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Article #1916Re: Agilent Oscilloscope - ripoff or rebadge?
From: Joel Koltner
Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 23:09
Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 23:09
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"Joerg" <notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote in message news:HVMSj.8228$iK6.4910@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com... > Well, let's see. Recently I have repaired: > > * A clock radio (solder joint at LED display) I have a clock radio that uses the LED display to both tell the time and display the frequency of the radio. It has a problem where it often gets stuck displaying the radio frequency (even when the radio is off!), and you need to slap it slightly to get it to work correctly again. I'm planning on just tossing it, since it cost all of $15. :-) > * Garage door opener (hanging relay) > * Remote for garage door opener (cracked resistor) Our garage door opener has a range of all of 15', although I think it's just due to the guy who previously owned the house not realizing that that dangling wire of a receive antenna wouldn't work so well if he "neatly" bundled it up into a tiny ball. (I haven't fixed it yet.) > * Several X10 modules (poor quality in general, IMHO) Yeah, not worth your hard-earned dollars, Joerg. :-) > Hint: Don't let your wife see this post or she may get an idea and then your > Saturday's are toast ... Don't worry, I won't... I'd rather spend more spare "electronics hobby" time building new stuff rather than repairing old stuff! To an extent I'll concede you've proved your point, although I do think the items that many a kid or teen today would be *interested* in repairing (because they do cost a non-negligible sum) would be their Xbox 350, their cell phone, their iPod, their laptop PC, etc... and all of these items are difficult if not impossible to repair at the board level. ---Joel
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