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Re: NEW SUBJECT: Comprehensive list of Phosphors WAS: Blue phosphor scopes
I've been there before. Only an hour, Dennis? :-) -ls--
By teamlarryohio · #168748 ·
Re: (OT) repair tools: Autotransformers/variacs
Hi Dale, Thank you for confirming that the cheap Chinese variacs (oops... variable autotransformers) are suited for everybody, everywhere, except... ... except for those who use and have been using
By Ernesto · #168747 ·
Just added a big pile of 11K and 465M spares to stuff day...
Lots more hard to find spares uploaded to the stuff season page for you to browse through. Even P6134C 400MHz 11K Tek probes. Complete Vertical and Horizontal 465M plug ins (checked), and a huge pile
By walter shawlee <walter2@...> · #168746 ·
Re: Tek 576 Curve tracer XY out
From Dennis Tillman W7PF "Then it occurred to me that a 7603 with the right amplifiers might work just as well as a 600 monitor. " Wouldn't any dual channel plugin, like a 7A26 in both vertical and
By Tom Bowers · #168745 ·
Re: Pallet of scopes for sale
For those who are interested, the bid closed at $655 + $50.44 buyers premium + $65.50 tax for a total of $770.94 While not out of line for a 576 + 2 575s plus misc other stuff it was not what I would
By Paul Amaranth · #168744 ·
Re: Wikipedia is not an appropriate topic for TekScopes. WAS repair tools: Autotransformers/variacs
Where people are being encouraged to put their knowledge into Wikipedia, a lot. (Regurgitating outdated prejudices, not so much.) Gr¨¹?e, Carsten PS.: I¡¯ve been teaching for a few decades now, and
By Carsten Bormann · #168743 ·
Wikipedia is not an appropriate topic for TekScopes. WAS repair tools: Autotransformers/variacs
TekScopes is "All about classic Tektronix test equipment, its use, repair, and collecting". What do comments and opinions about Wikipedia have to do with TekScopes? Dennis Tillman W7pF -- Dennis
By Dennis Tillman W7pF · #168742 ·
Re: sw503
Hi I have one working unit with option 1 (75 ohm) When I got the unit, the frequency adjustment was broken. I fixed it by replacing a shorted electrolytic cap with ceramic one. The case was bent due
By ycui7 · #168741 ·
Re: Tek 576 Curve tracer XY out
Hi Thomas, I added XY outputs to my 577 one day out of necessity when the HV transformer failed so the CRT was dark. Walther Shawlee was the one who suggested this as a temporary way I could continue
By Dennis Tillman W7pF · #168740 ·
Re: Blue phosphor scopes
Years ago I had a 511A that had a blue trace with a long green afterglow. It was almost like having a memory scope!
By DaveH52 · #168739 ·
Re: Blue phosphor scopes
That p7 is actually a double phosphor - It was used in various radar/altimeter/loran displays. It fluoresced bright blue- very fast decay rate, then afterward in orange. The radar 'scopes usually had
By Verne Morrow · #168738 ·
Re: 475A for sale
I recently brought my 2465 back from the dead thanks, in large part, to my 465M that I also brought back from the dead. I learned early, while bringing a 510, 511 and 511A back from the dead in my
By DaveH52 · #168737 ·
NEW SUBJECT: Comprehensive list of Phosphors WAS: Blue phosphor scopes
The BEST (and as far as I know the ONLY) extremely comprehensive reference list of CRT phosphors I have ever found is the one compiled by Patrick Jankowiak KD5OEI from many different sources. It
By Dennis Tillman W7pF · #168736 ·
sw503
The? SW503 seems scarce.? Does anyone have a working unit which they might part with for a modest price? If this is a goofy request, let me know why.
By John Ferguson · #168735 ·
Re: Genealogy
Sorry abut that folks - I still haven't mastered my new email client - that should have gone to Miles and not to the list. -- Dale H. Cook, GR/HP/Tek Collector, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
By Dale H. Cook · #168734 ·
Re: Blue phosphor scopes
I have a NOS RCA 3WP1 with a mu metal shield that I bought new many years ago. I bought it for a backup for a scope I was traveling with, and never even powered it up. This is about the lowest
By Bert Haskins · #168733 ·
Re: Genealogy
Miles - It is the largest volunteer genealogy project in the country. The site for West Springfield is at: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mahampde/towns/westspringfield/index.html but there is not much
By Dale H. Cook · #168732 ·
Re: (OT) repair tools: Autotransformers/variacs
True, but Wikipedia trends over time toward correctness. The problem with printed and non-editable Web-based encyclopaedias is that their wrongness is set in stone.
By Dave Voorhis · #168731 ·
Re: Tektronix 2230
Hi, Try this very good document of H?kan : http://www.hakanh.com/dl/docs/troubleshooting_tips_on_2200_ps.pdf If you remove the switching transistor, you can feed a 43VDC into the scope to temporarily
By satbeginner · #168730 ·
Genealogy
Dale, I notice your deep involvement in genealogy. I am a descendant of MilesMorgan who settled West Springfield (1600's)..there is a statue of him in Court Square. I'm not familiar with the USGenWeb
By Roy Morgan <k1lky68@...> · #168729 ·