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Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: nixiefreqq on July 05, 2018, 10:29:07 pm ---showed the local tech control guy the now working circuit and the bad patch cord. to our amazement he took the bad cord and hung it back up with all the other spare cords (despite our protest!). he actually said "those patch cords are $35 each, you can't just throw them away". my buddy "ugly bob" grabbed a pair of dikes off the tool board and cut the bastard into a dozen or so 2 inch pieces.
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Quite right too.
I've occasionally warned new engineers that "saving" bad RF cables will result in two unwanted things being widlarised. The dawning comprehension is pleasant to behold; the speed of comprehension is a useful guide.
chris_leyson:
--- Quote ---My pile of D83’s is sitting in the hall waiting for the motivation to overcome some nasty hurdles too.
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Nice ;D
Specmaster:
Well Ebay might be dead as far finding new items of TE to feed my TEA addiction but I've sold a couple of items in the last few days, sadly I have had to part company with my HP 1740A and also my Keithley 160 as I had neither the real need for them or the space to keep them as my gear has to be used to warrant a place in my collection. I did love that 1740A but out of my scopes, it was also the one most likely to fail on me as it has let me down a couple of times with the poor connections between boards that need to be wriggled every now and then :palm: My Iwatsu and Hitachi have been faultless in their performance.
The 160, rock solid as it has been everytime I did manage to use it, was sadly lacking the AC functions that other meters have and was only a 3.5 digit and I have plenty of handhelds that cover that area for me with more ranges / features, yes I know you Nixie lovers will probably hate me that, but it needed to be somewhere where it might be more appreciated :-+, so I gave it its freedom :-DD
Now I'll have to wait for something else to crop up that catches my eye, not had much time for TEA activities laterly, helping my eldest Son move into his new flat with all the trials and tribulations that go along with the territory.
nixiefreqq:
--- Quote from: Specmaster on July 06, 2018, 01:27:56 am ---Well Ebay might be dead as far finding new items of TE to feed my TEA addiction but I've sold a couple of items in the last few days, sadly I have had to part company with my HP 1740A and also my Keithley 160 as I had neither the real need for them or the space to keep them as my gear has to be used to warrant a place in my collection. I did love that 1740A but out of my scopes, it was also the one most likely to fail on me as it has let me down a couple of times with the poor connections between boards that need to be wriggled every now and then :palm: My Iwatsu and Hitachi have been faultless in their performance.
The 160, rock solid as it has been everytime I did manage to use it, was sadly lacking the AC functions that other meters have and was only a 3.5 digit and I have plenty of handhelds that cover that area for me with more ranges / features, yes I know you Nixie lovers will probably hate me that, but it needed to be somewhere where it might be more appreciated :-+, so I gave it its freedom :-DD
Now I'll have to wait for something else to crop up that catches my eye, not had much time for TEA activities laterly, helping my eldest Son move into his new flat with all the trials and tribulations that go along with the territory.
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you sir are a hard piece of work.
only a man of notoriously vicious and intemperate disposition could part with a 1740a AND a piece of nixie equipment (and both in the same week!).
your infamy will become legend.
(ok.....i stole most of that from a clint eastwood movie. but hey........are you made of stone?)
Specmaster:
@nixiefreqq, I confess my sins looking absolution, if it's any consolation, I do have 3 other HP items that I have no intention of parting with, they are 2 x 3466A and 3478A. As for the Nixie, well I think its gone to a good home where it will be treated like a lord.
The 1740A was too large and heavy for my small bench area which is better suited to a smaller size of scope, which my other 3 are. I know it was not all that long ago that I nursed it back to health after it had been sorely neglected by its previous owner and I do know that it has gone a lover of vintage HP gear and will his jewel in the crown, so all's well that ends well. :popcorn:
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