31-01-2017, 11:46 AM
(31-01-2017, 09:05 AM)Nick Wrote: I gave my 7904A and all it's plugins away after it developed the "click of death". Loved that 'scope - when I was a student doing my EE degree, I was sponsored by STL Harlow (part of ITT) so had to work for them for a few months a year - as a 19 y/o I had a 7000-series scope on my bench along with a tonne of other stuff.
That was a really interesting post, Nick. I cut my design teeth on a system that I then installed in a trials cabin in Portsmouth. The cabin was roasting hot inside, chock full of electronics, and outside it was January - so ended up both boiling and freezing. That part of Portsmouth has as much to recommend it as Harlow
Shame you gave the rather rare "A" version of the 7904 away. Goes like stink - mine goes up to well over 700MHz at -3dB with a 7A29 in it. The click of death from the power supply might just have been a response to a shorted tant somewhere in the mainframe or plugins.
Craig
