[Milsurplus] "Milking The Controls"

[Bob Camp]

Hi

I have no argument with the "these are great scopes" claim. In some 
ways they are the ARC-5's of the 1990's. The switch problems started as 
soon as they came off the production line and have continued ever 
since. The same problems seem to show up on the DMRO scopes as on the 
commercial units. As far as I can see the "mil spec version" is 
identical to the commercial version.

	Take Care!

		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ


On Oct 30, 2004, at 8:42 PM, Peter Gottlieb wrote:

> I have a couple 7000 series mainframes and a pile of plug-ins, a 
> couple of 485's and a 2246 - all acquired surplus from DRMO.  All were 
> marked as condition code "A" yet all required repair to function.  I 
> cleaned most of the switches (very time consuming and delicate work, 
> to say the least) with 100% isopropyl or TF and except for the 
> unavailability of certain parts these are all great scopes.  I had 
> more but gave most of them away over time.
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> Bob Camp wrote:
>> 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
>
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