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Re: Tektronix 2230
Hello Saroj,
the high pitch sound should indicate it is trying to oscillate and turn on the FET. The one you have should be OK too. The thing is, the inrush current of these switch mode PS is very high, so it could be the bulb preventing it to switch on properly... If you don't find any obvious shorts around the FET and other transistor, I would try it without the bulb... Connect a voltmeter to the expected 43V and see what happens :-) Good luck, Leo |
Re: Wikipedia is not an appropriate topic for TekScopes. WAS repair tools: Autotransformers/variacs
Reg,
You mentioned "a pair of 106s" - Hewlett-Packard frequency standards? Those were very accurate quartz standards and hard to find. I once turned up a couple and they worked but had been heavily modified by some US Government lab - the fine frequency adjustment was partly removed. I swapped them to a time-and-frequency guy who wanted them for parts to keep his 106 running. I have used an HP 107 and have a 105A quartz standard that runs fine. I used to check the 105 against WWV 60kHz, but am in the process of switching to GPS as a reference. I have an HP disciplined quartz standard that uses GPS to keep the quartz oscillator on frequency. Do you know about the "Time Nuts" folks? Steve H. On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 9:28 PM Reginald Beardsley via groups.io <pulaskite= [email protected]> wrote: On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 02:09 PM, Dennis Tillman W7pF wrote:repair, |
Re: OT: Strobe lights - just a suggestion, no discussion needed
The discussion of strobe lights and Harold Edgerton brought to mind his
work on the "Rapatronic" shutter which was used to take photographs of early atomic tests. Here's ab it about the Rapatronic: If you are interested in seeing some of the photos and more techniques to film atomic explosions (not trivial since the exposure range was huge) there's a book titled "How to Photograph an Atomic Bomb" by Peter Curran. The hardcover edition has gotten very expensive as it is nearly sold out and won't be reprinted. The softcover edition is less expensive. If you search the archive of this group, there were some threads from 2017 about the use of Tektronix scopes for data acquisition during atomic testing. Steve H. On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 7:44 PM Ed Breya via groups.io <edbreya= [email protected]> wrote: In the recent thread about variacs, there was a tangent off to strobe |
Re: Pacific Measurements or Wavetek 1038 System
Karl,
Now THAT is what I call very serious restoration work! Nice going! Steve H. On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 10:49 PM Karl Ireland via groups.io <rf-guy= [email protected]> wrote: I restored a Wavetek 1038-NS20 to fully working condition. |
Re: Tektronix 2230
Hi Leo
I am still searching for the component. I got 4.7 Ohms resistor an 2n5401transistor. Replaced 39 Ohms resistor and 2n2907. For the time being I replaced q9070 by irf 830 which is very close to the one you suggested in terms of switching time and has better voltage and current performance. For cr 907 I replaced by two 1n4936 in parallel which has switching time of 200ns which is quite higher than switching time of Byz73g. And put the scope on with same current limiter bulb. This time the bulb lights on continuously bright (does not flash Ann no ticking sound) and I could hear high pitch sound which is not very loud. But all the voltage dropped across the limiter bulb. I could get around 7 v across c906. I might be wrong but what I am thinking is q907 fired on and never came to off state or there is a dead short in the preregulator. Of course I Wil replace those two component when I get them. Saroj On Mon, Jun 29, 2020, 3:25 PM Saroj Pradhan via groups.io <sarojman.Pradhan= [email protected]> wrote: Hi leo |
Re: (OT) repair tools: Autotransformers/variacs
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 10:38 AM, Jean-Paul wrote:
I Jon, Why should serious users avoid the "Chinese copies" ?? Why should "used" be preferable to new? Are variacs like bottles of wine? I was a serious competent professional for many decades. After I retired, the "serious" went away and I am simply a competent user. And as such, I have found nothing inferior in my "Chinese copied variac'. Nothing that I see could give problems to my grandchildren when they inherit this variac. When you plug your brand name made in USA variac into a power strip cord, you make sure that this power strip is also a used cord made in USA and not a copied new Chinese power cord? Ernesto |
Re: What's the Tektronix part number for a dead spider
Do we really need 20 replies to this?
