TekScopes

Re: sc504 Ghost Images

jonpaul@... (Jean-Paul) — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 19:29:52 -0700

Dear Barry

Suggest you read the excellent Tektronix Circuit Concept book on oscilloscope CRTs, and learn about the development and characteristics of mesh dome CRT.

Then follow the service manual on calibration for the CRT, and HV circuits

Jon

Re: Tektronix 2247A problem. Keep or return?

jmczaja@... (Jay Czaja) — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:23:27 -0700

I have a bit more info. I started the scope up again and I got the initial interrupt error that I posted in the beginning of this thread.

When I shut it off and started it back up, I was able to read the error message on the screen. It read "PART NUMBER 160-3493-00"

I was able to find this in the service manual and it appears to be a microcontroller. "MICROCKT, DGTL:8 BIT MICROCOMPUTER, MASKED FOR READOUT SYSTEM"

Is this a part I would need to find a donor scope to scavenge from?

I found also this part number 160-2393-00 on the following 2245A "TekWiki"page and there appears to be a ROM image. Is this something that would be abled to be downloaded and programed?

https://w140.com/tekwiki/wiki/2245

Re: sc504 Ghost Images

groupsio@... (Barry Breaux) — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 11:35:15 -0700

Jean-Paul and Raymond,

Is there anything that can be done to improve this behavior? I was thinking that reducing the sensitivity of the intensity adjustment might help.

Thoughts?

Barry

Re: New Customs Duties on Imports to the USA, regarding CondorAudio Tekscope Kits

tamhan@... (Tam Hanna) — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 06:35:17 -0700

Hello,
For all those of you new to customs - in Europe we had it for 20 years.

Small video is at <https://youtu.be/XCgWlNomEgo?feature=shared> which should answer some questions.

Tam

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Re: Tektronix 2247A problem. Keep or return?

jonpaul@... (Jean-Paul) — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 06:00:37 -0700

Noise may be HV corona

j

Re: New Customs Duties on Imports to the USA, regarding CondorAudio Tekscope Kits

jonpaul@... (Jean-Paul) — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 05:59:58 -0700

Dear Menecham:

Very timely note, suggest to repost on Tekscopes2 and BUY/SELL forums. Perhaps also EEVblog?

We have seen congress in US proposing removing the deminimus exemption. The entire customs/tarrifs is in flux.

Chel the CBP/USPS/Fed Ex for latest info.

Our personal and corporate inports/shipping expericance

1/ The declaration of CoE, Harm # and exact descr is critial to get fast and correct clearance.

2/ Imports of USA CoE are NOT tarriffed by USA regardlss fo the export country,

3/ The reciever in USA may have a tax/tarriff levied by the shipper/US CBP, wheri must be paid before seivery.

4/ The amount is ENTIRELY at the descretion of the government office/worker that clear the shipment, and varies randomly......

High value shipments arealways examined , small packages and lw value MAY be taxed.

Best plan: Fill exact customs decalr with carefully choosen HARM number and country of origin with descr matche HARM # exactly.

Just my experince since 1970s of internation shipping

SHALOM!

Jon

Re: Tektronix 2247A problem. Keep or return?

jmczaja@... (Jay Czaja) — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 05:54:29 -0700

Alright, so I'm not in the clear with this 2247A. I've been busy with other things and had the scope off for about 3 days. Turned it on this morning and noticed the trace was a little noisy without a probe connected and I also noticed a very faint high pitch noise that I haven't heard before. I didn't think much of it but after being on for about 5 minutes, the scope locked up and all of the LEDs in the horizontal section were off and all controls were unresponsive. When I turned the scope off, I noticed the screen displayed a little square that disappears, almost as if something was being discharged. I really don't know how I can explain it but usually when I turn the scope off, the display just turns off. I noticed this screen aberration when turning the scope off when I initially observed the lockup/error problem.

