Re: Introduction
Hi Jim, Here is my lab when it is not too messy. I have another section containing about ten instruments near my work desk. Small space, but enough to have fun. De :
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Yves Tardif
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Re: HP-IB connector screws
Funny how these HPIB nuts are sometimes the only rusty thing on an otherwise pristine piece of HP gear
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Matthew C
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Re: Introduction
Great to see others' labs! Here are my two labs -- the first (my main lab) is in my garage here in Silicon Valley.? Besides what you see, there's a whole bunch of "gee, maybe I could use that in a
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Jeff Anderson
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#147208
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Re: KO4BB manuals site error
Several days ago I saw a post "somewhere" saying that the site had run out of disk space for manuals and that he would be working on it. I know disk space and a web link are not necessarily directly
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Lou Blasco
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Re: HP 141T Power Supply Help Needed
Thanks for that feedback Dave. At this point in my struggle with this machine, nothing about it surprises me. It could have been hit by lightning for all i know. :-P One bit of good news, the modules
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Bill Berzinskas
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#147206
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Transferring waveforms from 54542a through GPIB
Hi, I would like to transfer waveforms from my HP 54542A to a PC. In the past I have made do with floppy disks, but I find them to be unreliable and a bit of a faff. As a result I would like to use
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fpgadaemon@...
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Re: 8566B Attenuator Service
yes... lot's of stuff kills you. but... the biggest killer of all is time. yet, we all use it.
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Roy Thistle
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Re: Introduction
I think that once enough equipment accumulates that it hides other gear it breeds and, thus, new test equipment.? Sounds likely to me, anyway, but I'm having a tough time selling that explanation to
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Harold Foster
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#147203
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Re: 8566B Attenuator Service
I'm just saying sandpaper scratches, and so 'cuts' glass. smaller particles, are not harder, than larger ones... they just leave smaller scratches... so cut slower.
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Roy Thistle
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#147202
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Re: 8566B Attenuator Service
About half million tons of the stuff, used around the U.S. annually, for something. They used HF to etch quartz crystals during WWII AFAIK is was something like 5% solution of HF. Women did it, using
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Roy Thistle
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#147201
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Re: Introduction
It's been a long time since I've seen it, but I *think* that there's a bench underneath all of that "stuff" in the other room... -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
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Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
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Re: 8566B Attenuator Service
It does penetrate the skin, which is a barrier for entry into the body, beyond that organ. Not sure how it 'dissolves' bone... if you mean it brings bone into solution, with body water... as HF forms
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Roy Thistle
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Re: 8566B Attenuator Service
calcium gluconate gel is widely available, and used for lots of other things Should always be on hand if handling HF, especially 1%,5% or 10% solutions. Hospital emergency, and cluing in the doctors,
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Roy Thistle
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Re: HP 141T Power Supply Help Needed
I can't see what could destroy Q15, except perhaps C18 shorting. Dave Wise ________________________________ Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 8:15 AM To: [email protected]
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Dave Wise
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Re: 8566B Attenuator Service
when a solution of HF penetrates the skin, from a splash for example... it dissociates into fluorine ions. those react with both calcium and magnesium ions, to significantly reduce their
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Roy Thistle
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#147196
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Re: 8566B Attenuator Service
HF penetrates the skin, and dissociates, in body water, to form fluoride ions. Fluoride ions bond with both calcium and magnesium ions...reducing their availability in the body, for import muscle, and
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Roy Thistle
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#147195
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Re: 8566B Attenuator Service
I'm sure your hardness scale figures are correct, Roy. But the particle size at 1500 grit is so tiny you'd need a microscope to spot them. So hardness is only part of it in this context.
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Jinxie
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Re: 8566B Attenuator Service
Dimethyl mercury is one of the worst compounds IME. Even if you were protective gloves, it can't save you from a single drop of the stuff. This unfortunately lady became the poster girl for
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Jinxie
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Re: 8566B Attenuator Service
Stuff people used to have around the house, could dissolve glass.
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Roy Thistle
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#147192
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Re: 8566B Attenuator Service
Aluminum Oxide...hardness of about 9 on the Mohs hardness scale...glass, hardness of around 5-6. Silicon carbide... even harder.
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Roy Thistle
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