The issue I have with the resistor kits. 99.8% of the kit will never be used. So you spend 20-30 greenbacks for a couple 5 cent resistors from China. That doesn't a whole lot of since to me.
To ..... heckle you.
i could have either on tues.
i bought similar kits years ago for tinkering with stuff i was building. i will use one if i need one to get something up and running but i will not leave that part in it. i will order quality parts from mouser or digikey.
I do the same, bought a kit years ago and use them to get a working unit, then order from Mouser or Digikey .
Oh I read that wrong, I thought you wrote 90 North Of Fort Dodge, not IN Fort Dodge.
Stick with the Yellow one.
Insert transistor in socket provided with correct pinout the set MM to hfe scale, expecting the MM will give you the hfe. Think you would be better off with the cheap chi testers as per Nashou66 but I'm not a big fan of the zero presuure socket, the one pictured looks ok since its screwed down, the early ones had the ZP socket plugging into another socket (wtf?) so it could fall out and damage pins and... Such testers will give you transistor type, pinout, hfe and Vbe. I should buy a more robust unit like the DCA or...
I am, primarily Yamaha power amps and pre-amps,.
I graduated in 75 from FDSH . My father repaired Rogers problem pieces back in the 70's.. I worked for Homer L Davidson at Davidson RCA TV until I enlisted. I think I pissed off Homer. RIP.Ordered it this morning.
I think we communicated before, I don't remember where but it was in the past few years. I went into Skylabs in West Des Moines and told them I would like to work there for free. They wanted nothing to do with it. I don't understand how you can have a vintage stereo shop and not repair vintage audio. They only work on what they sold. That's like buying a new Oldsmobile at Bob Kidd Olds and taking it for service and they tell you, SORRY, we don't work on that crap. Oh and I remember SP Electronics too, I believe the owners name was Sergei???I am, primarily Yamaha power amps and pre-amps,.
And transistors in the PSB installed wrong and in the Function Control Board. Don't worry all the trans were replace with new. 100% planned on starting out with the DBT.
i don't blame them. i've worked at bodyshops that had interns or even paid appentices in autobody school and they have made big ole messes that i've had to fix.
But thats BS, you want to sell vintage electronics but when it comes to repair it's Too Bad So Sad??? I am by no means even close to an expert but I would like to learn more about the hobby. I learn fast and I can do anything mechanical. I retired at 55 and for the past 7 years I have been restoring and repairing cars and motorcycles and vintage electronics and anything around the house that needs it but diagnosing electronics is damn near kicking my ass. Who is going to repair this stuff in 20 years. There is not one single repair shop in Des Moines Iowa and we are talking almost 2 million people here and the surrounding communities.
