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Offline pico61Topic starter

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Demilitarized electronic instruments
« on: August 22, 2020, 11:16:15 am »
Something that cannot be looked at... :'( :'(
Look at the auctions of electronic instruments of pro-avit.london on Ebay UK! :palm:
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Offline tv84

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Re: Demilitarized electronic instruments
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2020, 03:04:51 pm »
Don't miss your TEA sessions!!!!  :scared:
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Offline MadTux

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Re: Demilitarized electronic instruments
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2020, 05:15:25 pm »
This one?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/proavitlondon?_dmd=1&rt=nc
Don't see any test gear....
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Offline marcus h

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Re: Demilitarized electronic instruments
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2020, 05:34:31 pm »
Sort by price.
There is at least some R&S stuff.
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Offline pico61Topic starter

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Re: Demilitarized electronic instruments
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2020, 08:47:49 pm »
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Offline Jay_Diddy_B

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Re: Demilitarized electronic instruments
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2020, 07:06:06 pm »
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Offline Fungus

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Re: Demilitarized electronic instruments
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2020, 09:23:00 pm »
What's "demilitarized" about them?
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Offline Jay_Diddy_B

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Re: Demilitarized electronic instruments
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2020, 09:51:53 pm »
Hi,

'demilitarized' is a process that is supposed to make them useless.

eBay used to have lots of material, particularly from Israel, that looked like it had been in a garbage compactor or crusher.

There is probably a procedure for doing this that normally includes crushing connectors with a pair of pliers. It certainly includes erasing any non-volatile memories.

It basically reduces working units to parts units or scrap.

It basically makes stuff uneconomical to repair.

Sometimes companies do a similar thing for tax purposes.

The need for demilitarization sometimes comes through association. Example a normal screwdriver, that you can buy at any hardware store, can become a patriot missile spare, if it was bought for that program.

Jay_Diddy_B

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Offline razvan784

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Re: Demilitarized electronic instruments
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2020, 09:54:45 pm »
All the connectors look intentionally destroyed - the case lacks signs of damage in comparison. Just like they fill large gun barrels with concrete in military museums to render them unusable.
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Offline Cerebus

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Re: Demilitarized electronic instruments
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2020, 11:52:50 pm »
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Offline Fungus

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Re: Demilitarized electronic instruments
« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2020, 05:50:25 am »
Quote from: razvan784 on August 23, 2020, 09:54:45 pm
All the connectors look intentionally destroyed - the case lacks signs of damage in comparison. Just like they fill large gun barrels with concrete in military museums to render them unusable.

Ah, OK. I hadn't noticed that.  :-+



Definitely not an accident.
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Offline radiolistener

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Re: Demilitarized electronic instruments
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2020, 10:56:23 am »
Quote from: Fungus on August 24, 2020, 05:50:25 am
Definitely not an accident.

May be someone who used it, didn't know how to properly disconnect the cable from the connector and used a hammer and pliers for such purposes... :D

Definitely, such damage is done by vandals. Good equipment which can be used by amateurs is just destroyed... this is sad... >:(
« Last Edit: August 24, 2020, 10:57:57 am by radiolistener »
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Offline MadTux

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Re: Demilitarized electronic instruments
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2020, 04:30:40 pm »
Looks quite harmless, similar to demilitarized guns.
A new receiver or some new BNC connectors and those work just fine again.
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Offline Bud

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Re: Demilitarized electronic instruments
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2020, 04:55:31 pm »
You should thank the guy who damaged the connectors. He was a smart person, knew that will be enough to get the equipment out of the door with minimal damage.  Garanteed, any other Joe would go for the screen first.
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Offline George Edmonds

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Re: Demilitarized electronic instruments
« Reply #14 on: August 25, 2020, 05:11:56 pm »
In the UK we have the WEEE directive, what it means is that end of life/faulty test kit is acquired by a small number of companies who are paid, by weight, to remove it.  It then appears on the likes of Ebay at moronic prices nearly all the time contravening Ebay rules which Ebay does not enforce.

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Offline schmitt trigger

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Re: Demilitarized electronic instruments
« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2020, 05:23:50 pm »
These images remind me of the verse in the Rolling Stones song:

"You make a grown man cry"
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