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[Ricky Ticket]

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 8:53:38 -0500, The Cunning Linguist :Ţ wrote
(in message <CZatf.14515$0e.6614@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com&gt:

"Ricky Ticket" <not@given.com> wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 9:53:25 -0500, Tim Donohoe wrote
(in message <FFxsf.26921$i1.13715@news-wrt-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com&gt:

You are pretty much retarded.

Says a guy that gave more credit for the same marriage advice his father
gave
him.

But Stern was the only person in the media
who seemed to have common sense when he was talking about these things.

Just like your daddy huh, they think alike. Stern thinks like you to and
one
day you will all get together and hang out. He would like you and your
dayyd.
D

It influenced O&A so much that they developed an entire career of
imitating Howard.

Nice attempt to deflect the weirdness factor you created when crediting
Stern
for raising you.

LOVE ME DADDY!

Is THAT the deal with these freakazoid Stern fans- they all want to be
Ashley?

Stern and his dad think alike. ;/

::twilight zone music::

--
"I don't want to be in the same room with Bubba the love sponge." --Howard
Stern

 

[Rich Wood]

On 28 Dec 2005 01:57:20 -0800, "Erich J. Schultheis"
<earlnimitz@yahoo.com> wrote:

"A endless deluge of angry miserable rejects who need a nail pounded
into foreheads. "

LIKE YOU SHITHEAD? AREN'T YOU FORGETTING SOMETHING? I OWN A ISP. THAT
MEANS THAT PPL LIKE YOU PUT MONEY RIGHT IN MY POCKET. I NEVER THOUGHT
THAT MY BESTEST FRIEND JOHN PIGYE AND I COULD MAKE A FORTUNE OFF YOU
RAT POISIONED PIECES OF SHIT. IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT MAKE ME AND
JOHN LAUGH OUR ASSES OFF STRAIGHT TO THE BANK.

I can only imagine what your customer service must be like.

Rich

 

[Erich J. Schultheis, the]

Joe wrote:

Hello all,

I'm curious as to your alls dating history is and/or if you are married
already when you got married. I'm 26 y/o male, I dated a girl when I was 18
for a little under a year, then didn't have a date again for 7 years when I
was 25, I went out with that girl for 3 months. I haven't dated much
obviously because of my shyness. Is this history pretty pathetic?

Joe

AT ONCE I HAD TWO GIRLFRIENDS NAMED DUSSTY AND SARA. SARA HAD THE
WORLDS BIGGEST GAZANGAS. MY RELATIONSHIP WITH DUSTY ENDED THE DAY I
FOUND OUT SHE ABORTED MY SON AND SARA BROKE UP WITH ME AFTER I SHOWED
HER THE 40,000 DOLLAR CADILLAC I BOUGHT HER. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE
COULDN'T SPEND THE REST OF HER LIFE WITH A MAN WHO ONLY LIVES TO
ANTAGANIZE HIS BOSS. I CALLED HER A SACK OF SHIT, AND THAT WAS THAT.

TODAY, HOWEVER, MY BESTEST BUDDY JOHN PIGYE AND I WALKED OUT OF OUR
APARTMENT BUTT NAKED TOGETHER OUT TO THE CAR AND WE DROVE AROUND TOWN
FOR ABOUT AN HOUR WITH OUR NEW STEREO SYSTEM. IT'S GOT 4000 WATTS OF
BASE AND A SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO, OF COURSE.

 

[Michael Ware]

On 28 Dec 2005 01:57:20 -0800, "Erich J. Schultheis"
earlnimitz@yahoo.com> wrote:

I OWN A ISP.

It's ' AN ISP ' you illiterate dipshit.

 

[Erich J. Schultheis, The]

ugottarubmetherightway@hotmail.com wrote:

Sirius has Howard Stern, that's why I bought it. (the XM that is, Stern
is a washed up hack that hasn't been funny since 2000 when Jackie
Martling left. Opie and Anthony are much better!)

Oh, you know it's got to be sirius. won't be explaining myself any
futher.

 

[Bill Turner]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 00:12:47 +0100, Paul Burridge
<pb@shove.your.spam.up.your.arse.atlanticstar.co.uk> wrote:

I have fancier scopes that do fancy stuff, but the 475 is an all-time
*classic* par excellence. I love it so much I also use it as a
decorative centrepiece for the dining room table.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Now there's my kind of guy!!

73, Bill W6WRT

 

[Too_Many_Tools]

Thanks for the lead Jim.

Could you expand on the "decline"?

