folks, while I am also a legal gun owner and met my husband on the gun range (as a fellow IPSC shooter) I think that this is such a controversial matter that we should table this.
Btw. ex Manurhin MR93 / S&W 500 / still kicking: STI Sparta / Drake .338LM
Meanwhile somewhere deep in the statistics:I’m gonna run for prime ministerThat's a good way to get other kinds of responses.
Yeah karma responded heavily to that post and reminded me that my accepted position in life is “wielder of fire hose for miserable software projects”. The universe knows what’s best for it
Meanwhile somewhere deep in the statistics:I’m gonna run for prime ministerThat's a good way to get other kinds of responses.
Yeah karma responded heavily to that post and reminded me that my accepted position in life is “wielder of fire hose for miserable software projects”. The universe knows what’s best for it
I suspect this is probably why we haven't seen bd139 for a while; he's been busy putting out brushfires at work.
mnem
Best of luck, mate.
Woohoo! According to Fedex tracking, my "new" HP 53310A Modulation Domain Analyzer should be here anytime now.
OTOH, the 35660A Dynamic Signal Analyzer only just shipped today, and probably won't be here until next Tuesday.
Oh well, such is the breaks. Nonetheless, it's not like I have any shortage of stuff to work on, or projects to dabble with. The reflow oven project is still proceeding along nicely, and I still plan to build a Z80 based retro-computer.
There's also the matter of various upgrades / improvements to gear I already own. The 53132A frequency counter in particular has some improvements that can be added. And it probably wouldn't hurt to open up the older HP logic analyzer at some point and see if there are any questionable capacitors in there.
Where is bd139?
Missing him somehow ...I've PM'd him but so far no response, I'm hoping that everything is OK. I know that he has been listed some TEA items on the evil bay lately, so I hope that doesnt mean that he's getting fed up with electronics again like he did a while ago. Keeping everything crossed and hoping that everything is fine with him right now.
EDIT: I just checked, his post on here was Friday 14th
OT: My current "China-Direct" madness: maybe getting back into Cheap RC cars. These from WLToys are pretty well-known to flex not break and are fully repairable with all parts available, altho 540 brushed and a bit cheap on the electronics. Some bashing fun with my son in the future, if they actually make it to me as promised.
I've done business before with TomTop; they're another like GearBest & bang-em-good. Pray for me, this is aboot USD$130 less than 2 of these would normally cost based on shopping elsewhere; actually, right at release prices 3 years ago, before they made a name for themselves. Otherwise, will be a bit of PP dispute, etc.
https://www.tomtop.com/p-rm5683gr.html
mnem
Now you need to be on the lookout for an audio spectrum analyzer and add that to your stable.
-Pat
Now you need to be on the lookout for an audio spectrum analyzer and add that to your stable.
-Pat
Ya know, between the 53310A Modulation Domain Analyzer, the 35660A Dynamic Signal Analyzer, and my Rigol RSA3015N spectrum analyzer, I'm think I'm set for a while.
[...]
But, maybe a ray of light : today as well, I notice this thing :
https://www.leboncoin.fr/bricolage/1984157768.htm?ac=206978287
An old tube HP scope, model 120B.. FOR FREE !!!
... the guy said he stole all the tubes from it, and is giving away the corpse...
[...]
I just downloaded the service manual for it.. it's got 19 tubes in it. I can't afford to buy that many tubes to bring it back to life, would cost me as much my car, and even if I could buy al those tubes, I could not justify such an extravagant expense for such a low spec scope anyway...
BUT....It's free, it's cute, in good nick, it's a cool piece of HP history.. only 10 Euros to pay to get it (for shipping).... I just want to buy it somehow !!!
My cheap/affordable entry to vintage HP test gear, you gotta start somewhere !!!
Please tell me your thoughts... should I, or shouldn't I ??
tube type units available at price per unit
12AU7 / ECC82 5 reichelt.de 12 EUR
6DJ8 / ECC88 3 reichelt.de 18 EUR
6GH8A / ECF82 3 reichelt.de 7 EUR
6AU6 / EF94 1 reichelt.de 9 EUR
6AQ5 / EL90 1 reichelt.de 7 EUR
6C4 / EC90 1 reichelt.de 11 EUR
12B4A / --- 2 ebay.de ca. 10 EUR
Please tell me your thoughts... should I, or shouldn't I ??
Ya know, between the 53310A Modulation Domain Analyzer, the 35660A Dynamic Signal Analyzer, and my Rigol RSA3015N spectrum analyzer, I'm think I'm set for a while.
If I did that I'd get my TEA membership revoked on the spot!
Ya know, between the 53310A Modulation Domain Analyzer, the 35660A Dynamic Signal Analyzer, and my Rigol RSA3015N spectrum analyzer, I'm think I'm set for a while.
Quite right or quite wrong, depending on the definition of "while".
Hello all. tautech prodded me via email directly. Life turned upside down here. Don't want to detail on public forum so will reply to PMs / post something on discord. I am not going insane and haven't killed anyone
Also I don't get forum PM notifications because I'm using outlook.com and the forum email is borked to any outlook.com recipients. Argh. Also I didn't put the eevblog forum password in keepass so it didn't make it over to the mac when I migrated. Have just fixed that mess and logged in quick.
Could you provide a list of all those tubes? Perhaps some people here can help you with that.
2x 5642 (HV rectifier)
1x 6C4
2x 12B4A
1x 6AQ5
1x 6AU6
x3 6DJ8
x5 12AU7
x3 6U8
x1 5651 (Regulator tube)
2x 5642 (HV rectifier) DO HAVE
1x 6C4 DO NOT HAVE
2x 12B4A DO NOT HAVE
1x 6AQ5 DO HAVE, but only one, so hoping it's good...
1x 6AU6 DO HAVE, second most used tube model in Tek scopes, have plenty of them
x3 6DJ8 DO HAVE, first most used tube model in Tek scopes, twice as many 6AU6's, plenty of them...
x5 12AU7 DO HAVE.
x3 6U8 DO HAVE, but JUST !!! Need 3, and I have ONLY 3 ! Only present in the Type 515A, which carries precisely 3 of them, hoping they are all good !
x1 5651 (Regulator tube) DO HAVE
Where is bd139?
Missing him somehow ...I've PM'd him but so far no response, I'm hoping that everything is OK. I know that he has been listed some TEA items on the evil bay lately, so I hope that doesnt mean that he's getting fed up with electronics again like he did a while ago. Keeping everything crossed and hoping that everything is fine with him right now.
EDIT: I just checked, his post on here was Friday 14thPopped him an email too.
So now need to figure out the 6C4 and I am good.... am just one single tube away from resurrecting this poor HP scope !
Tubes again.... stupid me, forgot I have MORE Tek duplicates I can use for parts ! Have so many of them I am starting to lose count apparently !
I mean, I have also TWO type 547 (one is crusty and already missing tubes in the plug-in IIRC), and also TWO type 549.
That being said, none of them have the 6C4 and 12B4A I need...
However, the type 549 has x4 12B4A.... If the 'A' suffix is not that important in the case of that little HP scope, then maybe I can use that as a substitute ?
If so, then all I need now is one single 6C4, or find a substitute that I might have.