• Tek 465 degree-of-difficulty repair

    From Bob Engelhardt@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 30 08:01:01 2021
    I found a 465 at the dump with a sticker on it saying "Horizontal
    deflection bad". Before I even power it up I thought that I'd get
    opinions on how bad the problem likely is. Best case: "That happens all
    the time & it's a bad Qxxx transistor in the framazazzle". LOL Worst
    case: "It could be any number of things and you'll likely spend hours
    and hours to fix a $100 scope". I do have the service manual & another
    scope.

    Thanks, Bob

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  • From Rob@21:1/5 to Bob Engelhardt on Mon Aug 30 15:39:24 2021
    Bob Engelhardt <BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> wrote:
    I found a 465 at the dump with a sticker on it saying "Horizontal
    deflection bad". Before I even power it up I thought that I'd get
    opinions on how bad the problem likely is. Best case: "That happens all
    the time & it's a bad Qxxx transistor in the framazazzle". LOL Worst
    case: "It could be any number of things and you'll likely spend hours
    and hours to fix a $100 scope". I do have the service manual & another scope.

    Thanks, Bob

    https://w140.com/tekwiki/wiki/465

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  • From Mike Coon@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 30 15:19:12 2021
    In article <sgih9s02vqh@news1.newsguy.com>, BobEngelhardt@comcast.net
    says...

    I found a 465 at the dump with a sticker on it saying "Horizontal
    deflection bad". Before I even power it up I thought that I'd get
    opinions on how bad the problem likely is. Best case: "That happens all
    the time & it's a bad Qxxx transistor in the framazazzle". LOL Worst
    case: "It could be any number of things and you'll likely spend hours
    and hours to fix a $100 scope". I do have the service manual & another scope.

    Thanks, Bob

    That's what I call "right to repair". In the UK it is not permitted to
    take kit away from a dump, in case you are not as competent as you think
    you are...

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  • From Chris K-Man@21:1/5 to Mike Coon on Mon Aug 30 09:17:56 2021
    On Monday, August 30, 2021 at 10:19:13 AM UTC-4, Mike Coon wrote:
    In article <sgih9...@news1.newsguy.com>, BobEng...@comcast.net
    says...

    I found a 465 at the dump with a sticker on it saying "Horizontal deflection bad". Before I even power it up I thought that I'd get
    opinions on how bad the problem likely is. Best case: "That happens all
    the time & it's a bad Qxxx transistor in the framazazzle". LOL Worst
    case: "It could be any number of things and you'll likely spend hours
    and hours to fix a $100 scope". I do have the service manual & another scope.

    Thanks, Bob
    That's what I call "right to repair". In the UK it is not permitted to
    take kit away from a dump, in case you are not as competent as you think
    you are...
    _________

    Where do you think I got my stash of spare TV remotes from?

    If a bar's got a Sony on the wall, in Vivid mode, Im can whip out
    my Sony remote, and at least put it in Standard mode.

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  • From legg@21:1/5 to BobEngelhardt@comcast.net on Mon Aug 30 15:36:25 2021
    On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:01:01 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
    <BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> wrote:

    I found a 465 at the dump with a sticker on it saying "Horizontal
    deflection bad". Before I even power it up I thought that I'd get
    opinions on how bad the problem likely is. Best case: "That happens all
    the time & it's a bad Qxxx transistor in the framazazzle". LOL Worst
    case: "It could be any number of things and you'll likely spend hours
    and hours to fix a $100 scope". I do have the service manual & another >scope.

    Thanks, Bob

    It's a relatively simple part of the scope, if it's
    an accurate diagnosis.

    Helps if you have a working scope to repair this one.

    https://groups.io/g/TekScopes/messages

    RL

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  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to bobenge...@gmail.com on Mon Aug 30 14:45:23 2021
    bobenge...@gmail.com wrote:
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    I found a 465 at the dump with a sticker on it saying "Horizontal
    deflection bad". Before I even power it up I thought that I'd get
    opinions on how bad the problem likely is. Best case: "That happens all
    the time & it's a bad Qxxx transistor in the framazazzle". LOL Worst
    case: "It could be any number of things and you'll likely spend hours
    and hours to fix a $100 scope". I do have the service manual & another
    scope.

    ** You are asking a " Schrodinger's Cat " type question.

    The cat can be thought dead or alive - until you open the box.


    ...... Phil

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  • From Trevor Wilson@21:1/5 to Bob Engelhardt on Tue Aug 31 10:03:28 2021
    On 30/08/2021 10:01 pm, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
    I found a 465 at the dump with a sticker on it saying "Horizontal
    deflection bad".  Before I even power it up I thought that I'd get
    opinions on how bad the problem likely is.  Best case: "That happens all
    the time & it's a bad Qxxx transistor in the framazazzle".  LOL  Worst case: "It could be any number of things and you'll likely spend hours
    and hours to fix a $100 scope".  I do have the service manual & another scope.

    Thanks, Bob

    **Who knows? Download a service manual and get to work. The 465/b is an excellent 'scope and built to last a VERY long time.