I recently checked into one of the more recent Tek scopes...very
disappointing...no repairability.

TMT

 

[Pooh Bear]

Jim Yanik wrote:

"Too_Many_Tools" <too_many_tools@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:1136164871.509477.182630@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:

Does anyone have a history of the 7000 series?

What you want is the book "Winning with People;The First 40 Years of
Tektronix",by Marshall M.Lee,published by Tektronix,10/86
There's no ISBN number,though.Maybe you can find a copy on Ebay.

It's a fantastic story about Tek from start to the late 1980's.
Unfortunately,it does not cover the decline of Tek.

The newer
scopes are reaching the point of throw away status with no parts
available and if by chance they are, the price prevents a reasonable
repair.

That is the new TEK.

Not just TEK. It works that way for everything.

Graham

 

[John Popelish]

Ignoramus32654 wrote:
(snip)

I will sell the 475 though, two scopes is too much.

That's just crazy talk!

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 18:05:09 -0800, the renowned Bill Turner
<noway@nohow.com> wrote:

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 00:12:47 +0100, Paul Burridge
pb@shove.your.spam.up.your.arse.atlanticstar.co.uk> wrote:

I have fancier scopes that do fancy stuff, but the 475 is an all-time
*classic* par excellence. I love it so much I also use it as a
decorative centrepiece for the dining room table.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Now there's my kind of guy!!

73, Bill W6WRT

He's crocheted the nicest doily and 'scope cosy for it too.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

 

[Bill Turner]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 23:47:45 -0500, Spehro Pefhany
<speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

He's crocheted the nicest doily and 'scope cosy for it too.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes.

73, Bill W6WRT

 

[Robert Baer]

Scott Dorsey wrote:

Too_Many_Tools <too_many_tools@yahoo.com> wrote:

I need to replace an oscilloscope that has gone to the Great Test Bench
in the sky.

What Tektronix scope do you prefer?

I have always like the 7000 series...would you recommend these or
another series?


The 7000 series is hard to beat. It's stable, it's not that hard to
work on, and there are plenty of useful plug-ins available at reasonable
prices.

That said, I still have a 545 on my bench at work. The calibration contract
just went over to a new company and the new cal guys aren't really sure what
to make of it....
--scott
Well, you *could* earn consulting fees to train them...

 

[John Crighton]

On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 15:00:45 -0800, Bill Turner <noway@nohow.com>
wrote:

If you want an older, inexpensive, general purpose 100 Mhz scope, I
think the 465B (not the 465) was the best Tek ever made. They sold for
about $2500 back in the '70s and were worth every penny.

Ok, I'm a bit prejudiced because I worked on the production line for
both models for three years, testing and calibrating. In that time I
did about 2000 of them.

Hello Bill,
you specifically say "465B (not the 465) was the best Tek ever made"

Can you elaborate a little bit more there Bill. As a Tekscope
enthusiast, I am just interested to know what the improvements
were to the 465B over the 465 to make it more highly sought after.

Regards,
John Crighton
Sydney

 

[John Crighton]

On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 18:10:16 -0500, Ken Scharf
<wa2mzeNOTTHIS@bellsouth.net> wrote:

I have a Tek 454 that I got at a company auction years back where
I used to work (paid $150 for it). The 453,453A,454, 454A series
are easy to work on,

Hello Ken,
I also have a Tek 454. I bought that model
because I read on groups like this that it is "easy"
to work on. I must respectively disagree with you.

My 454 is "not easy" to work on and yet I see people
saying that it is. I am just wondering if you are repeating
what you have read on the internet supporting a Myth
that the 454 is easy to work on or speaking from
practical experience.

I would like to clean the switch wafers of the main
timebase switch. My 454 is put together like an onion.
How do I "easily" gain access to this switch,
which is buried in the heart of the onion?

Slip the covers off your instrument, yes that is
very easy, a matter of seconds. Now have a look
and tell me how to clean the timebase switch?
How many hours would it take to remove the soldered
wiring off the boards so that they can be removed to
gain access to the switch and then solder the wires back
with nice factory quality solder joints, not with quick
blob soldering with insulation peeling back off the wires.
Quality work only.

Several minutes work would be easy if there was
connectors on the boards but not in this scope.
When we talk about "hours" we are in a different
category......pain in the butt/difficult.

How long would it take you, Ken, to clean the switch
from woa to go? Scope back up and working?

