Demilitarized electronic instruments - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: pico61
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2020, 11:16:15 am
content: Something that cannot be looked at...Look at the auctions of electronic instruments of pro-avit.london on Ebay UK!

author: tv84
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2020, 03:04:51 pm
content: Don't miss your TEA sessions!!!!

author: MadTux
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2020, 05:15:25 pm
content: This one?https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/proavitlondon?_dmd=1&rt=ncDon't see any test gear....

author: marcus h
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2020, 05:34:31 pm
content: Sort by price.There is at least some R&S stuff.

author: pico61
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2020, 08:47:49 pm
content: Quote from: MadTux on August 22, 2020, 05:15:25 pmSome examples:https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rohde-Schwarz-SMIQ-03B-Signal-Generator-300kHz-3-3GHz-1125-5555-03/392915691524?hash=item5b7b99a804:g:E64AAOSwaU1fP6nlhttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tektronix-TDS-714L-Four-Channel-Long-Recorder-Colour-DSO/254694985701?hash=item3b4d010fe5:g:fpQAAOSw0glfP6nvhttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-Agilent-Keysight-8530A-Microwave-Receiver/392915691316?hash=item5b7b99a734:g:f6IAAOSw7OZfP6naHowever this morning there were many others items now gone.

author: Jay_Diddy_B
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2020, 07:06:06 pm
content: Hi,That is pretty tame. You need more like this:https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tektronix-TDS3012-100MHz-1-25GS-s-2Ch-Oscilloscope-3/362985925728?hash=item5483a5ac60:g:STAAAOSwt-heBIpaThat is a proper job!!Jay_Diddy_B

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2020, 09:23:00 pm
content: What's "demilitarized" about them?

author: Jay_Diddy_B
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2020, 09:51:53 pm
content: Hi,'demilitarized' is a process that is supposed to make them useless.eBay used to have lots of material, particularly from Israel, that looked like it had been in a garbage compactor or crusher.There is probably a procedure for doing this that normally includes crushing connectors with a pair of pliers. It certainly includes erasing any non-volatile memories.It basically reduces working units to parts units or scrap.It basically makes stuff uneconomical to repair.Sometimes companies do a similar thing for tax purposes.The need for demilitarization sometimes comes through association. Example a normal screwdriver, that you can buy at any hardware store, can become a patriot missile spare, if it was bought for that program.Jay_Diddy_B

author: razvan784
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2020, 09:54:45 pm
content: All the connectors look intentionally destroyed - the case lacks signs of damage in comparison. Just like they fill large gun barrels with concrete in military museums to render them unusable.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2020, 11:52:50 pm
content: Quote from: pico61 on August 22, 2020, 08:47:49 pmNaughty, they are listing these as 'used' condition - which by eBay's rules implies it operates as the manufacturer intended (which it can't with bust connectors). Should be listed as 'For parts or not working' in this condition.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2020, 05:50:25 am
content: Quote from: razvan784 on August 23, 2020, 09:54:45 pmAh, OK. I hadn't noticed that.Definitely not an accident.

author: radiolistener
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2020, 10:56:23 am
content: Quote from: Fungus on August 24, 2020, 05:50:25 amMay be someone who used it, didn't know how to properly disconnect the cable from the connector and used a hammer and pliers for such purposes...Definitely, such damage is done by vandals. Good equipment which can be used by amateurs is just destroyed... this is sad...

author: MadTux
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2020, 04:30:40 pm
content: Looks quite harmless, similar to demilitarized guns.A new receiver or some new BNC connectors and those work just fine again.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2020, 04:55:31 pm
content: You should thank the guy who damaged the connectors. He was a smart person, knew that will be enough to get the equipment out of the door with minimal damage. Garanteed, any other Joe would go for the screen first.

author: George Edmonds
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 25, 2020, 05:11:56 pm
content: In the UK we have the WEEE directive, what it means is that end of life/faulty test kit is acquired by a small number of companies who are paid, by weight, to remove it. It then appears on the likes of Ebay at moronic prices nearly all the time contravening Ebay rules which Ebay does not enforce.George

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 25, 2020, 05:23:50 pm
content: These images remind me of the verse in the Rolling Stones song:"You make a grown man cry"