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  • From three_jeeps@21:1/5 to legg on Mon Aug 30 17:39:49 2021
    On Monday, August 30, 2021 at 3:34:42 PM UTC-4, legg wrote:
    On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:01:01 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
    <BobEng...@comcast.net> wrote:

    I found a 465 at the dump with a sticker on it saying "Horizontal >deflection bad". Before I even power it up I thought that I'd get
    opinions on how bad the problem likely is. Best case: "That happens all >the time & it's a bad Qxxx transistor in the framazazzle". LOL Worst
    case: "It could be any number of things and you'll likely spend hours
    and hours to fix a $100 scope". I do have the service manual & another >scope.

    Thanks, Bob
    It's a relatively simple part of the scope, if it's
    an accurate diagnosis.

    Helps if you have a working scope to repair this one.

    https://groups.io/g/TekScopes/messages

    RL

    I second the motion to join & post on the TekScopes message board. A lot of *very* knowledgeable ppl hang out there. IMHO, I'd spend 15 mins with it plugged in to understand more clearly the characteristics of the malfunction. If you put that info in
    your post, you might get a bit more of an answer along the lines you are looking for.
    A 465 is a very well-known and popular scope. It was standard gear for DEC and IBM field circus back in the day, and a typical scope in a lot of college EE labs.
    good luck
    J

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  • From Eike Lantzsch, ZP6CGE@21:1/5 to Chris K-Man on Tue Aug 31 17:48:59 2021
    Chris K-Man wrote:
    On Monday, August 30, 2021 at 10:19:13 AM UTC-4, Mike Coon wrote:
    In article <sgih9...@news1.newsguy.com>, BobEng...@comcast.net
    says...

    I found a 465 at the dump with a sticker on it saying "Horizontal deflection bad". Before I even power it up I thought that I'd get opinions on how bad the problem likely is. Best case: "That happens all the time & it's a bad Qxxx transistor in the framazazzle". LOL Worst case: "It could be any number of things and you'll likely spend hours
    and hours to fix a $100 scope". I do have the service manual & another scope.

    Thanks, Bob
    That's what I call "right to repair". In the UK it is not permitted to
    take kit away from a dump, in case you are not as competent as you think you are...
    _________

    Where do you think I got my stash of spare TV remotes from?

    If a bar's got a Sony on the wall, in Vivid mode, Im can whip out
    my Sony remote, and at least put it in Standard mode.

    Thats the moment I secretly use my TV-B-Gone

    Kind regards, Eike

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  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 31 15:54:22 2021
    three_jeeps wrote:
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    I second the motion to join & post on the TekScopes message board.
    A lot of *very* knowledgeable ppl hang out there.

    ** Antique scope freaks .....

    A 465 is a very well-known and popular scope.
    It was standard gear for DEC and IBM field circus back in the day,


    ** Had the use of the earlier & similar a Tek 463 for a couple of years.
    On loan, from a Sydney based IBM engineer - son of the man I worked for.
    Not very fond of it cos it lacked the one thing a good analogue scope needs.
    A sharply focused trace.

    The PDA ( post deflection acceleration ) tube was poor and you could see the blurring effect
    of the acceleration grid behind the face of the CRT all the time.
    It also had an external, lamp lit graticule - very clunky compared internal graticule tubes
    that most scope used from the 1980s onwards.



    ...... Phil

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  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 31 18:43:26 2021
    Phil Allison wrote:
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    Correction:

    ** Had the use of the earlier & similar a Tek 453 for a couple of years.

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  • From Michael Terrell@21:1/5 to palli...@gmail.com on Tue Aug 31 21:09:05 2021
    On Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at 9:43:30 PM UTC-4, palli...@gmail.com wrote:
    Phil Allison wrote:
    -----------------------

    Correction:

    ** Had the use of the earlier & similar a Tek 453 for a couple of years.

    I have a Tektronix 453A, which has a very sharp focus. The 453 was 50 MHz with Nuvistor inputs, the 453A is solid state and works to 65 MHz. It was built for Telex, for their field techs. I've had it since 1988, and it was well worth the $400 that I paid
    for it.
    I now have two Tektronix 2465A scopes. Four channel, 350 MHz.

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  • From Trevor Wilson@21:1/5 to Phil Allison on Wed Sep 1 14:26:03 2021
    On 1/09/2021 11:43 am, Phil Allison wrote:
    Phil Allison wrote:
    -----------------------

    Correction:

    ** Had the use of the earlier & similar a Tek 453 for a couple of years.




    **The 453 used Nuvistors in parts of the machine. It also had this
    horrible 'flyscreen' covering the CRT display. Like almost all Teks,
    mine worked flawlessly.

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  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to Phil Allison on Tue Aug 31 21:58:04 2021
    Trevor Wilson wrote:
    ==================
    Phil Allison wrote:


    ** Had the use of the earlier & similar a Tek 453 for a couple of years.

    **The 453 used Nuvistors in parts of the machine. It also had this
    horrible 'flyscreen' covering the CRT display.

    ** I'm sure that is a projection from the internal PDA mesh.
    Defocussing the trace made it really obvious.

    There was a plastic graticule over the CRT screen.

