Test Equipment Anonymous

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Zenith wrote: ↑Sat Aug 16, 2025 2:00 pm The slippery slopes of LCR nuttery.

R yes, because you can expect sufficient sig fig to be interesting.

L and C unlikely, because <0.5% seems to be "high accuracy".

Played around with it again last night.

Some 1µH inductors disguised as resistors with a silver band measured 1.1µH. Can't argue with that.

Some relatively chunky 0.75µH inductors measured around 1µH. Conceivably there is a frequency dependence of the core, but I'm unconvinced.

A hamfest or two ago I picked up a couple of inductors because... do I need to spell it out?! Anyway, I like Muirhead and Cambridge Instruments kit. I checked for continuity but unsurprisingly my cheap component tested didn't bother to measure L. Hence I was dreaming up ways to measure the inductanc...

Sounds like hell. Would rather have a couple of CFM56's shoving me along. At least if you do something wrong it indicates to you verbally that you're a retard. Don't need to be told anything in a glider. If you do something wrong in a glider one of three things happens: it gets very quiet (and the ...

I always assumed it meant the same as it does in model aircraft - you've slammed the stick all the way to the stops and still pulling. :lol: That's why I grudgingly forced myself to learn to be a "pinch flyer". ;) Basically, yes, that's what it means. For beginners, however, it refers to ...

What a great, descriptive phrase! It is nice, isn't it :) Most occupations seem to have such slang in-jokes that aren't used in other circumstances. Given the minuscule amount of force necessary to move the stick, the concept of bending it is unthinkable. I always assumed it meant the same as it do...

TD pulse generators were used for cable fault location, e.g. Tek 1502. Operates in driving rain, has a unique shorting BNC connector to discharge static on cables, used in Patriot missiles batteries.

My 1971 Philips 1.7GHz sampling scope has a 2GHz FET in the trigger circuits, BC107s elsewhere.

Tunnel diodes were interestingly fast compared with contemporary Ge transistors

"Incremental" would be OK if the increment was in a realistic direction without caveats.

I don't see quantum computing being general purpose, but then crypto doesn't have to be.

New paper about quantum computers is available... "Similarly, quantum factorisation is performed using sleight-of-hand numbers that have been selected to make them very easy to factorise using a physics experiment and, by extension, a VIC-20, an abacus, and a dog." https://www.schneier.com...

What's the Allen Deviation of your pulse (and other clocks)? See the PDF on http://www.leapsecond.com/ten/

Too much other timenuts stuff on that site

Only 37 songs, I believe - but still remembered over half a century later... https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/28/tom-lehrer-dies-aged-97-dead-musical-satirist This is important, not political correctness. I tell people, "I'll call you women instead of girls, just so long as I get paid...

AVGresponding wrote: ↑Sat Jul 26, 2025 12:12 pm

tggzzz wrote: ↑Fri Jul 25, 2025 11:05 am "pole bending"

What a great, descriptive phrase!

It is nice, isn't it Most occupations seem to have such slang in-jokes that aren't used in other circumstances.

Given the minuscule amount of force necessary to move the stick, the concept of bending it is unthinkable.

It depends on the person using the word I find. Pleasure from a closely related person's achievements is the textbook definition of pride. It's when it crosses into glory and making it about yourself i.e. achievement by proxy, there's a problem. She did the work and got the degree. I am happy for h...

Hard to beat sitting behind your pilot daughter on A320 flight deck watching her takeoff and landing in another city. Properly proud dad..... Could have done it in an ASK13, but both of us would have hated it... "Watch your speed, you're too slow. Where is the string, Etc" :) After her fi...

Graduation day today. She got a 1st class BSc Biochem and starts an MRes in Biological and Physical Chemistry at Imperial College in October :shock: She did good. So proud :) She did good, indeed :) Never understood pride in daughter's achievements. Pleasure, amazement, quiet satisfaction w.r.t. a ...

Graduation day today. She got a 1st class BSc Biochem and starts an MRes in Biological and Physical Chemistry at Imperial College in October :shock: She did good. So proud :) She did good, indeed :) Never understood pride in daughter's achievements. Pleasure, amazement, quiet satisfaction w.r.t. a ...

am guilty myself of spending months in search of a fault. then when restored to its original function you realize it was a piece of crap when built, and toss it in the nearest dumpster. Or hamfest, e.g. my recent "Fluke quality" experience. Which reminds me I must fondle and massage my HP...

Minor rant. Things always happen at once. ... viewing a new rental and bagging it quick because my current landlord is a wanker ... Need a holiday. I'm so glad I don't have to rent in today's market. What went wrong this time, or is it a case of 99% of landlords being wankers? Once you've cleared y...

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Londoners are considerably nicer than the average across the country. You don't realise this until you're a parent and have a buggy to shove around. Anywhere else wouldn't piss on the buggy if it was on fire from experience. In London a veritable army of people assist with doors, stairs and buses w...

I have an additional lodger at the moment that the eldest brought home after getting rid of the lasta one. He seems to mostly consume cheese, which is getting quite expensive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mouse_Problem A most unfortunate associate for honourable daughter. Try Rodine, if you ca...

She uses the dog as a remarkably effective Bozo filter. Those who can interact sensibly with that dog are likely to be levelheaded.

Cheese can be remarkably cheap, if you are prepared to compromise on quality Even if not, there are worse vices!

Yummy

I find it helpful if people don't think I can clean up things.

Daughter's (nice pleasant) current lodger is a stroke nurse, with more than a little OCD. Daughter isn't complaining

I'm forbidden from asking her to see my house; she would probably have a fit.