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Dennis Tillman W7pF -----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dick Sent: Monday, June 29, 2020 7:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TekScopes] What's the Tektronix part number for a dead spider Where is it located ? 73, Dick, W1KSZ ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of snapdiode via groups.io <snapdiode@...> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2020 10:41 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [TekScopes] What's the Tektronix part number for a dead spider Can you see it? I thought it was funny. -- Dennis Tillman W7pF TekScopes Moderator |
Re: Tek Purchased Power Supplies, Power One
Hi Jay,
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LOL Thank you for saying what I was thinking so much better than I did. That brought a big smile to my face. Dennis Tillman W7pF -----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay Walling via groups.io Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2020 10:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TekScopes] Tek Purchased Power Supplies, Power One -- Dennis Tillman W7pF TekScopes Moderator |
Re: Pacific Measurements or Wavetek 1038 System
Karl Ireland
I restored a Wavetek 1038-NS20 to fully working condition.
It is using these modules: 1038-NS20, D14, NS206, and one labled "calibrator output" and "ext ref input". When I bought it on eBay, I found out that ALL the push-buttons had degraded over time where they didn't snap in/out when pressed, most of them were permanently pushed in which locked up the instrument! I had to remove the 1038-NS20 module from the frame, disassemble the 1038-NS20 module, unsolder all the pushbutton switches, cut open all the switches, remove the guts, put each one on my milling machine & machine the internal area larger, install a new tiny pushbutton switch inside the original switch body and solder the connections, epoxy it in place, close-up the switch with the original engraved push-button re-installed. solder the switches back into the PCB, re-install the PCB into the 1038-NS20 module, plug the module back into the frame & power it up for a test. All the buttons worked! This took an entire weekend to do! |
Re: Wikipedia is not an appropriate topic for TekScopes. WAS repair tools: Autotransformers/variacs
On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 02:09 PM, Dennis Tillman W7pF wrote:
WTF! Discussions drift because people make statements others don't understand and the explanations often go far afield. It is inevitable. I was not aware that discussion on TekScopes was restricted to the cognesceti. If that's the case then I certainly don't belong here. I own 8-10 pieces of Tek gear and about 20-25 pieces of HP gear. And no significant experience with any except for a pair of 106s and a 465. And my recent 11801. It was simply outside my budget until a couple of years ago when old age set in. "Collecting" test gear borders on being offensive to me. It seems to be a TekScopes obsession. I've never seen an "is an xxxx worth restoring?" post on the HPAK list. These instruments were made to be *used*, not worshiped. If TekScopes is going "technically correct" I'm simply going to stop reading it. Reg |
Re: Tek 2215 vertical gain
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 05:30 PM, John Shadbolt wrote:
John, Glad to hear that this helped you. Exercise all those switches vigorously. My 485 took quite some time to become fully functional. I cleaned and used DEOXIT on the thing about 3 or 4 different times before the trace came fully back as it should be. Make sure to use a cleaner that does not leave residue or attract dust. There are a lot of these switches on TEK scopes and they all suffer from the same malady. Clean everyone that you can find on your 2215. I find dirty switches and contacts are the number one cause of scope "failures". Good Luck with your scope. -- Michael Lynch Dardanelle, Arkansas |
Re: Tek 2215 vertical gain
On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 02:37 AM, Michael W. Lynch wrote:
I do not know if this is relevant, but I have a 485 that did a similar thing.Thanks Mike, very relevant, I cleaned up the beam finder switch and the difference between bottom and top height is now 1.8 and 2.5 squares (1:1.4) so an improvment over 2.5 and 4 squares (1:1.6). Beam finder switches clearly don't get used much! Regards, John |