How long would it take you to remove the fan, fan wiring
tag strips and fan mounting brackets?
How do you get your screw driver on the screws holding
the brackets when there are modules covering them up?
Just have a quick look then come back and tell me
if you still reckon this scope is easy to work on, in the
inner sanctums.

Regards,
John Crighton
Sydney

 

[Winfield Hill]

John Crighton wrote...

I would like to clean the switch wafers of the main
timebase switch. My 454 is put together like an onion.
How do I "easily" gain access to this switch,
which is buried in the heart of the onion?

I hope you're giving a hypothetical example, because if
you really do need to "clean" a Tektronix scope switch,
your scope may already be a lost cause. Time to move on.


--
Thanks,
- Win

 

[K3HVG]

Gee whiz.. guys... nobody likes the OS-8???? (heh heh)

Too_Many_Tools wrote:

I need to replace an oscilloscope that has gone to the Great Test Bench
in the sky.

What Tektronix scope do you prefer?

I have always like the 7000 series...would you recommend these or
another series?

Thanks

TMT

 

[Bill Turner]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:08:18 GMT, john_c@tpg.com.au (John Crighton)
wrote:

Hello Bill,
you specifically say "465B (not the 465) was the best Tek ever made"

Can you elaborate a little bit more there Bill. As a Tekscope
enthusiast, I am just interested to know what the improvements
were to the 465B over the 465 to make it more highly sought after.

Regards,
John Crighton
Sydney

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In spite of having the number in common, the 465 and 465B are
completely different scopes. Their performance specs are nearly
identical but inside the box, their circuitry is completely different.
The "B" is much easier to calibrate and uses soldered-in transistors
instead of socketed ones, a great advantage especially when the scope
gets old and sockets start to get cranky.

I wouldn't turn down a 465 if that was the only thing available, but
all us calibration techs greatly preferred the 465B.

73, Bill W6WRT

 

[Bill Turner]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 08:24:23 GMT, john_c@tpg.com.au (John Crighton)
wrote:

I also have a Tek 454. I bought that model
because I read on groups like this that it is "easy"
to work on. I must respectively disagree with you.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

John is right. Tek scopes are not "easy" to work on, at least not the
solid state ones.

My first day on the job as a 465 calibration tech I went home with a
headache and almost called in the next day and quit. I had done TV
repair for 20 years but had never seen such complicated, unfamiliar
circuitry or construction. Fortunately I stuck it out and came to
appreciate them for what they were: The best scopes in the world.

73, Bill W6WRT

 

[Bill Turner]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On 2 Jan 2006 02:50:58 -0800, Winfield Hill
<Winfield_member@newsguy.com> wrote:

I hope you're giving a hypothetical example, because if
you really do need to "clean" a Tektronix scope switch,
your scope may already be a lost cause. Time to move on.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If Tek scopes of that vintage have one Achilles heel, it's the tiny
fork-shaped switch contacts used in many places throughout the unit..

Rarely do they need "cleaning", but rather the contact presssure needs
to be increased slighty. If you know how to do it, it's a quick, easy
fix, but if you don't you can easily destroy the contact.

Because the "fork" of the switch was designed to press against gold
plating, they made the contact pressure as light as possible to
prolong the life of the relatively soft gold. In some cases, it is
just too light and erratic operation is the result.

Here's how to do it right: With a small screwdriver, gently push
against the "U" of the fork, just a tiny amount. The idea is you want
to bend the fork down WITHOUT bending the spring it is attached to.
Under no circumstances try to bend the spring or you will almost
certainly destroy it. Bend only the little gold fork, and bend it only
a very small amount. Done right, it works every time.

73, Bill W6WRT

 

[Jim Yanik]

"Too_Many_Tools" <too_many_tools@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:1136170087.862141.309520@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

Thanks for the lead Jim.

Could you expand on the "decline"?

I recently checked into one of the more recent Tek scopes...very
disappointing...no repairability.

TMT

Tek began selling off it's parts making facilities,lowered it's employment
from 24,000,to approximately 4000 workers(it may be lower today),and then
had to drop profitable lines like the 2465 because they could no longer
make or obtain the parts for them.(shot themselves in the foot!)

At one time,Tek made every product sold in it's catalog.Now,most of their
products are made by other companies and resold by Tek.

Tek,in reducing it's employment levels,eliminated internal units like
"Service Support",that enhanced their product's serviceability,made
possible the extremely useful service manuals that included real
schematics,circuit descriptions,and parts lists.

TEK Field Service Centers dropped from ~30 to TWO.
(Actually one;DCFO,as the other is Beaverton Factory Service)

IOW,the beancounters won.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net