Re: Test, disregard
Sorry for the bandwidth, but my messages to the group were rejected by the server with a cryptic (and erroneous) message. I have repaired my email client configuration. Ignacio, EB4APL
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EB4APL
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#148920
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FW: [TekScopes] NEW to the group IMPORTANT MESSAGE
This is the second time I have posted that this is not an appropriate topic for this forum. After this members who continue to post about this will be placed on moderated status. Dennis Tillman W7PF
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Dennis Tillman W7pF
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Re: Test, disregard
You know on many internet groups that title results in one of the most long and popular threads ever, right ? LOL
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Jeff Urban
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Re: Repairing plated through holes.
In hifi audio restoration circles they have a process they call "pinning". This is used on Marantz Dolby decoder boards and other things that were two sided but only had plated through, no rivets,
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Jeff Urban
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Re: Repairing plated through holes.
GE used them in TVs and they were a disaster there as well. they used them in the elcheapo AA, AB series' and the EC series which was not quite as cheap. They probably got tired of fixing them in
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Jeff Urban
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Test, disregard
Is this msg being accepted?
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EB4APL
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Re: NEW to the group
I remember it quite well, I was 17 years old and we were almost nuked by an ally. In fact it dropped not one but four H bombs (B28RI) because the B-52 plane carrying them crashed with the KC-135
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EB4APL
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Re: Up to date capacitor list for Tek 2465A and 2465B scopes (2018)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the strawman Dorothy's friend in Wizard of Oz? Wasn't he also an electronics technician, repairing capacitors in the Tin-man? He must have an opinion about this -
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M Yachad
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Re: Up to date capacitor list for Tek 2465A and 2465B scopes (2018)
Can you say "Strawman argument?" -Chuck Harris M Yachad wrote:
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Chuck Harris <cfharris@...>
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#148912
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Re: Up to date capacitor list for Tek 2465A and 2465B scopes (2018)
Chuck ¡°You didn't listen to what I said about the electrolyte.¡± On the contrary, I ¡°listened¡± and paid close attention. I even quoted each part of your message, and commented on it in detail.
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M Yachad
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Re: Repairing plated through holes.
Tektronix used eyelets/rivets on their first PCBs and abandoned the practice because of failures. I think the mechanism is a difference in thermal expansion that eventually cracks the soldering. I
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Dave Brown
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549 in Orange, California
https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/ele/d/oscilloscope/6618225614.html I am not affiliated with the seller.
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Kurt Rosenfeld
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Re: Repairing plated through holes.
Delco used the 'griplet' in one or two model years. They were a disaster. They sent out a service bulletin, and paid a set price to repair those AM/FM radios. They were plated steel, so you had to run
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Michael A. Terrell
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Re: Repairing plated through holes.
It will, but the friction on the threads is likely to strip them if you don't use a screw long enough to fully engage the nut. I'd also worry about torque spinning the thing. You should be able to
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Harvey White
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Re: Repairing plated through holes.
I had two sizes, one for 6-32 that used the small hole. the other was for 10-32, and it used the large hole. they were just a smooth, hardened steel shank, with just enough threads at one end to reach
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Michael A. Terrell
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Re: Repairing plated through holes.
Harbor freight has them, aluminum, of course. Amazon seems to have tons of them, but not at 50 cents/100, sadly. Harvey
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Harvey White
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#148905
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Re: S6 Sampling Head Bridge Cavity Question
Oh but you are definitely not alone on that ;-) I had a good laugh when I saw https://xkcd.com/1994/ which (apart from the time axis scaling) seemed awfully familiar ... Cheers Peter
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Peter H
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Re: Repairing plated through holes.
Mouser stocks several sizes of staking tools from Keystone that might come in handy. Not really cheap, but I have one of the sets (don't remember which one) that I use when I need to stake a terminal
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David M
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Re: Up to date capacitor list for Tek 2465A and 2465B scopes (2018)
Lots of parts leads to confusion, its all good. Once this is done it will be good for a year or two at least. Here is another correction C1113 180 ?F 40 ELCTLT 330 ?F 50 C1114 250 ?F 100 ELCTLT 330
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Timothy
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#148902
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Re: Tek 2337 (looks mint) on Goodwill.
Looks like it is very clean, If I still lived in Ft worth I'd run over and turn it on to check it out. has probes and all. 100MHz Analog Scope ( later 150MHz version I think) plus a built in DMM More
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Dave / NR1DX
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