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I was at Weird Stuffabout a month ago. Picked up a heavy microscope base. Those are the things you really don't want to buy on ebay. To be honest, I wasn't finding much there. My dentist is nearby, and that was when I would check them out. How old is the stuff on their racks? Remember Bay

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On 4/9/18 5:20 AM, Dave Daniel wrote: Responding to Jim's post ( I can't find his original post), a significant advantage to owning "vintage" instruments is that, in general, they may be repaired more easily than later model instruments. This fact was my guiding principle when setting up my

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Hi > On Apr 9, 2018, at 9:30 AM, jimlux wrote: > > On 4/8/18 8:20 PM, Glenn Little WB4UIV wrote: >> The USB stuff has no front end and stability and calibration is highly >> questionable.. > I'm thinking here of the $1K sort of device - traceable cal, quite stable, >

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On 4/8/18 8:20 PM, Glenn Little WB4UIV wrote: The USB stuff has no front end and stability and calibration is highly questionable.. I'm thinking here of the $1K sort of device - traceable cal, quite stable, etc. Not the $20 RTL-SDR How can you discriminate between mixes within the USB

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Responding to Jim's post ( I can't find his original post), a significant advantage to owning "vintage" instruments is that, in general, they may be repaired more easily than later model instruments. This fact was my guiding principle when setting up my lab, and that was based on Jim Williams'

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drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk said: > I think people learn more with old test equipment. I know someone who has a > 1 GHz LeCroy scope, as well as a high end Agilent, but can't seem to > measure the simplest of signals, that I could easily measure with a 50 year > old scope. With modern

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The USB stuff has no front end and stability and calibration is highly questionable.. How can you discriminate between mixes within the USB device and the signal of interest? I will take my 141T or my 8566 over USB every time. Rather lug a little weight around and know what I am seeing on the

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On 8 Apr 2018 16:56, "jimlux" wrote: > > Test equipment tends to be aged - Unless you have a particular need for a HP 600 series microwave signal generator, there are probably better sources available much cheaper that use more modern components. In this day and age, I

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On 9/04/2018, at 3:52 AM, jimlux wrote: > Test equipment tends to be aged - Unless you have a particular need for a HP > 600 series microwave signal generator, there are probably better sources > available much cheaper that use more modern components. In this day and age, > I don't think

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Really appreciate the video of Apex. I don't think words describe it very well. But everything is there and whats more interesting is if you are looking for something they do have a pretty good idea of the location. Especially if it has any value like new BNC connectors. The time I went there I

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C was SUPERB for test equipment in the 1990's when the aviation industry in Southern California was downsizing. IMHO not nearly so interesting today. Unless you're into pneumatics in which case they are a delight. Tim N3QE On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 10:36 AM, paul swed wrote:

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> Thanks > It has to have been Apex that I visited. The back areas were a mix of open > sky and sort of sheds. > The air was typically pretty dry so the stuff held up well. I did see some populated circuit boards absolutely caked with dirt (was probably dust at first). Maybe not just outside,

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On 4/8/18 7:36 AM, paul swed wrote: Thanks It has to have been Apex that I visited. The back areas were a mix of open sky and sort of sheds. Don't want to be there in an earthquake. After the Northridge quake, they had to rearrange their outdoor maze to improve safety somewhat. The air

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For those of us (like me) that can travel to the US less than once in a lifetime, there is an EEVblog #124 - A Tour of Apex Electronics: On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 2:25 AM, Alexander Pummer wrote: > other surplus: >

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other surplus:

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Thanks It has to have been Apex that I visited. The back areas were a mix of open sky and sort of sheds. The air was typically pretty dry so the stuff held up well. There were things I would have liked to have grabbed. Could easily see a day digging around. Inside its stacked to the 20 ft ceilings

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Geez.  The Agilent IEEE-1588 units I mentioned a month or two ago were the last things I bought there. > There is one crazy place down in northern LA. Some what hard to get to but > my god the stuff. Overwhelming. They dicker also. Nothing like a tough > bargain was there 3 years ago. I happen

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HSC (Halted) was there in February. Then again, so was WeirdStuff, so anything is possible. Jeremy On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 4:01 PM Gary E. Miller wrote: > Yo Richard! > > On Sat, 7 Apr 2018 14:17:42 -0700 > "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" wrote: > > > On

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Like most of you I also visited these places and have dragged back and shipped lots of "Weird stuff". Even smaller parts through airport security. The oddest thing was 3/4" cable TV hardline connectors and there was no issue at all. It always made it fun to go on a business trip to the area and

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Yo Richard! On Sat, 7 Apr 2018 14:17:42 -0700 "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" wrote: > On 4/7/2018 10:54 AM, Gary E. Miller wrote: > > > > Sad news. Weird Stuff, Haltek, and Halted were integral parts of > > the Silicon Valley ecosystem. > > Are you saying Halted is gone?

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Sadness. Fewer and fewer places to buy good "junk." Have not had one in Santa Rosa since HSC closed. .Was just there in February. Shall miss them. Morgan Hill is a bit too far south for my occasional trips to San Jose. Jeremy On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 11:02 AM Bob kb8tq wrote: > Hi

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On 4/7/2018 10:54 AM, Gary E. Miller wrote: Sad news. Weird Stuff, Haltek, and Halted were integral parts of the Silicon Valley ecosystem. Are you saying Halted is gone? Last I heard, Halted was for sale because the owners are retiring. It could well be the next domino to fall. They

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Hi Over the years, this has been the fate of a *lot* of surplus / goodie outfits. They have a “deal” on some property and that runs out. Sometimes it’s a sale with the neighborhood improving. Other times it’s the roof needing repairs and nobody sees the need to do them until it is way to late

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Bruce! On Fri, 6 Apr 2018 20:24:59 -0700 Bruce Lane wrote: > I'm sorry to report we're losing another surplus place. Weird > Stuff Warehouse, in Sunnyvale, CA, is closing its doors as of Monday, > 9-Apr-18. Sad news. Weird Stuff, Haltek, and Halted were

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In message <8bcc9dcc-fa97-b531-d658-2051c094c...@bluefeathertech.com>, Bruce Lane writes: > Heh... So much for Google's favorite "Don't Be Evil" motto I wonder what happens when the googlers realize that they could have had WeirdStuff on their campus...? -- Poul-Henning

[time-nuts] Weird Stuff Warehouse shutting down

Fellow techies, I'm sorry to report we're losing another surplus place. Weird Stuff Warehouse, in Sunnyvale, CA, is closing its doors as of Monday, 9-Apr-18. It seems we have Google to blame. Here's Weird Stuff's final newsletter, verbatim. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-