I hear R&S makes some nice gear, I don't have any.? Pretty much unrepairable.
I was given a very nice R&S transceiver that pretty much worked but has some problems.? Unrepairable, even with module swap, due to recalibration being necessary.? And special software is required which is not released outside the company.? The cost to get that done far exceeds the value of the radio, if R&S would even perform the work for an individual, which they won't.? What a turn-off.
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On 8/27/2024 4:54 AM, alwyn.seeds1 via groups.io wrote:
Dear All,
One of the issues has been change of customer requirements. Back in the HP Days, the US and other military customers did component level equipment repair; they therefore required complete service documentation, the structure of which was defined down to the typefaces to be used. Those customers met the very considerable cost of creating this documentation. Post Cold-War, the military customers changed their repair policy, the proportion of business that was military reduced and the manufacturers responded accordingly.
We are very fortunate that both HP and Tektronix made much of the documentation available to all customers. Other manufacturers, such as Rohde and Schwarz, did not.
Regards,
Alwyn
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