New Tools (and toys)

RE: New Tools (and toys)

dougw — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:47:30 GMT

Nice haul for an exceptional project. It is always a great day when you add something significant to the bench.

For my hot air station I always just use the smallest nozzle. The controls allow adjustment of temperature and flow rate but the small nozzle makes it a bit easier to control where all the heat is going.

RE: New Tools (and toys)

DAB — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 18:29:40 GMT

Well earned, I hope you have lots of fun with the new toys.

RE: New Tools (and toys)

genebren — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 16:29:55 GMT

Hi Mike,

Congratulations on your winning entry and your cool new tools! There is always a learning curve when starting out with new tools. I am sure that you will figure it all out with time.

Enjoy!

RE: New Tools (and toys)

shabaz — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 15:29:53 GMT

Hi Mike,

Congrats on the win! It's great to see the equipment. I'm interested to hear how it goes with the hot-air tool, for ages, that model was on my shortlist to buy, although it wasn't in stock at the time and I ended up with a different one.

The waveform generator capabilities look impressive too; even suitable for 2m band tests!
Since the SA will be so sensitive, you could add an external attenuator to the input of the SA, just for a bit of added protection. Something like a 10 dB attenuator is not bad to keep permanently attached to the SA input. Often I leave that connected even if working with small signals, just in case there's accidentally a larger signal at a frequency that I'm not looking at.