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From: JW on 10 Jun 2010 06:03 On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 11:41:56 -0700 DaveC <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote in Message id: <0001HW.C8352E840050C7DDB01AD9AF(a)news.eternal-september.org>: [snip] Hi Dave, Are you the same DaveC on Yahoo Tek groups? If so, here's the manual you were looking for: <https://home.comcast.net/~spam_gobbler/Tektronix TDS620 640 Oscilloscope Users Manual.pdf> Jay
From: N_Cook on 10 Jun 2010 07:07 Dave Plowman (News) <dave(a)davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message news:5125214bb0dave(a)davenoise.co.uk... > In article <no21169fgkkgkapamrretpik6fuhpdr9kf(a)4ax.com>, > Peter Hill <peter.usenet1(a)nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > Can we blame it on the Internet, schools or the everything's too > > dangerous to touch / no user serviceable parts mentality that's been > > pushed for last 30-40 years? > > I've wondered about that. I asked a teacher at the local large school if > they had an after school electronics construction club - we had at the > school I went to. > And the answer was no. Computer ones, though. It also seems odd to me that > many computer whizz kids wouldn't know how to change a faulty hard drive > on a desktop. > > I suppose when I was a kid you could save some money by building a radio > etc. Not so now. > > -- > *I used to have an open mind but my brains kept falling out * > > Dave Plowman dave(a)davenoise.co.uk London SW > To e-mail, change noise into sound. Don't local radio ham clubs often have a young members section for hands on tinkering as well as radio procedure?. Probably clobbered by paedo paranoia over the last few years
From: b on 10 Jun 2010 07:51 On Jun 10, 8:44 am, "N_Cook" <dive...(a)tcp.co.uk> wrote: > Peter Hill <peter.usen...(a)nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:no21169fgkkgkapamrretpik6fuhpdr9kf(a)4ax.com... > > > > > On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 09:13:01 +0100, "N_Cook" <dive...(a)tcp.co.uk> wrote: > > > >I don't know of any small independent operations with a walk-in shop any > > >more > > >GWM Radio Ltd,Worthing;Techno Trade,Fareham ; Forum Stores part of > > >Southampton University no more; Greenweld, Southampton (trading name > > >continues ); Fraser Electronics, Southsea seem to be all gone. > > >Budgie / Kaytronic Southampton is still there but other than what is in > the > > >window I don't know what he has, I don't think he does either. > > >Anyone know of any shops or even regular market stalls anywhere in the UK > > >still (my interest got started with a regular market pitch with > electornic > > >surplus when a little kid). Hamfest/Radio rally sites once a year , > around > > >the country seem to be the only hands-on outlets these days > > > Potts, Derby. > >http://www.rfpotts.com/ > > But again nothing like what they were. > > > Shop near station in Borehamwood packed up and went south west 15-20 > > years ago. > > > Can we blame it on the Internet, schools or the everything's too > > dangerous to touch / no user serviceable parts mentality that's been > > pushed for last 30-40 years? > > -- > > Peter Hill > > Spamtrap reply domain as per NNTP-Posting-Host in header > > Can of worms - what every fisherman wants. > > Can of worms - what every PC owner gets! > > The US-centric sub-thread mentioned Anchor and reminded me of Nottinghamhttp://www.anchorsupplies.com/index.htm > I only ever see at radio rallies- do they have a shop type base? About 10 years ago, I used to often visit the Anchor surplus store at nottingham. Great days....no idea if they still exist.
From: Adam Sampson on 10 Jun 2010 08:23 "N_Cook" <diverse(a)tcp.co.uk> writes: > Radio rallies no longer have "bring and buy" sections The Dover and Canvey Island rallies I've been to recently both did. (I now have all the 1960s transistors I could ever possibly want, among various other interesting junk!) -- Adam Sampson <ats(a)offog.org> <http://offog.org/>
From: Dave Plowman (News) on 10 Jun 2010 09:23
In article <huqh11$1ku$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, N_Cook <diverse(a)tcp.co.uk> wrote: > > I've wondered about that. I asked a teacher at the local large school > > if they had an after school electronics construction club - we had at > > the school I went to. And the answer was no. Computer ones, though. It > > also seems odd to me that many computer whizz kids wouldn't know how > > to change a faulty hard drive on a desktop. > > > > I suppose when I was a kid you could save some money by building a > > radio etc. Not so now. > Don't local radio ham clubs often have a young members section for hands > on tinkering as well as radio procedure?. Probably clobbered by paedo > paranoia over the last few years Could be - but despite a life long interest in electronics, ham radio leaves me cold. -- *I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart. Dave Plowman dave(a)davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |