[Milsurplus] parting rigs

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

The 465 is hardly current.  Many parts are not available
any more to repair them and when they don't work,
FAA (where I work) simply junks them.

Mac - K2GKK



----Original Message Follows----
From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] parting rigs
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 13:11:17 -0700


----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>

 > I have seen current, working Tektronix scopes donated to
 > vocational schools for the students to practice soldering on. Both things 
are
 > vandalism, IMO.

Do you mean by "current" scopes, models such as TEK 465 and later?
Or the old tube monsters?
If the former, that's a  waste of resources, but they're hardly rare or
collectible, and probably never will be, except maybe to retain an example 
or
two for a "history of scopes" display.
If the latter, maybe a few examples should be retained somewhere in a 
display
also,  but very, very  few people find these huge tube scopes have the 
allure
of  historical associations  that make  them interesting, desirable  
collectibles.
So i don't understand your scope example.
-Hue Miller