[R-390] test equipment question

[Dennis Wade]

Ahhhh....fine old beast.  Use one myself for my Motorola '390A



On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 9:21 AM, David Goncalves
<davegoncalves at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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> David Goncalves
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Dennis L. Wade
KG6ZI
Carmichael, CA