playing with bits

I recently needed some 2N3055 TO-3 transistors for a project, but could not locate any around my basement, so I went ahead and carefully pur...

A few weeks ago I turned on my HP 54503A to find it behaving strangely. While probing a circuit under test, I could not get any waveforms at...

With the 2015 September 10GHz and up contest approaching fast, I am in process of making some performance improvements to my 10GHz station. ...

I recently acquired a nice Anritsu MF76A 18GHz frequency counter in a non-working state off of eBay. While older, this is still a very usab...

I have posted several times in the past on the PLL frequency synthesizer I designed and built based on the Analog Devices ADF4107. The overa...

In the process of debugging the strange intermittent display issue on my Tektronix 2246 after re-capping the power supply , things are not ...

Last year I had talked about how I accidentally destroyed my Tektronix 2246 oscilloscope by removing the cover. There was a small dent in ...