Test Equipment Anonymous

feckin' slide switches........don't get me started!

(its why I gave up on the other wise excellent german made hp pulse generators)

ps and yet for some reason bd is a slide switch fan boy.....he loves the things.

others here disagree......but I have always really liked the look of those dot LEDs. the 8640b locked to a rubidium standard is my go to sig generator for anything under 500 Mhz.

did you by any chance stick your probes directly in the gooey crap just to see how conductive it is? maybe you would need an hp 4329a or some such for this test? (always wanted one, but am still searching) "The 4329A is a solid-state insulation resistance meter designed for easy, accurate and d...

looked in my junk box and found these.

so........you purposely put the new shelves at different heights just to trigger my OCD........didn't ya'? "Humans have an instinctual need and preference for balance and order, so we are drawn to symmetrical designs at a subconscious, visceral level. Finding such equilibrium in your home can h...

had to look up "sticky" as it relates to a blog.

does that make me a weirdo....or just old as dirt?

ps I liked it being sticky.

attached is a picture of asta and my ic-V8 2 meter transceiver.

seems my little radio has been in the news lately.

asta has not.

I was about to begin checking them out this afternoon when I got downstairs and discovered that air conditioner condensation had run all over the floor by the furnace. That put a stop to doing anything on the bench. I traced the drain line and it wasn't plugged, right up to the ductwork sheetmetal ...

Brazil?

and that's why I went with an at&t phone......because they had a brick and mortar presence here in town (next door to where I buy beer). but when the phone started looking fat they told me to take it 45 miles to the other side of york to replace the battery. am much happier with my mint mobile p...

Surprise and a close call. This is my Moto 2021 Android phone. The rear case started separating. And the reason is clearly visible. The Lithium battery has swelled. Holy shit. :shock: I bought a new phone today. I'm leaving the old phone powered up but NOT charging until the battery goes completely...

as I scrolled thru the pics my first thought was "thank God I was not there......cause i'm probably the only guy weird enough to buy an HP85" turns out that is not true. what the hell is wrong with you? (seriously.....tell me....... because we apparently suffer from the same condition)

didn't Wallace and Grommet settle this back in the early 90's?

Let's get this straight. You have a wife who tolerates you harbouring a Tek 575 and you joke around with her. You are indeed blessed. She was with me in Heidelberg and she even grabbed one of the handles of the 175 to get it into the car :o She is a wonderful wife and we are now married 31 years! H...

maybe its just the perspective.....or the way you zoomed the shot? but............are her feet really that big? and for the love of God, don't say I called her "bigfoot". ps swmbo just got over not talking to me for 3 days after I asked her stop ranting about politics. I avoid tv news like...

Yeah. How can Led Zeppelin be enjoyed at below the threshold of pain? Classical music is fine, but I can only properly enjoy the Heavy Metal when my neighbours have gone on holiday for the week. Headphones, dear boy, headphones. Plus they are binaural (as per other conversation with Mansaxel about ...

I presume all of know why modern computers still depend on "tty" devices, most obviously /dev/tty* I expect a few of us remember using such devices, latterly as VT100 terminals, before that ASR-33 terminals, and before that 5 channel "telex style" printers. To me the two-fingere...

figured out what the H05 option is. according to this clip from a NAVAIR document the H05 option gives you a fused bnc for the "c" input. makes sense because you noted before that other versions have the bnc on the board. the reference to GPETE confirms that your unit was to support some k...

i dub thee "seven segment freak". but you did screw up by acquiring one with option 10 &30 installed. (now you will never know the joy of retrofitting these options) any idea what option h05 is? on an "a" version 05 was a built in dvm & channel c. (have never seen one act...

Tried to fistfight a threshing machine again...? :thinking: mnem "never bring a gun to a dragonfight." naw. it was a little irregular rough spot about 3/16" in diameter. GP said it didn't look like anything to her but go see the dermatologist anyhow. the skinologist said 50/50 it was...

having a dermatologist with a sense of humor is a good thing. "you might have a small scar". funny man. IMG_88551.JPG https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6f2au0 edit might have to change my online name to "furious george" edit 2 meant to post this in the discussion and group thera...

A pleasant pheasant plucker. My sister worked on work experience for a poultry farm (she's a vet now so this is relevant in some way) and said only weird, mental people and criminals work there so this is a viable hypothesis. Could overlap with ham radio operators on the Venn diagram :lol: was told...

There are a lot of AM stations in that locality, and the station also has FM coverage. Perhaps that's why it wasn't missed. It looks as if the AM station was unmanned and in a remote location. Its absence was noticed by a landscaping crew, presumably going on an occasional visit to cut back the bru...

have not been this excited about the possibility of admission into a fraternal organization since my rejection by the cadets of temperance.

what? you are gonna' name names?

for a list?





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