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Hello Larry,
I would like to check, once more, that I am definitely included as I do not (explicitly) see my initials on your latest list.
Given my French name in two words, my initials should be "RLG" and not "RG" or "RL").
Please confirm, and (possibly) amend.
Cheers,
Rick (from AUS).

Hi all,
I have been accumulating TM500 modules and mainframes for a little while, so I recently finished building an 067-1201-99 TM500 mainframe tester from the Tek construction notes floating around.

On Jan 11, 2021, at 12:02 AM, Dennis Tillman W7pF <dennis@...> wrote:

?Sorry to disagree with all the naysayers but from the emails I have received so far the books are arriving ON or AHEAD of the estimated dates on the receipt I got from the post office.

I don't expect every one of the 76 books to arrive by Monday evening but I would not be surprised if at least 85% to 90% of them arrive with the remaining 6 to 10 books arriving a day or two later.

I predicted they would all arrive 10 days after I shipped them on 1/2/2021. That gives me until Tuesday evening for the last one to arrive. It will be close but I think my chances are better than 50/50 that they will all arrive by then.

If I focused on all the things that could go wrong including, as you suggested the USPS being unable to process the deliveries, I never would have called Peter Keller in the first place. I do not know whether the USPS will be able to deliver every book exactly when they say they will after having so many of their sorting machines destroyed this summer to intentionally slow down the mail. From what I can tell so far I would say they are doing an excellent job delivering the least important, lowest class media mail books, I entrusted to them.

I don't know about you but I am very impressed with the job the United States Postal System is doing delivering Peter's books to you everywhere in the United States.

Dennis Tillman W7pF

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gordon Smith
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2021 5:37 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TekScopes] Update on Domestic US Book Delivery Dates

On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 02:45 PM, Dennis Tillman W7pF wrote:


I just discovered the printed receipt I received from the post office
last week (when I mailed Peter Keller's books to US addresses)
contains Estimated Delivery Dates. It estimates that ALL of the books
will be delivered to you by this Monday 1/11 at the latest.

Books to Florida addresses will arrive on Monday which I can
understand since they are the furthest from Seattle.

Books to New York State and New England addresses will arrive on
Monday although one book already arrived at Zip Code 06851 in
Connecticut yesterday, 1/7.

Dennis Tillman W7pF

Hi Dennis,
My apologies, but I would take any estimated delivery dates by the Post Office with a grain of salt. Because of changes made to the US Postal service over the last year, mail delivery is lagging massively. It is so bad that I personally know of Priority mail items that were mailed 2 weeks before Christmas and some are just now getting to their recipients. I ordered two aluminum roll up shade aluminum tubes last week and the business flat out stated that they would NOT ship via USPS because of delivery issues. YMMV but just thought I would give a warning.

Thank You, Gordon







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Dennis Tillman W7pF
TekScopes Moderator

Are you willing to post the scope to Japan, if so how much?

Instead of a latch, I used a small cabinet pull for the module extender I built.? I don't see a need for latches for anything short of California's "big one".

John

On 1/10/2021 9:06 AM, Harvey White wrote:

I agree, latches are different.? What I was thinking of is that the extrusions for the 7000 series, if worked upon, could be used.? I'm assuming that the extrusions are the difficult part, and if the latch is not important, it may be left out.

Harvey


On 1/10/2021 10:58 AM, magnustoelle via groups.io wrote:

Good day,
may I correct you here, Harvey; the TM500/5000 use?the same mech design as used in the?Tektronix 5000 Series of oscilloscopes, not the 7000 series. ?We have had?a few related discussions earlier.
Jared, I wanted to congratulate you on your design and the time and effort that went into this! ????Particularly impressed by?the mechanical design, i.e.?how nicely the front panel mounted components fit etc.?I have searched for the 3D CAD software you used and it?seems you are using Rhinoceros, which aims the?professional designer community... That would explain a lot...
Cheers,
Magnus


Am Sonntag, Januar 10, 2021, 16:47 schrieb Harvey White <madyn@...>:

If you have some machining capability, or leave out the latch, you might
be able to use the rails from a dead 7000 series scope plugin.? The
extrusions seem to be the same size, width wise. They are, of course,
longer and have a different latch mechanism.

Might be useful to check.

Harvey


On 1/10/2021 3:41 AM, momemeca wrote:

Hello Larry,
Thank you for confirming and offering to add me to the list ?
Estimated costs are ok ?
My details as follows:
Rick LE GUEN
12 Bayvista Rise
Somerville
Victoria 3912
Australia (not Austria ?)C

Since I did not read the very original message of this post, can you please
clarify/confirm that the scope of supply is for PCBs only or other?
BOM included?
I am currently looking for an empty or U/S TM-500 module or a series 5000
module.? Please let me know if you have or know where I could get one (I do
know that they’re like chicken teeth ATM) ?

Cheers,
Rick.

On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 at 09:51, Larry McDavid <lmcdavid@...> wrote:

Rick, I need your full name to proceed. I can still add you to the list
of purchasers but you need to be aware postage by First Class Package to
Australia will be? US$27.75 plus US$5 for packaging. I'm reasonably
confident the board set will be priced at US$38.

This will be a flat package, not a box (which costs lots more), and
there will be a stiffener to prevent bending.

Larry


On 1/9/2021 5:30 AM, momemeca wrote:

Hello Larry,
I hope that I am not too late in requesting a complete board set for the

TM500 Mainframe Tester.

If at all possible, please include me to the list and advise of the

total cost including shipping to Somerville Post Code 3912, Victoria,
Australia.

Cheers,

Rick.

On 4 Jan 2021, at 17:39, Larry McDavid <lmcdavid@...> wrote:

Here is another update list of those wanting the TM500 tester board

set, with additions and minor changes. Please check this list carefully for
inclusion of your name in the two groups.

ML
PA
SM
DC
HB
GL
MH
JR
WR
JT
EW
RD
AW
SG
DS
JF
MU
PE
SN
SC
AA
BH
EPa
WS
KT
RDD
PM
GM
CC
BH
BK
LR
MP
MP
SA
BG
JK
LM


In addition to those above, the following have indicated an interest

but there is some issue that must be resolved before you can be included in
the order:

AA
PD
BO
CH
EP

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Best wishes,

Larry McDavid W6FUB
Anaheim, California? (SE of Los Angeles, near Disneyland)

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Best wishes,

Larry McDavid W6FUB
Anaheim, California? (SE of Los Angeles, near Disneyland)