Re: Anyone out there fix a partially working 334A I need desperately to get it up and running!
No problem. I only remembered it because I have two 331A too repair and they are in the same family. The 333A/334A have the auto nulling, where the 331A/332A don't. I've used a 334A in production
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Michael A. Terrell
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#104782
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Re: 5343A troubles
Hmmm.. 250 to 800 MHz sounds pretty wide for a suckout. Too bad the OP can't go beyond 1 GHz to check for periodicity. Daniel, I have a 5343A and can test up to 20 GHz. IFAIK, mine is working
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Jim Ford
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#104781
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Re: Seeking advice on a precision DVM
Ha! I love my freebie Harbor Freight DMM! Nice feature is the On/Off switch; why do I have to turn the darn dial back to Off every time, when 99 times out of 100 I'm just going back to Ohms anyway?!
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Jim Ford
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Re: Racks for older equipment
Working for the HP on-site cal teams years ago, we transported Metro Carts 4Wx5Hx2D (ft) on 5¡± solid rubber casters loaded with test equipment, estimated 800-1000 lbs., for 10 yrs., almost 2x every
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Don Bitters
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Re: non-profit engineering
Ahhh. Well that would be pretty tough for me to get away with; I run it as a company and this is how I feed myself and my family. Though the way things have been since Der Trumpf's damn tariffs, it
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Dave McGuire
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#104778
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non-profit engineering
I'm thinking of doing a 501-c for everything I do... What big profit was I making as sole proprietor anyway?
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John Griessen
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Re: Racks for older equipment
HEIC is an Iphone filetype. Microsoft is supposed to have a free codec for Windows, but I couldn't get the link to work.
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Michael A. Terrell
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#104776
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Re: Craigslist HP 8566B Indianapolis
A 'working' 8566B went locally (Seattle area) for $300 recently including cables. It looked like the display unit memory was dead in the ad, but other than the OCXO and display unit calibration which
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Orin Eman
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#104775
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Re: Racks for older equipment
Well that's for the museum, not for my company, but yes. Anymore, in this society, if I'm walking down the street and pass a guy wearing a tie, I check to see if I still have my wallet. -Dave -- Dave
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Dave McGuire
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Re: Racks for older equipment
Congrats on that Dave, should work well for non-corporate anti-suit style engineering.
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John Griessen
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Re: Racks for older equipment
Worst case would be a 19" relay rack.? I got one years ago for free from an estate- the guy had stacked up 60's HP gear on it, but only two were attached to the rack.? I actually ended up doing the
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Dave Seiter
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#104772
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Re: Racks for older equipment
Hey, I want a few of those so badly I can almost taste it, both for my lab and for the restoration workshop around the corner at the museum. I just can't afford to have them freighted up here. We are
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Dave McGuire
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#104771
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Re: Racks for older equipment
In answer to your question, a person who has tried to give them away and had no takers. Sort of like our excess 6ft tech benches Regards, Stephen Hanselman Datagate Systems, LLC
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Stephen Hanselman
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Re: Craigslist HP 8566B Indianapolis
In response to Dave D The fellow who is selling the unit said it came from a working shop but that the display section did not work. He said he thought the lower section was tested with another
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Wallace Gasiewicz
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#104769
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Re: Racks for older equipment
Many years ago, I dated an architect for a few years. She was a commercial architect. She told me about a car dealership with a second-floor showroom and a library that she designed. The weight load
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Dave McGuire
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Re: Racks for older equipment
Hmm, methinks you've never had to move a few kW worth of stage amplifiers. ;) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
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Dave McGuire
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Re: Racks for older equipment
...tested one...
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Dave Daniel
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Re: Racks for older equipment
I inadvertantly tested measuring 4¡¯w x 18¡±d x 72¡±h with large HD casters by overloading it with books stacked vertically, a row of stacks on each side of the shelving unit. The shelves distorted
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Dave Daniel
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Re: Racks for older equipment
I'd be concerned about the weight.? Audio gear tends to be a lot lighter than microwave gear.? They were throwing away some 19 inch server racks at work a month ago or so, and I would have grabbed
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Jim Ford
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#104764
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Re: Racks for older equipment
Condition can be an issue; about two years ago a local Japanese-style place was remodeling and offered about 15 racks of different sizes for free, but most were either too big for my use and/or were
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Dave Seiter
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