Test Gear Porn, Cont'd

Slip on that anorak and enjoy

@F_Pantos

Yes, it does have digital bits in: a storage scope with a whopping 2k - count 'em - of memory. Wow!

The mains filter quite reliably trips the RCD in the garage, but he keeps on going.

I have got a fancy digital scope that does FFTs and all sorts, but lacks a beamfinder. You'd have thought they'd have put one on .

 

Mods, please move to chat

 

I also bave a Nicolet 20MHz digital scope with a megabit of bubble memory for storage of 512 sample captures. Last time I turned it on something inside went bang and made smoke but I could find no trace (hahah) when I opened it up ..

 

Looks well impressive

 

Thats a fancy radio you`ve got here but can it play a cass-ette ??

That`ll be a big fat NO then - HA !!
Pointless waste of electricity ....

 

You can still get Alan Freeman on it, pop pickers

 

"home made" audio analyser, uses a 24 bit sound card on an old PC, better noise floor than my 8903

 

Absolutely no use if it hasn't got at least 4 big valves in it

 

That's nice, they don't make 'em like that anymore

 

in for a rebuild, if I can stop playing with VWs

 

There you go, proper stuff Snotts

 

haven't a clue how to use it.

 

You can put up to 1.5kV on them jobbers, this one is a bit milder, however.

 

Proper old skooll, what is it?

 

I asked an Instrument Artificer i used to work with, who excitedly explained that it could generate millivolts accurately and then you would null it against what you were measuring to give you a precise millivolt reading. Hope that makes sense as I have to have a large font on my phone and only see the last few words at a time

 

That just set me all a quiver

 

Yes, makes perfect sense.

 

Did you lot all use to work at Maplins?

 

No, that place was like care in the community towards it's end. No wonder it failed...

 

I applied for a job, but I didn't have sufficient acne. Fortunately Halfords was next door, so I got straight in