I really should go to those [hamfests in the boondocks]. I struggle with the motivation to haul my arse to one though sometimes.
I filter them by a 1 hour travel time limit; that probably means I can go further than you
I’m ok as long as it’s not Kent or east anglia here
Yeah it did. It’s not auto reporting yet as I’m still waiting to make sure it doesn’t do any false positives.
I’m ok as long as it’s not Kent or east anglia here
Thus spake a Londoner!
I presume you are happy to go to, for example, Truro tomorrow, Doncaster next weekend, or Crianliarch/Wimbourne/Newton Abbot later on
I can assure you that you won't find anything interesting in the Kington Langley village hall ;}
To be honest it’d take less time to get to Wimbourne than Margate from here
I’m currently slaving at the school summer fete today so tomorrow I’m staying at home and being an unsociable bastard. By that time I will have had more than enough of the human race. It’s not the kids; they’re fine. It’s the parents
To be honest it’d take less time to get to Wimbourne than Margate from here
I’m currently slaving at the school summer fete today so tomorrow I’m staying at home and being an unsociable bastard. By that time I will have had more than enough of the human race. It’s not the kids; they’re fine. It’s the parents
Yeh, the parents can be real bastards at times.
Yes they didn’t like my event suggestion which involved digging a hole and pushing the horrible ones into it.
To be honest it’d take less time to get to Wimbourne than Margate from here
I’m currently slaving at the school summer fete today so tomorrow I’m staying at home and being an unsociable bastard. By that time I will have had more than enough of the human race. It’s not the kids; they’re fine. It’s the parents
Well, according to google maps.... you're right. But that begs the question as to why anybody would want to go to Margate. I'll go to the Weston-super-Mad fest or to see Catalinas etc, but only because it is nearby.
The little people usually are fun, because everything is new and interesting to them. I can't remember the last time I came across an obnoxious little person.
To be honest it’d take less time to get to Wimbourne than Margate from here
I’m currently slaving at the school summer fete today so tomorrow I’m staying at home and being an unsociable bastard. By that time I will have had more than enough of the human race. It’s not the kids; they’re fine. It’s the parents
Hmm I meant to go to the Wimborne one but on the morning it was dismal and so I couldn't be arsed to go, wish I had now [emoji852]️
I’m currently slaving at the school summer fete today so tomorrow I’m staying at home and being an unsociable bastard. By that time I will have had more than enough of the human race.
I'm an unsociable bastard everyday and it is so refreshing.
Yes so am I. Unfortunately my other half isn’t so sometimes I have to show up (apparently) even though I’d rather be at home. Personally I’d establish a colony on the moon. As long as Ocado, RS and eBay deliver.
My other half is a cop. So the last thing she wants to deal with when she's off duty is people. I can hardly blame her. So when we get together on our weekends once or twice a month it is considered "downtime" for her. We'll do things together such as dinner, shopping, etc but most of the time she takes over my recliner chair and relaxes. And I don't mind at all.
I know the feeling lads, I have two high functioning artistic children and the wife and our paediatrician both think I'm in the same category - as a result I quite enjoy the rare quiet quiet time you get as a parent. My wife is currently out with her girlfriend's and I'm at home watching a playboy documentary on prime and downing some Canadian club.
a perfect evening imo (although I do enjoy date night with my beautiful wife - no idea how I won her heart but I'm not complaining).
This past week I was off work due to a mandated furlough. It was wonderful. Not only did I get a lot done around the place but I didn't have to go out and deal with....people. Except yesterday. Grocery shopping and then some other errands. Do you know how many stupid people I had to deal with in that short of time?
I've worked graveyard shift for the past 9 years and it's great. Up at night when the bimbos are sleeping vs I sleep during the day. And phone ringer off. And luckily our night crew at work is a great group and not one jerk in the bunch.
I can’t stand grocery shopping. Get it delivered now! It annoys me that no one reverses into the parking spaces which means it turns into a pinball machine full of blind idiots. I’m hoping this software venture pays off. I’m done then. Going to hide somewhere and develop a super villain lair with laser sharks and a helicopter landing pad (no helicopter - can’t afford one!)
On the subject of TEA I’m sure this is the sun but I’m staring at the cheap end Rigol SA’s with TG and thinking I can just pop it on the credit card and put getting a new car off for another year. I hate buying cars anyway. Hmm. I suspect that’s “murder money” from SWMBO.
I can’t stand grocery shopping. Get it delivered now! It annoys me that no one reverses into the parking spaces which means it turns into a pinball machine full of blind idiots. I’m hoping this software venture pays off. I’m done then. Going to hide somewhere and develop a super villain lair with laser sharks and a helicopter landing pad (no helicopter - can’t afford one!)