When I turned it back on, the high pitched noise was no longer present and it hasn't locked up again. The high pitched noise would point to something in SMPS, or at least I would think. Any idea how I can troubleshoot this further? My though was to leave the scope off for another few days , take the chassis out before restarting it and then if I get it to fail, check the voltages and see if anything looks to be out of spec. It seems like the scope doesn't like a cold, cold start and the failure disappears after the scope stays on for a bit. Almost seems like one (or more) of the caps are borderline.

Thoughts?

Re: fitting new 'sleepy eye' power indicator to 2465 'scope?

clarkfoley@... (Clark Foley) — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 18:49:40 -0700

I have a sleepy-eye assembly, switch attached to cable, if interested. I got it from the Tek Country Store (Tek salvage and surplus). It appears to be unused.
Photographs at

/g/TekScopes/album?id=301673

Clark

Re: sc504 Ghost Images

jonpaul@... (Jean-Paul) — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 11:18:10 -0700

Raymond! YES I mewant CRT expansion mesh, the SC504 have it bad, due to CRT geom, the SC501/2/3 do NOT

Cheers

Jon

New Customs Duties on Imports to the USA, regarding CondorAudio Tekscope Kits

yachadm@... (M Yachad) — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 07:19:26 -0700

I've had a couple of enquiries from US members here, requesting clarity on the new Customs Duties - which may or may not be applicable on my 24xx series Tekscope kits, which are shipped from here in Jerusalem, Israel.

For PERSONAL imports, which is EXACTLY what these are, when you buy the kits from me, there is what's called in Government language, a "De Minimus" level of US$800.

That means that any PERSONAL import (in this case, up to 3 kits) from Israel to the USA is EXEMPT from US Customs Duties, when the value is less than US$800, and 17% when the value is more than US$800.

Commercial imports (which these kits are not, unless you buy a number of kits for a commercial enterprise) from Israel are taxed at 17% from the first Dollar, irrespective of the value.

So, the bottom line is that if you (a US Resident) buy 1 or 2 kits from me, valued at about $70 each, then you are exempt from the new US Customs Duties.

I hope this helps to clarify the issue!

Regards

Menahem Yachad
www.condoraudio.com

Re: Help with 2465B failing display please...

schubertlieder@... (Jack Walton) — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 06:36:48 -0700

According to Findchips.com, Quest Components has VN1316

Re: Help with 2465B failing display please...

halfoster@... (Harold Foster) — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 01:36:19 -0700

Thanks to all that have posted - it looks like I'm just going to find the time to open it up and start diagnosing. My feeling, and that that seems to be the opinion here as well, is that the fault should be fairly easy to narrow down as all is working *except* for the display. Of course, finding the time is where the *real* work lies...

Re: horz output FETs in 2245?

d44617665@... (Dave Wise) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:40:30 -0700

These parts are being operated in their linear region, so Rds(on) isn't relevant. As long as they can take the heat, what we need is agility, that is, minimal Ciss/Coss/Crss.
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Chris Elmquist via groups.io <chrise@...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 11:18 AM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TekScopes] horz output FETs in 2245?

On Wednesday (04/02/2025 at 05:47PM +0000), Dave Wise via groups.io wrote:

If I had a 2245 with your problem I'd be looking for... Hmm. Your parts are running naked, right - no heat sink? That's maybe 1W.

Yes-- they have no heatsinks and are spec'd at 3W max in the TO-39 can.

The left plate pair gets so hot I can't touch it but I realize that's not a
calibrated measurement.

An eBay seller has TO-92 VP0116 $15 for 10, glue on a copper fin. But nobody is selling VN1316 AFAICT.

There are also VP0120 and VN1320 which are similar devices with a higher
Vdgs (200V). These would likely work just fine too if they could be found.

Look at Mouser.com . They don't have any 160V P-channel RF MOSFETs so how about the regular ones? In 150V-300V select the lowest Ciss proxied as gate charge, that's Diodes Inc ZVP2545 in the SOT26-6 package. Put a copper fin on the drain pins and you should be okay.
For N-channel try Vishay SI3440 in TSOP-6. Second lowest gate charge and lowest Ciss.

