[R-390] test equipment question

[David Goncalves]

But I do have a Measurements Model 80 signal generator in the shop that I
restored...
David Goncalves
W1EUJ
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:20 PM, David Goncalves
<davegoncalves at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
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> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Mike Andrews W5EGO <mikea at mikea.ath.cx>wrote:
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>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:03:45AM -0700, Richard Loken wrote:
>> > On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, David Goncalves wrote:
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>> > > 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.
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>> 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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