[R-390] test equipment question

[David Goncalves]

Common comments from system andministrators. Coincidence?

This hardware engineer says 'no uncalibrated test equipment shall pass
through this threshold; let the vintage radios do the smoking.'

David Goncalves
W1EUJ




On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Mike Andrews W5EGO <mikea at mikea.ath.cx>wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:03:45AM -0700, Richard Loken wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, David Goncalves wrote:
> >
> > > However, do try to get WORKING test equipment - having to fix your
> equipment
> > > before fixing the radio you actually care about gets tiresome.
> >
> > Poo!  Such sacrilage.  It is a time honoured tradition that your test
> > equipment will have quit working when you need it.  You have a greater
> sense
> > of accomplishment if you had to repair the VTVM and at least one of the
> > scope probes before addressing the main problem.
>
> True. And it provides such a sense of satisfaction, once one gets over
> the initial rage, grief, and despair, and into the steely-eyed mood of
> absolute "This-WILL-Happen" determination.
>
> I haven't yet had to descend to making my own Allen wrenches, but have
> more than once made a screwdriver of the right size. I suppose I could
> (in principle, at least) make a soldering iron, but I really hope to
> avoid that extremity.
>
> --
> Mike Andrews, W5EGO
> mikea at mikea.ath.cx
> Tired old sysadmin
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David Goncalves
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