Wednesday, March 9, 2022

12 Degrees and Snowing....

 We have about 2~3" on the snow table, and we're expecting another 2~4" before it stops. The Ariens is gassed up and ready to go tomorrow, and should make child's play out of 6". The more I use it, the better I get at stopping, starting, steering, and setting the speed it travels at. I'm just glad we've had light snows this year to give me the practice for when the big stuff eventually shows up.

My replacement Textronix 2465B oscilloscope arrived the other day, so I spent some time getting it up on the bench. It's identical to the one I had, which is going back to the guy I got the replacement from. These are marvelous oscilloscopes, the last of the Tek scopes that were easily repairable, wide bandwidth for capturing fast signals, and has some built-in measurement capability, like a DVM and a Frequency Counter. I really liked my original one, but it has well over 20,000 hours on it, and some of the controls were getting a bit wonky. This one has 1612 hours on it, and has been completely gone through, cleaned, and calibrated. Should be good for another 40 years now.

Yeah, it's more than I "need", but it's very versatile, and good test equipment is a joy to use.

Good bye, old friend. The Doctor will see you shortly, and then on to your new home.


The empty water bottles were used as "corner protectors" in the shipping carton the vendor used. Two in each corner, keeping the box squared up, and preventing damage. Pretty clever, and they work perfectly.


8 comments:

  1. We're expecting snow tomorrow. Snow, high winds and cold. Betrayed by a groundhawg.

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    1. It stopped about an hour ago. Not much now but some small flakes. They're calling for another 1~3" overnight, but I just don't see it on the radar.

      And were in for a few days of single digits, too.

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  2. So happy I made my 405 mile loop through the Nebraska Panhandle Monday.

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    1. Yeah, you had nice weather. I wouldn't want to be out there tonight or tomorrow...

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  3. We're getting it on Friday... sigh

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    1. Hopefully it'll dissipate some before it hits you. At 2130 we have light snow, with 3~4" accumulated. I don't see much more coming in, BUT if it does this all night it'll be another inch or so, and light snow like this is hard to call from the radar images. Well, at least it is to me....

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  4. You all be safe, stay warm and God bless.

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    1. Thanks, Linda. It's going to be pretty harsh tomorrow with the windchill!

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Keep it civil, please....

Gloomy, Gritty, Grey Day

 At 1700 local it's as described in the headline; 30*F, 88% RH, completely overcast, snowing like crazy (small flakes, but lots of them)...