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Today, was trying to fix a Wiltron 610D sweep generator with no output. Opening it up revealed the very difficult path to just accessing any of their boards. No slack in connecting wires, no way to access components, etc. Maybe, I'm used to the cool parking lot layout of Tektronix. Anyone have any experience on Wiltron? I won't dare try to fix another one again.

I have the same experience with some Waveteks - a sweep/signal generator in
my case - and working on it has not been fun. Furthermore, I think the
design was fundamentally less than stellar (to be exceedingly polite), but
even as much as trying to repair it was underwhelming and
sometimes frustrating.

I've been avoiding similar units since, though Wavetek has some very good
metrology units that may change my mind if I try to fix them.

On Thu, May 8, 2025 at 8:46?PM naikm via groups.io <naikm=
[email protected]> wrote:

Today, was trying to fix a Wiltron 610D sweep generator with no output.
Opening it up revealed the very difficult path to just accessing any of
their boards. No slack in connecting wires, no way to access components,
etc. Maybe, I'm used to the cool parking lot layout of Tektronix. Anyone
have any experience on Wiltron? I won't dare try to fix another one again.

HP were very good inside to work on too.

It's when you fix white goods (washing machine or dryer) that you realise how low quality things and be

Radu, you are always exceedingly polite!
I’m surprised you had difficulty working on a Wavetek generator. I repaired my model 166 function generator about 8 years ago, and I don’t remember it being particularly difficult or inconvenient.

Unfortunately it’s back to its old trick of the square and pulse outputs flatlining after a few minutes of operation. Last time, it turned out to be a flaky connector between the power supply board and the main board. I bent the offending pin so that it made a positive connection. I will check this weekend what’s ailing it now.

Good luck and have a great weekend everyone!

Jim Ford
Laguna Hills, California, USA