Re: 1502 TDR
Neat.? I didn't know that they did that (and don't remember words to that effect that they did....) That being said, I had one that I bought that had the TD assembly removed completely. Wonder what
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Harvey White
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Re: You never know where Tek stuff will show up
I should mention that I do not consider myself a collector.? I do not have (some exaggeration here) spotlights pointing at pristine equipment sitting on a turntable behind glass.? I have the
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Harvey White
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Re: You never know where Tek stuff will show up
I had a great aunt, who was widowed, and only had one son, who died young.? Years ago when she died, the family was going through her stuff, and there where tons of photos, documents and the
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Dave Seiter
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Re: You never know where Tek stuff will show up
"My question then is this. What should those of us with large collections of Tek and other electronic equipment do while we are standing? I have over 50 scopes, a large collection of rare cameras, and
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Re: 1502 TDR
Thanks for the valuable information, Tom. It tells us that replacing the bnc with an sma would not necessarily be a welcome improvement. Cheers Tom Sent from my iThing, so please forgive brevity and
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Tom Lee
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Re: You never know where Tek stuff will show up
I am part of the majority here that is aging out and pondering what to do with one's "stuff".... Part of the angst is when to let go. Too young and you spend time wondering what to do, leave it too
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Ken Eckert
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Re: 1502 TDR
The 1502's BNC is, or should be, "magic". As Harvey White noted, the TD can be killed by static in a cable. Tek's solution was to have a shorting bar in the BNC socket. Before the cable is fully
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Tom Gardner
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Re: You never know where Tek stuff will show up
You have little control over things once you're out of the picture. Things very much depend on the reason you have this equipment. Collector of rarities? Perhaps give to museum or other such
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Harvey White
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Re: 1502 TDR
Be very very careful with the 1502. The tunnel diode (almost completely unavailable) is pretty much connected across the input.? The average cable can hold enough of a static charge to kill that
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Harvey White
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Re: You never know where Tek stuff will show up
My question then is this. What should those of us with large collections of Tek and other electronic equipment do while we are standing? I have over 50 scopes, a large collection of rare cameras, and
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John Williams
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1502 TDR
I bought the unit Sphere was selling. But with the flooding it will be a while before I can play with it :-( The specs indicate a BW of 2.5 GHz. However, the BNC front panel connector is a significant
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Reginald Beardsley
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Re: How to test a tunnel diode?
AFAIK, the TD was used in the pulse generator sub-system of the triggering system... of 'older' Tek scopes. (500? 400?) ... I think, 453,454 used a TD that way. AFAIR TD is used as a fast (relative to
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Roy Thistle
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Re: How to test a tunnel diode?
IIRC, it's about a 680 ohm resistor driven from 5 volts, the base resistors are 470K when switched in. Harvey
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Harvey White
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TEK 468 - intensity issue
Hello, I aquired 468 scope in mint condition, but with some problems.., 1. first power on, LEDs and fan working, but no traces, no HV voltage.., HV F809 fuse blown, Q1108 blown, L107 shorted Replaced
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deepspace@...
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Re: You never know where Tek stuff will show up
It's not always bad news. A few years ago a lawyer I know had to deal with the estate of a client who hoarded electronic and engineering "stuff". He asked me for help and also contacted the local
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Morris Odell
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Re: You never know where Tek stuff will show up
That's just messed up! -Dave Hide quoted text No I understand fully. Just did the same with my Dad's estate except it was 30000+ photos of aircraft and 200+ books on aviation plus a very large pile of
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John Scoles
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Re: How to test a tunnel diode?
atmega tester don?t have enought current tor drive a 10mA TD. It will be seen as a low ohms resistor, 10 ohms aprox for a 10mA TD diode
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Miguel Work
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Re: How to test a tunnel diode?
Yes, I have a curve tracer too. I think that is John Hudak who is asking Now I?m trying to measure the TD capacitande. /g/TekScopes/album?id=260881 If you set low series resistor in
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Miguel Work
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Re: How to test a tunnel diode?
Thanks for that explanation Miguel. I knew there was a way to do this. I have a Curve Tracer, so I have not had to use your method. . -- Michael Lynch Dardanelle, AR
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Michael W. Lynch
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Re: How to test a tunnel diode?
I use a 50ohms function generator and a simle octopus, Check shunt resistor for not exced the max TD rated current
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Miguel Work
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