self-sufficient UK businesses will do just fine compared -- on equal terms -- with China. Or we'll all buy our stuff from Germany instead and do away with the tariffs. Smart move, Boris.