Indeed! They can be friendly in the
winter. But a $19 milk shed heater, and
a 2465 scope is quite a bit more cost effective,
is fast enough to do most work, and heats better
too!
-Chuck Harris
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
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A vacuum tube Tektronix scope was no problem in the winter, at a TV station
in Alaska. It might even get the control room to 40F, if it and both
transmitters were on! I would turn on the studio's Halogen lights to warm
up, when it was below freezing in the control room. There wasn't enough
waste heat left from the return water to the old boilers to keep us warm.
That was 45 years ago, and the scope was sufficient to repair the
electronics in the Analog Monochrome days.I also had four Tektronix RM529
waveform monitors that were Hybrids to help provide heat. :)
