Ambassador Kosh: “Understanding is a three-edged sword: your side, their side, and the truth.”
I really don't understand "early bidders". What do they expect will happen when they put in a low bid a whole week before the auction ends??
In the event of a tie between bidders the bidder who started bidding earliest wins, so even if you intend to snipe it can be worth being the first bidder on an item.I think you have this backwards, in the event of a tie, it is the bidder who placed their bid first that wins, not the first ever bidder.
How does a bid for £191 appear to be made on the 27th without actually appearing in the bidding history until the end of the auction?
On eBay it is possible for people to bid identical amounts simultaneously (and with sniping this probably happens as often as not), so they tie break on who started bidding first out of the tied bidders.
This my first M&K. I am loading in on Friday so I have more time to wander around and people watch. I am going to Rickreall the month before, too. Hoping to clear out some of the odder gear like the Spectracom WWVB radios and Dovetron RTTY terminals, along with a collection of scopes and such that I will never get around to working on.
..... look for the spinning anemometer..
Finally joined the nixietube club with the purchase of a Heathkit IM-1202, and Bell & Howell Heath Digital Multimeter IMD 202-2.
Calibration was easy for both of them as they are essentially the same meter in different form factors
Initially the Heathkit IM-1202 the nixietubes didn't look right, after taking it apart I realized that whoever assembeded the kit never took off the protective coating from the diffuser and over the course of 50 years it yellowed a lot.
Of course now I want more equipment with nixitubes, so if anyone knows of some small test equipment with nixitubes let me know.
That’s sooooo annoying seeing that as I need a ZM1000 tube
Stop me before I buy again
There's a TDS540 500MHz scope on the local CL. 150USD. Failing one of the diagnostics (attn/acq); three of the four channels work. These scopes are (a) apparently notorious for cap failures causing these sorts of issues and (b) don't have schematics, though they do have a lot in common with the TDS520, which does. Most of the posts on the tekscope list about it are at least ten years old. Could be a big win. Could be a disaster. I've never fixed anything like it, so I am thinking, most likely disaster.
Of course that probably won't stop me from acquiring it.
That’s sooooo annoying seeing that as I need a ZM1000 tube
That’s sooooo annoying seeing that as I need a ZM1000 tube
I think a Czech guy called Dalibor Farny still makes them (for a small fortune, of course)
Let me see if I understand this.
If one of you in the UK saw something you wanted over here. I buy it, have it shipped to me, then shipped to you. Is that still subject to import duty, or VAT, or whatever?
Yep.
Well that sucks. I've bought stuff from QService in Greece. Bd sent me a meter for the Heath VTVM. Kosmic sent me a Heath scope from Canada. Other than US Customs being a bunch of slow pokes never any indication of import duty or any other crap.
surprising
I usually find in our region that there are so many techs around that stuff is always overpriced. Don't even get me started on that guy up in Shoreline...
surprising
I usually find in our region that there are so many techs around that stuff is always overpriced. Don't even get me started on that guy up in Shoreline...
Does he ever actually sell any of those scopes? I am assuming he's the guy with the dozen or so listed on CL all the time.
And Now for Something Completely...
I am currently polluting my son's mind with Monty Python and the Holy Grail. This is his first Monty; a Rite of Passage.
mnem
*snif* They grow up so fast...