Re: non-profit engineering
Nah, no hard feelings man. But it is unbelievable for Americans that, in Austria and Germany, you can go to jail 10 years simply for saying things. An average rapist or murderer does less, by the way.
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Tam Hanna
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#104808
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Re: 4195A question
Hi, typing this on a Linux box: for instrument control, go Windows or go bust. Adding an extra layer of madness which is LinuxGPIB on top of already flaky GPIB implementations in most test kit is not
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Tam Hanna
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#104807
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Re: non-profit engineering
Oops. That was not my intention, my apologies. Ouch. :-( I know the feeling. ;) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
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Dave McGuire
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#104806
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Re: non-profit engineering
Hello, nah, this was NOT funny. I risked arrest due to her cussing about a strange malady which hits some people and hit a mutual acquaintance of ours whom we, due to fate, do not like too much. First
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Tam Hanna
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#104805
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Re: non-profit engineering
Well, yeah, but everyone says that about their country. ROFL wow! Is that why she's an "ex"? ;) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
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Dave McGuire
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Re: 4195A question
The wind kind. Thanks. We are ok, but there was some building damage and a couple of days without power. Some friends are coming out to help pull some troublesome latticework off of the front of the
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Dave McGuire
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#104803
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Re: non-profit engineering
Hello, you seriously need to come to Austria if you want to see real government corruption. My "adoptive kid" from the conservative fashion company always complains about how the Liberals are out of
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Tam Hanna
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Re: 4195A question
Hello, a tornado? You mean the aircraft or the wind thing which turns rapidly? Either way, I wish you good success in cleaning up. As for the topic nazis: usually, I have seen these at the Scopes r Us
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Tam Hanna
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Re: non-profit engineering
Yeah, well: - They're my customers, not me, and I have no control of where (or if) they take their business. This situation has stopped the gravy train well before it gets to my stop. - Most of my
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Dave McGuire
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Re: 4195A question
Well first of all, any self-respecting man is going to do that anyway, realistically. Despite all the money I've paid to hit men trying to eradicate them, there are still a few topic nazis on this
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Dave McGuire
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#104799
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Re: non-profit engineering
Cry me a river. In Europe, we have worked under - and circumvented - customs for like 40 years. There is a lot you can do to "reduce" the value of the shit being shipped. Many things are totally
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Tam Hanna
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Re: 4195A question
Yeah, thats the spirit. Take it all off line, so that the next dude who stumbles across a 4195A can resume operations by scratching his balls. I am willing to help out, to try and source stuff from
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Tam Hanna
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Re: Racks for older equipment
Costco also sells them. Bakers Racks. I bought a dozen of them a couple of years ago to set up gear in my garage. They were 79.00 on sale. I did find that a dozen of these is about the limit for a
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Sam Reaves
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Re: Seeking advice on a precision DVM
FWIW I have a Fluke 8842A. It reads down to .001 ohms. 5v on the probe tips.
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avvidclif
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#104795
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HP70004 power supply
Hello, I have a friend that is looking for the schematics of the power supply of its HP70004 in high quality. He has some files but they are not readable. Someone could help us to find that document ?
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Fabien F4CTZ
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#104794
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Re: Racks for older equipment
LOL at the Jean Stapleton (AKA Edith Bunker) "Those Were the Daaaaays" memories!Jim Ford?Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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Jim Ford
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Re: Seeking advice on a precision DVM
(Full disclosure: I just got three more :-) Well, the 3457A are rack width (425mm (16.75 ¡°)), but only 292mm (11.5 ¡°) deep (compare to 3456A at 527.1 mm (20? triple-barleycorns)). Compared to a
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Carsten Bormann
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Re: Seeking advice on a precision DVM
I have 2 HP3456's, picked up in the San Diego area for $20 and for $50. I like the fact that it is calibrated with multi-turn pots accessible from the front panel, rather than calibration constants
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John Kolb
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Re: Craigslist HP 8566B Indianapolis
Hmm, that is very encouraging. I had put the 2380+2382 into storage when I needed to clear up some workspace; perhaps it's time to pull it out and get it on the bench. I shall look for that Marconi
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Dave McGuire
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#104790
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Re: Seeking advice on a precision DVM
For a great many measurements that most of us make, I suspect the the "free" Harbor Freight Tools DMM serves the purpose just fine. It's great for quick checks and especially continuity testing. You
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Stuart Landau
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