Tektronix Road Trip anyone?
eBay auction: #313080719471 Providing the NW'er doesn't come in from the Great White North Illinois should be nearly bearable.
Revisiting the Thermal Camera Rabbit CAVE it is both expansive and expensive 
I've got a used ISG Talisman Wasp TIC coming. It's got a 320 x 240 Raytheon BST (Barium Strontium Titanate) sensor with 8μm to 14μm sensitivity. It is an ex airport fire brigade unit so hopefully not as bashed up as most ex-fire units.
We will see when it arrives. I've also got a low resolution mechnically scanned Agema AGA 110 that is basically a civillian verrsion of the AN/PAS-7
Things to do in Russia, when you're bored...
His first mistake. Owning a Hummer. Giant POS. After foaming it up he should have driven it off a cliff.
He would have no problem with a Jeep Fiat.
After a while, it is bound to burst into flames, conveniently thawing out! 
FTFY (the Renegade is a Fiat 500X)
Tektronix Road Trip anyone? eBay auction: #313080719471 Providing the NW'er doesn't come in from the Great White North Illinois should be nearly bearable.
"Ran when parked". "May need to blow the dust out". "Stored in a garage".
And I was born yesterday.
"Ran when parked". "May need to blow the dust out". "Stored in a garage".
And I was born yesterday.
I have seen you buy and bash worse looking dogpiles into running order again
Someone had to go to a lot of effort to burn a CRT that badly.
Motto of the day? Hit bd139 with keyboards? 
The Logitech G810 I got when Maplin EOL'ed themselves still works fine.
It replaced a cheaper Saitek Eclipse II that I had for many years, the less said about the 'P' key the better which was occasionally intermittent (manufacturing problem with a spec of crud between the flexible circuit layers), the Saitek even survived my attempt to destroy it with Irn-Bru, not sure the replacement would (having said that I no longer drink that since they replaced the sugar with horrid testing chemicals, no longer 'original & best' the can lies
).
David
Finally, I've got my speakers back. Foam was replaced, looks pretty good to me.
I'll put them back to their places and give them a test later. Can't do that ATM while in a teams call.
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Someone had to go to a lot of effort to burn a CRT that badly.
Yeah they put a lot of time in to ruin that, they should have sent it to eWaste not eBay.
Pity it wasn't the 5AMP
7A version and in good condition, as I have a HP scope in need of one.
David
And they cater for the videophool market too, one fully aged & burn-in tested picture bulb, only $40 start price
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I .... I .... am utterly lost for words.
(think they would have to pay me a lot more than that to take that crap away).
Yup.
I .... I .... am utterly lost for words.
and that means something...
Had a first look at the 492BP. seems to be basically working including above 1.8GHz.
It's very clean, nice bright, sharp display. Last calibrated in 2019 with seals intact
. The front cover includes not just the diplexer and 26.5GHz mixer but the extra display filters.
All in all very happy with it.
And they cater for the videophool market too, one fully aged & burn-in tested picture bulb, only $40 start price (think they would have to pay me a lot more than that to take that crap away).
David
They were trying to improve it by making an internal graticule. Reduces parallax error, don'tcha know?
-Pat
Finally, I've got my speakers back. Foam was replaced, looks pretty good to me.
I'll put them back to their places and give them a test later. Can't do that ATM while in a teams call.
Time to annoy the neighbours with some Thunderstruck
Yes, they're as good as new now again
I got more metrology toys this week. I found this set on ebay. The price was fair for a complete set (1, 10, 100, 1K, 10K, 100K) so I sent a really low offer. Seller just accepted it
In the end I paid around 16$ each resistor.
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They are NBS (National Bureau of Standard) style secondary resistor standards from Leeds and Northrup. The resistor is immerged in mineral oil and encapsulated in a metal container. To improve thermal dissipation they can be optionally immerged in an oil bath.
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I measured all of them and they look good. The oil need to be changed though. It's supposed to be transparent and is now kind of brown.
Someone said Thunderstruck?
I got more metrology toys this week. I found this set on ebay. The price was fair for a complete set (1, 10, 100, 1K, 10K, 100K) so I sent a really low offer. Seller just accepted it In the end I paid around 16$ each resistor.
mineral
They are NBS (National Bureau of Standard) style primary resistor standards from Leeds and Northrup. The resistor is immerged in mineral oil and encapsulated in a metal container. To improve thermal dissipation they can be optionally immerged in an oil bath.
I measured all of them and they look good. The oil need to be changed though. It's supposed to be transparent and is now kind of brown.
For $16 Canadian/piece you stole them. Good deal.
But.....are you sure that oil isn't PCB? If they date back to the 1970's and the oil hasn't been changed there's a good chance it is.
I got more metrology toys this week. I found this set on ebay. The price was fair for a complete set (1, 10, 100, 1K, 10K, 100K) so I sent a really low offer. Seller just accepted it In the end I paid around 16$ each resistor.
I measured all of them and they look good. The oil need to be changed though. It's supposed to be transparent and is now kind of brown.
There was an inconclusive thread about what type of oil to use.
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/metrology/oil-for-a-leaking-tinsley-standard-resistor/msg2761572/#msg2761572
. Apple are RMAing the magic keyboard and I’ll get a new one Friday.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06XPHQW6G