Probably the most gorgeous test gear teardown yet!
A master class in modular product design and design for servicing, a mystery retro bit of test gear from the bunker that was found in a dumpster, worth US$45k new in today's money.
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25 thoughts on “Eevblog #1256 – gorgeous mystery test gear teardown!”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Be Not Silent says:

    Thank you. That is a master piece of German electrical engineering.

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars abx42 says:

    The way the things designed you would think it was for NASA.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gordon Welcher says:

    I did not hear "A thing of beauty is a joy forever"

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars BlueRose says:

    Your style is appreciated 👍

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Arnaud MEURET says:

    They did bodge the power on button.😅

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars billl605 says:

    It would be great to hear some history of the creation of that device, anybody?

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Monchi Abbad says:

    These days this would be a simple meter to calibrate/measure a single Pair-Bonding-VDSL connection.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars sternis1 says:

    I sure hope that some of the original designers of this marvel of product design are still alive and can see and understand this video. All the hats off to the team, this is some of the most amazing product design jobs I've ever seen! The cans, the modules, the HINGES, the die cast sides.
    I'll need to clean my desk now…

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars VE2UM says:

    All, but A few SOE, metal-cased transistors…

    And the low-passes… Elliptic !!!!

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars VE2UM says:

    Dave. This is a jewel !!!!! Please give it a second life !!!! I'm jealous !

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DAVID GREGORY KERR says:

    The Germans are masters of electronics shame KORTING or LUXER is not a thing anymore

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars sky o'reece says:

    It looks like space odasy on you picture

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Roxor128 says:

    Dave sounds like a kid at Christmas pulling this thing apart.

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Hola! synterr says:

    It's pornografic! And this is german porn 😉

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars alun roberts says:

    I need some of them can type relays for ham radio use to switch filters can you send me some please

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars thierry guillaume says:

    Hi Dave, just watched that video on the plane. Loved every second of it but when you commented on the flathead screw "that's a bit rude" I laughed so hard🤣🤣.
    I have got one of these spm19. I will hook it up to a piece of wire and scan the band see what I get… Thanks for that great video and beautiful pictures.

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars george gonzalez says:

    Meh, the Fluke and HP versions of this are even more fantastic in construction. Instead of tin cans, they have thick milled out aluminum modules with like thirty screws holding down the tops. Dozens of SMA coax pipes connecting them up. They make this one look like a one hung low knock off.

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars pepe6666 says:

    oh man. this is god's voltmeter

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ronnie Pirtle Jr says:

    That thing needs to be put in a museum. Absolutely beautiful work!

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ronnie Pirtle Jr says:

    Oh Dave am I you can play Electronic porn like this!
    They don't make it like that anymore!!!

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sean says:

    "Hickledy pickledy" will now be added to my vocabulary.

  22. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Norbert Blackrain says:

    Gossen i worked there as an intern early in my studies.Sadly gone now.

  23. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars matteo234321 says:

    Yes, but with all that metal and small consolidated compartments, how many days does this take to thermally saturate to meet its cal??

  24. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars VejyMonsta says:

    And this is why dumpster diving in the industrial park is a good idea.

  25. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Pro. Logic says:

    I would never get tired of looking at that. Fantasy Island. Thank You So Very Much.

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