[Milsurplus] "Milking The Controls"

[Bob Camp]

Hi

There is a wonderful story about the time "Dave and Bill" came through 
the HP Loveland division line and found that all the scopes on the line 
were Tek scopes ("because they trigger right"). The story goes that the 
result was that *alll* the Tek scopes were gone by the end of the week.

There are pretty good examples of both HP and Tek products in the 
surplus channel. I'm not at all sure which one has actually passed the 
test of time better. No matter who made them ( including Dumont ) the 
switches seem to be a weak point.  Certainly anything related to the 
Tek 7000 or worse yet the 5000 series is suspect in this respect ...

	Enjoy!

		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ


On Oct 30, 2004, at 7:15 PM, John Lawson wrote:

>
>
> On Sat, 30 Oct 2004, Mike Hardie wrote:
>
>> A while ago I got a copy of the generic TEK 'scope trouble shooting 
>> manual
>
> [snip]
>
>
>> works normally.  Obviously a dirty or corroded switch.  Good work TEK!
>>
>
>  Oh, yeah, Tektronix: "Uh, Sir, unfortunately your oscilloscope was 
> made nearly *six months* ago!!!  Tektronix no longer supports that 
> instrument, and there is no documentation or spare parts available 
> whatsoever. Our strong reccomendation is that you purchase a new, 
> in-warranty, current-catalog nodel. Otherwise, it may be possible that 
> some third-party supplier could help you, but we doubt it..."
>
>
>   Now: I've been using/buying their gear for more than 40 years...  
> and let's not get me started on Hewlett-Packard...  ;}
>
>  I've got 3 or 4 463s around here, and a nice 2252 on the bench, but 
> it's membrane switches are failing, and I'm having to cut them out of 
> discarded remote controls to keep it on-the-air...
>
>
>   Cheers
>
> John KB6SCO
>
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