Right. OK. Thanks. Ciss is the critical parameter then for performance
here? Was also wondering how critical the Rds (on resistance) would be
in this type of circuit? Modern FETs measure that in tenths of ohms
while these golden oldies measure it in 10s of ohms... eg, VN1316 is
at 40 ohm and VP0116 is at 25 ohm.

There's not a lot of clearance between the tops of these TO-39 and the
scope's enclosure though so some challenges with fitting new/different
stuff.

Could envision a little PCB that carries the SMT parts but has "leads"
coming out the bottom to mate up to the scope's PCB.

Chris

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Chris Elmquist via groups.io <chrise@...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 9:28 AM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: [TekScopes] horz output FETs in 2245?

I was given a 2245 recently which of course doesn't work too well.

Investigation reveals that Q805 and Q806, in the horizontal right plate
output stage, are cold to the touch.

The service manual, section 6.2 (page 6-19) says,

The MOSFET output transistors (Q801 and Q802 left plate-- Q805 and
Q806 right plate) run hot. If either side is cold, it is defective.

So, that's me and now I need to find a couple of these VDMOS FETs, which
seem to have become quite rare.

They are Tek P/N,

151-1211 VN1316N2 N-Channel VDMOS FET, 160V, 250mA, 40 ohm
151-1212 VP0116N2 P-Channel VDMOS FET, 160V, 250mA, 25 ohm

Has anyone solved this problem with a modern replacement pair? and have
suggested substitutes? These are in TO-39 package which adds additional
challenge but I suppose TO-220 or equiv could be made to fit. Of course,
the real thing would be great too if there is a source.

Thanks for any leads!

Chris
--
Chris Elmquist

--
Chris Elmquist

Re: sc504 Ghost Images

hewpatek@... (Raymond Domp Frank) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:10:10 -0700

internal CRT phosphor beam reflection ?

My money’s on scan expansion mesh (to increase deflection sensitivity) artefacts.

Raymond

Re: Help with 2465B failing display please...

siggi@... (Sigurður Ásgeirsson) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:03:29 -0700

On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM Harold Foster via groups.io <halfoster=
[email protected]> wrote:

How do you know which manual is appropriate to the SN? Am I missing the
obvious? I have manuals with the PN of 070-6863-00 and 070-6863-01

I'm not sure, and I'm not sure that it's going to matter until you're at
least elbows deep, at which point you'll know which SM you need. Note that
this scope may not correspond to a singular serial number, as individual
boards may have been moved from other scopes.

Also, something that nobody mentioned yet is whether the horizontal
connector to the CRT might have fallen off. I don't think that's likely, as
I think you'd have a trace and OSD on half the CRT, but again it's
something quick and easy to check.

Re: sc504 Ghost Images

groupsio@... (Barry Breaux) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:47:58 -0700

Jean-Paul, David,

Thanks for your responses!

OK, straight up. I have 5ct SC502's, 4ct SC503s and 2ct SC504s. This problem is unique to the SC504s. Yes, if I turn up the intensity the ghosting gets worse. If I turn down the intensity the ghosting get better, but the range that is satisfactory is very, very, very small and hard to stay in that range. There is something wrong.

David, I am in the US.

Barry

Re: sc504 Ghost Images

jonpaul@... (Jean-Paul) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:19:16 -0700

Ghost is normal at higher intensity, internal CRT phosphor beam reflection ?

One scope is missing a knob, on focus, inten, suggest you fix that it may be set too high

J

Re: horz output FETs in 2245?

chrise@... (Chris Elmquist) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:18:53 -0700

On Wednesday (04/02/2025 at 05:47PM +0000), Dave Wise via groups.io wrote:

If I had a 2245 with your problem I'd be looking for... Hmm. Your parts are running naked, right - no heat sink? That's maybe 1W.

Yes-- they have no heatsinks and are spec'd at 3W max in the TO-39 can.

The left plate pair gets so hot I can't touch it but I realize that's not a
calibrated measurement.

An eBay seller has TO-92 VP0116 $15 for 10, glue on a copper fin. But nobody is selling VN1316 AFAICT.

There are also VP0120 and VN1320 which are similar devices with a higher
Vdgs (200V). These would likely work just fine too if they could be found.

