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bd139:
I think i proabably would have made a new board before doing that :D

Having a day off the scope today to play with my HF radio....

Cerebus:

--- Quote from: mnementh on May 26, 2018, 03:17:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: Brumby on May 26, 2018, 05:51:49 am ---My under bench lighting has revealed something I didn't want to think about .... The dust collection in the far corners looks like there was an explosion in a felting class.

It's something I just can't unsee ...  :(

I'm just wondering what will travel up the hose if I get the vacuum out......

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Dust elephants, not dust bunnies... a common infestation in that region. You'll need the BIG Shop-Vac, some brain bleach and a 24-inch crowbar in case there's a bull and it decides to charge.  :-DD


mnem
You mighht want to get the .303 out of the closet just in case they stampede...   :scared:

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That just makes a neat hole and they carry on charging. You need a 12-gauge shotgun loaded with No. 10 shot, you have to disperse them back into free floating fluff.   :)

nixiefreqq:

--- Quote from: med6753 on May 26, 2018, 03:08:25 pm ---
--- Quote from: nixiefreqq on May 26, 2018, 03:03:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: med6753 on May 26, 2018, 02:52:32 pm ---Portascope my ass!  :wtf: Although in it's day Dumont was good stuff. That scope looks a lot like an HP. Is it just rebranded or was it built by Dumont?

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am pretty sure it was a genuine Dumont product.  later ones were badged Fairchild according to the manual.

they were very proud that it was "solid state"......BUT the front end used nuvistors.

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Yep, many Teks of that vintage used nuvistors in their front end until suitable FET's were available.

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did not know that about the early teks.  used to carry a 465 on the road a lot but...... they were on a hand receipt from an army tool room.  only ever owned a tek for about a week myself (my brother found a 465 in a girl friends attic and didn't know what it was).  could not find anything in need of repair, so it went to an old boss who is a tek guy.

scopes that actually made it down into the basement are mostly hp 1740 series.........and that monster dumont.

med6753:

--- Quote from: mnementh on May 26, 2018, 03:17:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: Brumby on May 26, 2018, 05:51:49 am ---My under bench lighting has revealed something I didn't want to think about .... The dust collection in the far corners looks like there was an explosion in a felting class.

It's something I just can't unsee ...  :(

I'm just wondering what will travel up the hose if I get the vacuum out......

--- End quote ---

Dust elephants, not dust bunnies... a common infestation in that region. You'll need the BIG Shop-Vac, some brain bleach and a 24-inch crowbar in case there's a bull and it decides to charge.  :-DD


mnem
You mighht want to get the .303 out of the closet just in case they stampede...   :scared:

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Personally I hate dust/dirt. Brumby, don't know if these are available where you are but they are great for light dusting. Once a week my entire place gets a going over.

mnementh:

--- Quote from: bd139 on May 26, 2018, 03:00:05 pm ---That guy looks like my 5 year old trying to carry a Tek 465  :-DD

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I was thinking the same thing about my son and my 454... LOL

Though still not as prehistoric as my first 'scope; a half-finished Eico kit I picked up at my first hamfest in Pittsburgh as a schoolage kid. I got lit up a few times on that thing; taught me a healthy respect for tube electronics and the related bias voltages, I tell you what.  :-DD


mnem
*tzzzzt* and a half...

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