    My current scope has a mesh PDA mesh that is quite invisible.
    The CRT is by Matsushita - type 140CBG31



    .... Phil

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  • From Chris Jones@21:1/5 to Phil Allison on Thu Sep 2 22:30:41 2021
    On 01/09/2021 08:54, Phil Allison wrote:
    three_jeeps wrote:
    ------------------------------

    I second the motion to join & post on the TekScopes message board.
    A lot of *very* knowledgeable ppl hang out there.

    ** Antique scope freaks .....

    A 465 is a very well-known and popular scope.
    It was standard gear for DEC and IBM field circus back in the day,


    ** Had the use of the earlier & similar a Tek 463 for a couple of years.
    On loan, from a Sydney based IBM engineer - son of the man I worked for.
    Not very fond of it cos it lacked the one thing a good analogue scope needs.
    A sharply focused trace.

    Low-bandwidth scopes tended to have better focus. The noise of the
    vertical amplifiers can of course be reduced by filtering out the high frequency noise afterwards. The trace on a 475 gets quite a bit sharper
    when it is set into low-bandwidth mode. Perhaps it is an argument for
    having two scopes, one with a sharp trace and one with more bandwidth. I haven't got any reasonable justification for the number of analogue
    scopes that I have though, apart from "that looks too good to stay in
    the dumpster".

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  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to Chris Jones Pommy Shit on Thu Sep 2 05:41:05 2021
    Chris Jones Pommy Shit wrote:
    ====================

    ** Had the use of the earlier & similar a Tek 463 for a couple of years.
    On loan, from a Sydney based IBM engineer - son of the man I worked for. Not very fond of it cos it lacked the one thing a good analogue scope needs.
    A sharply focused trace.

    Low-bandwidth scopes tended to have better focus.

    ** Dopes tend to say idiotic things ...

    The noise of the vertical amplifiers

    ** Totally irrelevant to my comments.

    Just as fuckwits like you are to normal humans.



    ...... Phil

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  • From None@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 2 13:39:00 2021
    On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:17:56 -0700, Theckmah@tards.shortbus.edu obsessed:
    If a bar's got a Sony on the wall, in Vivid mode, Im can whip out my
    Sony remote, and at least put it in Standard mode.

    Dumbfuck OCD. FCKWAFA!

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  • From Michael Terrell@21:1/5 to Chris Jones on Fri Sep 3 20:55:23 2021
    On Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 8:30:51 AM UTC-4, Chris Jones wrote:

    Low-bandwidth scopes tended to have better focus. The noise of the
    vertical amplifiers can of course be reduced by filtering out the high frequency noise afterwards. The trace on a 475 gets quite a bit sharper
    when it is set into low-bandwidth mode. Perhaps it is an argument for
    having two scopes, one with a sharp trace and one with more bandwidth. I haven't got any reasonable justification for the number of analogue
    scopes that I have though, apart from "that looks too good to stay in
    the dumpster".

    Many wideband scopes can be switched to 20MHz mode to mask harmonics and stray RF pickup..

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  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to terrell....@gmail.com on Fri Sep 3 21:18:24 2021
    terrell....@gmail.com wrote:
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    Many wideband scopes can be switched to 20MHz mode to mask harmonics and stray RF pickup.


    ** Also to reduce visible noise coming from the *input stages* when using the most sensitive vertical settings.

    I have a band limiting filter ( 22Hz to 20kHz, -12dB/oct ) I can insert after some audio device that outputs noise above that range, CD players & Class D stuff for example.
    But one really needs a multi stage, ceramic filter to do the job well.

    Early CD players by Sony had them fitted - made by Murata.

    Down 1dB at 22kHz and then -100dB /oct.
    Nice.


    ...... Phil

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  • From Paul S. Barford@21:1/5 to pallison49@gmail.com on Sun Oct 3 18:07:38 2021
    On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 14:45:23 -0700 (PDT), Phil Allison
    <pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:

    bobenge...@gmail.com wrote:
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    I found a 465 at the dump with a sticker on it saying "Horizontal
    deflection bad". Before I even power it up I thought that I'd get
    opinions on how bad the problem likely is. Best case: "That happens all
    the time & it's a bad Qxxx transistor in the framazazzle". LOL Worst
    case: "It could be any number of things and you'll likely spend hours
    and hours to fix a $100 scope". I do have the service manual & another
    scope.

    ** You are asking a " Schrodinger's Cat " type question.

    The cat can be thought dead or alive - until you open the box.

    That has to be the *dumbest* exposition of the Copenhagen
    Interpretation I've ever seen. I'd stick to soldering bits of wire
    together IIWY.

    --

    Dr. Paul S. Barford, Rochester New York, USA
    psb6@harvard.edu
    PSB Consulting, NYC, NY and Cambridge MA

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