Look at Mouser.com . They don't have any 160V P-channel RF MOSFETs so how about the regular ones? In 150V-300V select the lowest Ciss proxied as gate charge, that's Diodes Inc ZVP2545 in the SOT26-6 package. Put a copper fin on the drain pins and you should be okay.
For N-channel try Vishay SI3440 in TSOP-6. Second lowest gate charge and lowest Ciss.

________________________________
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Chris Elmquist via groups.io <chrise@...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 9:28 AM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: [TekScopes] horz output FETs in 2245?

I was given a 2245 recently which of course doesn't work too well.

Investigation reveals that Q805 and Q806, in the horizontal right plate
output stage, are cold to the touch.

The service manual, section 6.2 (page 6-19) says,

The MOSFET output transistors (Q801 and Q802 left plate-- Q805 and
Q806 right plate) run hot. If either side is cold, it is defective.

So, that's me and now I need to find a couple of these VDMOS FETs, which
seem to have become quite rare.

They are Tek P/N,

151-1211 VN1316N2 N-Channel VDMOS FET, 160V, 250mA, 40 ohm
151-1212 VP0116N2 P-Channel VDMOS FET, 160V, 250mA, 25 ohm

Has anyone solved this problem with a modern replacement pair? and have
suggested substitutes? These are in TO-39 package which adds additional
challenge but I suppose TO-220 or equiv could be made to fit. Of course,
the real thing would be great too if there is a source.

Thanks for any leads!

Chris
--
Chris Elmquist

--
Chris Elmquist

Re: horz output FETs in 2245?

d44617665@... (Dave Wise) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:47:49 -0700

If I had a 2245 with your problem I'd be looking for... Hmm. Your parts are running naked, right - no heat sink? That's maybe 1W.
An eBay seller has TO-92 VP0116 $15 for 10, glue on a copper fin. But nobody is selling VN1316 AFAICT.

Look at Mouser.com . They don't have any 160V P-channel RF MOSFETs so how about the regular ones? In 150V-300V select the lowest Ciss proxied as gate charge, that's Diodes Inc ZVP2545 in the SOT26-6 package. Put a copper fin on the drain pins and you should be okay.
For N-channel try Vishay SI3440 in TSOP-6. Second lowest gate charge and lowest Ciss.

HTH,
Dave Wise
________________________________
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Chris Elmquist via groups.io <chrise@...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 9:28 AM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: [TekScopes] horz output FETs in 2245?

I was given a 2245 recently which of course doesn't work too well.

Investigation reveals that Q805 and Q806, in the horizontal right plate
output stage, are cold to the touch.

The service manual, section 6.2 (page 6-19) says,

The MOSFET output transistors (Q801 and Q802 left plate-- Q805 and
Q806 right plate) run hot. If either side is cold, it is defective.

So, that's me and now I need to find a couple of these VDMOS FETs, which
seem to have become quite rare.

They are Tek P/N,

151-1211 VN1316N2 N-Channel VDMOS FET, 160V, 250mA, 40 ohm
151-1212 VP0116N2 P-Channel VDMOS FET, 160V, 250mA, 25 ohm

Has anyone solved this problem with a modern replacement pair? and have
suggested substitutes? These are in TO-39 package which adds additional
challenge but I suppose TO-220 or equiv could be made to fit. Of course,
the real thing would be great too if there is a source.

Thanks for any leads!

Chris
--
Chris Elmquist

Re: Help with 2465B failing display please...

siggi@... (Sigurður Ásgeirsson) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:45:35 -0700

On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM Raymond Domp Frank via groups.io <hewpatek=
[email protected]> wrote:

'm no expert on U800 failures, but the two videos I found show different
symptoms
I was triggered by the frequent symptom of the complete screen info
pulling to one side - and beyond. I hope it’s not that serious though.

Yeah, you may well be right. Aside from the power supplies and U800, I
can't think of much that's common to the OSD and traces in the horizontal.
Personally I like to look for simple, inexpensive and fixable problems
first, I guess it's a case of streetlight effect (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetlight_effect).