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I received another patient...this time it's a 454 that is outwardly fine (actually it's in superb condition), but had a very serious HV fault. Apparently the previous user was using it and it started
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Sean Turner
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Re: To Beeswax or not to Beeswax: that is the question.
As I recall, it is secreted on trees, scraped off and cleaned somehow. Over the past thirty years or so there have been numerous articles about the origin of shellac in Fine Woodworking magazine. That
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Dave Daniel
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Re: To Beeswax or not to Beeswax: that is the question.
Is it secreted? I always thought it was distilled from the bug's shell. -Dave
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Dave Seiter
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Re: Provenance of your vintage gear
Probably came from a hamfest, the yellowsheet, gift from friend, etc. Stuff I sold on eBay made it to Hawaii, Japan and Europe.... Also lots of stuff from St Louis migrated eastward. then there is
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Jeff Kruth
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Re: Provenance of your vintage gear
That or Y-12, but I don't recall if Hughes was ever involved with Y-12. Sean
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Sean Turner
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Re: Tektronix 606A that resists being repaired
Hi, Tom. I received the UF4004 Ultra fast diodes and replaced the 1N4004 diodes in the circuits loading the secondary of transformer T710 but to no avail. The behavior hasn't changed. Just curious
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jrseattle
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Re: To Beeswax or not to Beeswax: that is the question.
Tektronix was surely a very minor user of beeswax for high voltage transformers. All TV's back in the 50's and 60's used beeswax transformers is far greater quantities and at higher voltages then the
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cnc_joker
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Re: To Beeswax or not to Beeswax: that is the question.
Well, there is shellac, based on a resin secreted by the lac bug. It¡¯s probably not useful for transformers, though. DaveD
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Dave Daniel
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Re: TDS544A with strange display
#photo-notice
As said earlier the shutter is of no concern (somebody here mentioned magenta when I disconnected the shutter: if you look closer there is magenta on the right lower corner, blue on the left and green
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Titi
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Re: To Beeswax or not to Beeswax: that is the question.
Knowing what makes "beeswax" beeswax? Well real Bees wax is the wax from a bee (generally in the US, Apis mellifera), from a gland when the bee is young and taking care of the brood in the hive. The
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ykochcal
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Re: To Beeswax or not to Beeswax: that is the question.
Can we use other animal's wax? Maybe caterpillars or wasps?
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Snappy
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Re: Provenance of your vintage gear
When I was in high school a retired professor who had a long-time habit of buying electronic equipment at military surplus
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Jonathan Pyle
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Re: TDS544A with strange display
#photo-notice
In the 90's there were some issues with CRT's on color TDS's showing a blue band on the CRT about a third of the screen area in size and located in the upper region. It didn't look exactly like yours
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zenith5106
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Re: TDS544A with strange display
#photo-notice
Jeff wrote: There are two separate display controllers in the TDS700 series, I presume that the 500 series color circuitry is similar.
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Jay Walling
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Re: SC502 looking for a replacement of dual 6-pin FET in input stage
Hi Martin, would you think that the dual FETs Teledyne SU2369A would be useful for your application I can send you a couple. Contact me off list. G?ran
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G?ran Krusell
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Re: To Beeswax or not to Beeswax: that is the question.
Roy Thistle wrote: I don't think is exactly that we don't know what beeswax is, but that it's a common name for a set of similar substances based on their source, not on their chemical constituents.
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Jeff Dutky
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Re: 3T77 tunnel diodes (again)
Rather than fiddle around with driver stages, I decided to try Albert's suggestion of driving the TD directly from the last hex inverter (+5 to anode of TD, cathode to trimpot to TTL output). Somewhat
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Charles, WB3JOK/0
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Re: I built a TM500 mainframe tester, and updated the design. Someone might find this useful?
Confirmed, I have: meter hi: red meter lo: white -15V: black gnd: green +15V: red +5V: red [email protected]> wrote: -- Andy
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Andy Warner
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Re: TDS544A with strange display
#photo-notice
Okay, I've done a little research on the Tek color shutter system, and it seems to involve not 3 colors, but actually 4 colors: Red, Green, Blue, and White. So the white regions are NOT being
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Jeff Dutky
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Re: To Beeswax or not to Beeswax: that is the question.
My impression is that potting or coating compounds are ofte a mixture of bee's wax and rosin. Maybe of different waxes. To fill the voids it may be necessary to boil the transformer (or whatever) in
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Richard Knoppow
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