On the subject of TEA I’m sure this is the sun but I’m staring at the cheap end Rigol SA’s with TG and thinking I can just pop it on the credit card and put getting a new car off for another year. I hate buying cars anyway. Hmm. I suspect that’s “murder money” from SWMBO.
Unfortunately the grocery chain I shop at does not have home delivery. Not sure if they plan on implementing it but it is a trend among other chains. They
used to be open 24/7 and I would do my shopping at 5 AM when the store was empty. But they stopped that and now open at 6 AM, after I'm already home from work.
Parking lot idiocy? I have a simple solution to that. Park WAY out away from the crowd. Besides, the walk will do me good. Drives the other half nuts when she's with me but she also understands that my cars are my other women. One of the cars is 14 years old with NO door dings.
Good luck convincing the SWMBO of your idea.
I can’t stand grocery shopping. Get it delivered now! It annoys me that no one reverses into the parking spaces which means it turns into a pinball machine full of blind idiots. I’m hoping this software venture pays off. I’m done then. Going to hide somewhere and develop a super villain lair with laser sharks and a helicopter landing pad (no helicopter - can’t afford one!)
On the subject of TEA I’m sure this is the sun but I’m staring at the cheap end Rigol SA’s with TG and thinking I can just pop it on the credit card and put getting a new car off for another year. I hate buying cars anyway. Hmm. I suspect that’s “murder money” from SWMBO.
Unfortunately the grocery chain I shop at does not have home delivery. Not sure if they plan on implementing it but it is a trend among other chains. They used to be open 24/7 and I would do my shopping at 5 AM when the store was empty. But they stopped that and now open at 6 AM, after I'm already home from work.
Parking lot idiocy? I have a simple solution to that. Park WAY out away from the crowd. Besides, the walk with do me good. Drives the other half nuts when she's with me but she also understands that my cars are my other women. One of the cars is 14 years old with NO door dings.
Good luck convincing the SWMBO of your idea.
Luckily despite being on the very edge of suburbia, we can do most of our grocery shopping online and have it delivered. Don't know how we'd manage otherwise!
We’ve got quite good deliveries here in the U.K. what with being a relatively small country. I rather like Ocado though. They are almost fully automated. The Tesla of shopping:
https://youtu.be/4DKrcpa8Z_ESWMBO gave me the look so that’s not happening
SWMBO gave me the look so that’s not happening
The look is always the killjoy.
On the subject of TEA I’m sure this is the sun but I’m staring at the cheap end Rigol SA’s with TG and thinking I can just pop it on the credit card and put getting a new car off for another year.
And the new SVA doesn't interest you ?
Same BW but it can do much more.
Neat but TG starts at 5Mhz which is too high and as always with Siglent, no UK reseller.
Moot now though anyway
Neat but TG starts at 5Mhz which is too high and as always with Siglent, no UK reseller.
Moot now though anyway
Labtronix and PASS are the UK agents.
LF sweep can be managed with an AWG.
I won’t go near PASShole as I call them. Haven’t used Labtronix. Will take a look. Thanks for the tip.
Yeah I’m already doing that with the DG1022Z. I’ve got a return loss bridge and power sensor which I have been using with it as an antenna analyser for low HF. Does the job but I’ve got some VHF cavity filters to design. Would rather like something that will sweep VHF and low HF as it’s a pain in the ass using the AWG for sweeping crystal filters as well. Main problem is it’s difficult to calibrate out the fixture insertion loss. Much easier with an SA with TG.
SVA is interesting as it is a VNA too.
I won’t go near PASShole as I call them. Haven’t used Labtronix. Will take a look. Thanks for the tip.
Yeah I’m already doing that with the DG1022Z. I’ve got a return loss bridge and power sensor which I have been using with it as an antenna analyser for low HF. Does the job but I’ve got some VHF cavity filters to design. Would rather like something that will sweep VHF and low HF as it’s a pain in the ass using the AWG for sweeping crystal filters as well. Main problem is it’s difficult to calibrate out the fixture insertion loss. Much easier with an SA with TG.
SVA is interesting as it is a VNA too.
What frequency range/limits are you working with ?
The Bode plot function in the 4ch X-E's will work at least to the BW of the scope.....if you have a high enough frequency AWG. Oh and BTW a member cracked the coms protocol for Siglent AWG's and with the help of a bit of code uses a
Rigol Feeltech AWG for the Bode plots sweeps......controlled by the X-E.
Mentioned in the 4ch X-E thread a little while back.
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/siglent-sds1204x-e-released-for-domestic-markets-in-china/msg1520452/#msg1520452SVA......grrrrrr, mines held up at an airport in China......it's already missed 3 scheduled flights and the next one is Tuesday !
Plus a stock shipment as well......would've been faster to send them by sea !
Yeah, real keen to get it and have a quick fiddle before I pass it onto member hendorog for a proper workout against Agilent and SH VNA's he has. Should be fun !