Don Kupferschmidt wrote: > > > Hi Jeff, > > "Then, last week, a friend brought over his 440 duplexer (Wacom 678) and > asked me to tune it on the network analyzer as it had been victimized by > the > golden screwdriver." > > For those who are inquiring minds and not up to all of the terminology, > what > is a "golden screwdriver"?
Its a derogatory term usually applied to a moron CB'er type who has a radio shack multimeter and a pocket knife and thinks he knows exactly what he is doing under the lid of whatever electronic equipment.. Spotting the work of a golden screwdriver is easy.. Look for globs of solder from a 100w iron on an SMT PCB, or chunks of hookup wire patching blown traces from their first attempt at fixing whatever problem, or large amounts of wiring bundled with jap-wrap(cheap vinyl electrical tape) and patches with said product instead of heatshrink. --- Jay Urish CCNA Network Engineer http://jay.unixwolf.net Home)972.691.0125 Cell)972.965.6229 -- Jay Urish W5GM ARRL Life Member Denton County ARRL VEC N5ERS VP/Trustee Monitoring 444.850 PL-88.5
