Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
NO, because shipping it in the usual foam-lined cardboard box would have been disastrous. HPAK ships most of their instruments via FedEx, and the lone truck drivers would have had a tough time with a
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Tom via Metronet
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
(Here in the US engineering decisions are often dictated by legal concerns, you have a 75lbs box in Europe the ME design the straps to hold 85 or 90lbs just in case¡. In the US they go more for like
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Paul Bicknell
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
Here in the US engineering decisions are often dictated by legal concerns, you have a 75lbs box in Europe the ME design the straps to hold 85 or 90lbs just in case¡. In the US they go more for like
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
Actually HP did have a problem with the 70004 display and the side caring handle And from memory the instruction was to remove one handle that was suspect Paul
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Paul Bicknell
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
I carried my B40 inside, but I never considered taking it down the stairs to my lab area, alone. The B40 is a beast but one hell of an interesting receiver! Please do check in on the Murphy B40 user
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Rich Miller
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
We had an enquiry about a B40 radio they are 114 Lbs and I cared my first one at age 15 and moved one last Xmas and I am now 64 Going to the pub now
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Paul Bicknell
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
Ohhhh, I live in the land of Lawyers (DC Metro Area). Their lawyers could careless, I suspect the engineers were more responsible for this decision. I have to say, back in my twenties, I would have
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Rich Miller
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Re: HP 1727A CRO: Problem with the vertical output amplifier.
-------- This observation is unusual. If U2 is working well pins 5&7 should be very stiff, like an opamp +/- terminals with feedback applied. If you could move pins 5&7 by 270mV but output only
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Ozan
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
A pallet and a forklift for 90lbs? Wow, wimps. Seriously. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
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Dave McGuire
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
Does anyone here really seriously think that HP would have put a flimsy side handle on a 45 lb. box? Shucks, their lawyers wouldn't have allowed it! I've dealt with their 90+ lb. PNA-X instrument,
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Tom via Metronet
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
Feel priviledged if you never had to tote a 8673D around ? or a PNA-X Instruments have gotten lighter mostly because the older instruments all used transformers and now everything is SMPS also they
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
Unfortunately, this one is going to my office, and back home again with me. Long story short, I have a ¡°special case¡± employee who begins to lose his mind if you grab the Advantest VNA and put it
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Rich Miller
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
I use plenty of high end test equipment, I own some too. Problem is, not many of those weigh as much. Sign of the times I suppose. When I went to pick this up, was a bit surprised at its weight. I
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Rich Miller
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
Lol Tucker went out of business years ago ? I understand your concerns and its natural to be suspicious of the straps but I suggest if you get the time take a strap of and take a closer look at the
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
Forgive me for jumping in, but I must echo Lothar's comments about these straps. I have several hundred HP instruments here, and have had several hundred more go through my hands over the years. I
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Dave McGuire
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
Ok I will take your word for it. The side straps do not instill a lot of confidence, but if you say you never seen them break, then I will just send this one to Tucker C/O Lothar when it does :)
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Rich Miller
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
Btw I considered this in the calculation ? the beauty of having simulation modules in solidworks Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows Sent: Friday, February
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
Plus they were side-loaded, not being pulled straight out. That leverage counts for a lot. Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 3:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re:
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Tom via Metronet
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Re: How can I measure the bandwidth of an audio transformer with the HP8903B ?
Thanks Tom for clarifying that the inductance of the transformer is predominant over the parasitic inductance of the resistors. - - Cheers Attilio
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Attilio
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Re: WTB HP-8753E Handles
Bottom line is that with the weight of the 8753 there is no conceivable way the strap can fail , I fixed and handled hundrets of 8753 and other instruments at tucker and don¡¯t remember ever a strap
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Lothar baier <Lothar@...>
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