Re: wrenching ( was: Capacitor sniffing) OT
Re: vomit smelling screwdrivers and : Cellulose Acetate, and Cellulose Acetate Butyrate. I /think/ both get the white-crud. ? It's the CAB that breaks down and releases butyric acid, which smells
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William Ray
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Re: Russian Tunnel Diodes
I don't want my comments to be a source of disparagement of Leo's work. I haven't spent a great deal of time studying what he has done, but in all of the scope pictures he has presented, there is very
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Chuck Harris <cfharris@...>
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Re: Russian Tunnel Diodes
Consider the time scale on Leo's plots and the response of the scope he's using which is what you are seeing in the calibration plot. I can't find my plot right now as my bench is undergoing at
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Reginald Beardsley
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Re: wrenching ( was: Capacitor sniffing) OT
I think Shakespeare warned us of that Chuck? "The tongues of mocking wenches are as keen as is the razor's edge" ...oh....sorry........w*R*enching....misread the subject..... Adrian
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Adrian Nicol
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Re: Tube test adaptor for Tektroinx 575 was: Re: [TekScopes] FS: miscellaneous Tektronix manuals
That is absolutely true! Should have spotted the potential for confusion since my son is a bass guitarist :-)
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Craig Sawyers <c.sawyers@...>
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Re: Succession plans and wills - Re: [TekScopes] How Many Scopes?
One of the less bad routes is to a local hackspace/makerspace. My local one has had a Tek 2245 , a Telequipment DM63, and lots of drawers of components. A problem is that youngsters think
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Tom Gardner
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Re: wrenching ( was: Capacitor sniffing) OT
There were a couple different types of plastic used for tool handles, and one develops a white film as it decomposes. I've only seen it in colored handles, but once it starts, it seems to keep eating
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Michael A. Terrell
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Re: wrenching ( was: Capacitor sniffing) OT
That hasn't been my experience, and the same wrench was sold with or without the plastic cover. They have the same weight, since their isn't that much plastic. It was pre 'Cooper Tools' manufactured
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Michael A. Terrell
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Re: wrenching ( was: Capacitor sniffing) OT
I used to have a cheap hammer that someone broke off most of the head, driving a 16 penny nail. It was in the box of 'loaner tools' as a joke. :) OTOH, someone could have been badly hurt, or killed by
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Michael A. Terrell
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Re: Mod on horizontal plug-in 7B80
It should be quite obvious if compared to an unmodified 7B80. This is what the mod manual insert says: // 7B80 MOD GB This manual insert describes MOD GB as it applies to the Tektronix Time Base
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zenith5106
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Re: Tube test adaptor for Tektroinx 575 was: Re: [TekScopes] FS: miscellaneous Tektronix manuals
That can be confused with a type of guitar pickup. :) Michael A. Terrell
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Michael A. Terrell
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Re: Tube test adaptor for Tektroinx 575 was: Re: [TekScopes] FS: miscellaneous Tektronix manuals
The other common term (at least on my side of the pond) was hum bucker. Craig
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Craig Sawyers <c.sawyers@...>
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Re: Tube test adaptor for Tektroinx 575 was: Re: [TekScopes] FS: miscellaneous Tektronix manuals
A center tapped filament transformer, or a 'hum balance' circuit to create an artificial center tap will do even better. That circuit was often no more than a 200 ohm pot across the winding, with the
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Michael A. Terrell
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Re: 466 Channel 2 problem
Colin, If you press the beam finder and then switch Ch 2 to 'invert' does the position of the channel 2 trace move? This is a quick check on whether the channel 2 imbalance is before or after the
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Roger Evans
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Re: wrenching ( was: Capacitor sniffing) OT
Yeah, I had a friend in high school who used to buy cheap tools at the swap meet.? The infamous "lead-head" hammer that got dents in it after pounding in nails and the ratchet extender that twisted
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Jim Ford
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Re: wrenching ( was: Capacitor sniffing) OT
Hello, Chuck-- I have a set of those, too. A set of screwdrivers from that time don't smell like much of anything. 73-- Brad AA1IP
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Brad Thompson
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Re: Mod on horizontal plug-in 7B80
Are you sure you didn't mod it yourself?? Maybe the GB stands for Gary Bosworth?! ;) Jim F Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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Jim Ford
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Re: wrenching ( was: Capacitor sniffing) OT
Yeh, I don't use the mechanic tools for electronic's either have specialized tools with plastic handles, coverings for that. I had about 20 grand of Snap On tools for the mechanic side, some
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v_12eng@...
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Re: Mod on horizontal plug-in 7B80
Have you compared it to a standard 7B80?? Sometimes the mods are obvious. -Dave To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2018 7:17 PM Subject: [TekScopes] Mod on horizontal plug-in 7B80
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Dave Seiter
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Re: wrenching ( was: Capacitor sniffing) OT
If by stink, you mean smell, a lot of plastics start out benign, and end up really smelly. I have a set of Craftsman nutdrivers from the 1970's that woke up one day and smelled like vomit. And, have
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Chuck Harris <cfharris@...>
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