Re; OT: Strobe light related -books FS
Hello--
I'm offering FS a trio of books dedicated to electronic strobe and other high-speed photographic techniques. All three books are mainly of historical interest and hence are sold in one batch. As you might expect, these books feature lots of cool illustrations showing spilled milk,? shattered bottles, explosions, hummingbird tongues and more. Harold Edgerton's name is prominent in the bibliographies. Science of Electronic Flash Photography, by Kenneth Karsten, Chilton Book Co., NYC, 1968 ed. not stated. 190 pp. indexed, Includes plans for building strobe power supply and strobe lights. Hardcover in very good cond., dust jacket in VG- minus cond. (small tear on reverse, edge nicks). Many photos, line drawings and and schematic illustrations. Interior is unmarked. Previous owner's stamp on flyleaf. "Strobe" The Lively Light, by Howard Luray, Camera Craft Publishing, 2nd ed., 1954. 144 pp. Hardcover boards in gold finish, in VG condition, dust jacket in good cond (spine wear. edge nicks. Bibliography, index High Speed Photography, Its Principles and Applications, by George A. Jones,? John Wiley & Sons, New York, First Edition, 1952. Hardcover ed. in VG condition, 320 pp. index, illustrated.? Describes electronic flash, streak cameras,film techniques. Extensive bibliography. I'm asking $18.00 for the lot of three books, which includes USPS media-mail shipment. Questions welcomed, PayPal honored. Thanks, and 73-- Brad? AA1IP P.S.: I may have some NOS strobe tubes FS if anyone is interested. |
Re: What's the Tektronix part number for a dead spider
What is the thing it's sitting on? An adjustable coil?
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-Dave On Sunday, June 28, 2020, 10:41:33 PM PDT, snapdiode via groups.io <snapdiode@...> wrote:
Can you see it? I thought it was funny. |
Re: What's the Tektronix part number for a dead spider
One of our cats loves to pee in interesting places, so the Tek gear stacked in my office always has to have "uncomfortable" items placed on top to keep the cat off.? The other cat I don't have to worry about- the only place she pees is on the floor in front of the litter boxes...
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-Dave On Monday, June 29, 2020, 11:00:50 AM PDT, Randy.AB9GO <randy.ab9go@...> wrote:
Be glad that is all it did.? If there was a "interesting smell" the cat may pee in or on it.? Don't ask how I know...And mine wasn't on the ground.? Randy AB9GO |
Re: What's the Tektronix part number for a dead spider
Never have found mice, but I did have a problem in Colorado years ago while doing a lot of solo mountaineering. Every night I was sleeping in my car (and I'm sure when I was away too), marmots would gnaw on the underside of my car.? Thankfully, they stuck with the undercoating, and left the wiring and brake lines alone!? I always checked before driving to the next spot.
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About the same time, I drove from somewhere in the southern Sierras to Newport beach (SoCal). When I arrived, I wanted to check my oil, so I popped the hood, and something jumped out and ran off.? Probably a large ground squirrel- I'm sure it was really confused, but thankful to be out of the engine compartment! -Dave On Monday, June 29, 2020, 08:19:53 AM PDT, Chuck Harris <cfharris@...> wrote:
Spiders in the plugins?? That's nothing!? I don't think mine would work without the spiders and the stinkbugs. For me, it is usually some critter trying to pimp my ride with modifications to the vacuum hoses, wiring harnesses, undercoating, and any sound deadening material. Seriously, cars have been made for what, 150 years? At this point in time, the designers have every millimeter of the body and chassis in a computer, and know where every hole the size of a mouse exists in the chassis.? And, they *still* can't keep mice out of cars? For starters, they could stop making them out of tasty food. Wire insulation made out of soy, sound deading made out of corn, and undercoating made out of what?... Cotton candy? Sorry for the diversion of the topic.? I just spent another day de-mousing. -Chuck Harris Colin Herbert via groups.io wrote: Look 210mm from the front panel and 91mm from the base. I think it may have |
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