Re: [Amateur-repairs] Old test eqpt? Chuck it? Refurbish it?

Hey! Im still using my old test equipment! Still works. Some is almost as old as i am. Some of it works better than my knees do!!
> On Jun 26, 2025, at 4:18 PM, Jeff KB5NMB via groups.io <kb5nmb=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:
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> I don't have any way to align it.
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> Jeff kb5nmb
>> On Jun 26, 2025, at 3:31 PM, Glenn Little via groups.io <glennmaillist=bellsouth.net@groups.io> wrote:
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>> Why not fix it yourself?
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>> Glenn
>> WB4UIV
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>>>> On 6/26/2025 12:23 PM, Jeff KB5NMB via groups.io wrote:
>>> I feel the pain. I have a Tecktronics 360 oscope I need serviced. Clock battery and align and can't find a place to do it. Have been told lots of things on inquiring to different places. The one that struck home was trash it and buy something new. WOW!
>>> Jeff
>>> kb5nmb
>>>>> On Jun 26, 2025, at 10:22 AM, Joe K1IKE via groups.io <k1ike_mail=snet.net@groups.io> wrote:
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>>>> I've been a ham now for 65+ years and have accumulated my share of Quality crap. The reality of it is that it contains lead and other purported hazardous waste material. Someday this "stuff" may have a cost to dispose of it.
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>>>> Joe, K1ike
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>>>>> On 6/26/2025 11:10 AM, Jose V. Gavila - EB5AGV via groups.io wrote:
>>>>> Hi Gareth,
>>>>> I am also on the same boat... Even perhaps on a larger boat!. I have more than 100 large shelves full of old test and radio equipment ...
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>> Glenn Little ARRL Technical Specialist QCWA LM 28417
>> Amateur Callsign: WB4UIV wb4uiv@arrl.net AMSAT LM 2178
>> QTH: Goose Creek, SC USA (EM92xx) USSVI, FRA, NRA-LM ARRL TAPR
>> "It is not the class of license that the Amateur holds but the class
>> of the Amateur that holds the license"
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