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[ki8du1]

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Hello to all. Name is Roger. I'm a broad area tinker, master at nothing. Call me a wetback. I do have an Associates from way back in another life. Retired Field Engr for a major Telephone Carrier.

I'm also an Amateur Radio Op and I like to play around with simple, related circuitry.

I'm now trying to repair a couple of Ham Radios of mine.....so I'm learning a lot, spending hours studying Service Manuals etc...

I made a purchase of a lifetime, dream tool recently. Its Hakko 300. All I can say is "wow".

I have a Tektronix 350 Mhz Scope, new/old Sweep FG and now looking for a 500Mhz bench Freq Counter & VTVM.

Thats it in a nut shell, so I'm off to let out the magic smoke out of something.

BCNU
Cheers!

[tommy_b]

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Hey guys!

I'm an electrical engineer here in Phoenix Arizona. I won't bore you with all the details of my background so I can get to the funner stuff :-) Suffice it to say that I've been a board-level digital design engineer for 30+ years. I've enjoyed most of it, but have always wanted to play around a little more on the analog side. Being a hi-fi aficianado from the 70's, I decided a while back to start collecting vintage audio equipment and now have a nice little collection, most of which needs recapping and refurbishing, so I thought I might be able to learn a thing or two from this forum, and hopefully pass along some things that I've learned along the way. I'm also into music, classic rock mostly, but I wander the other genres quite frequently. I played the drums when I was younger, and have made it all the way to "advanced beginner" guitar ... not bad, since I started playing in college! :-)

I will now admit that I do have an ulterior motive for joining, as I am in the midst of trying to repair a Dell LCD monitor and was hoping to find some help on this forum. I hate to see things that can be easily fixed just thrown away, and since I've had some recent success fixing a couple of my cassette decks (and a refrigerator!), I'm now emboldened to attempt other repairs. Wish me luck ... I'm gonna need it! :-)

Allright then, let's have some fun and maybe learn something while we're at it!

[eddamoo]

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Long time lurker and new registrant here! I love my electronics so look forward to both help and hinder on here

[j.robinson389]

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Another first timer here. Been reading for a while and looking for some help with TV repair. Thanks for all the knowledge I've gained so far.

[taakes7]

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G'day
I studied electronics engineering (first exposure to a computer was a DEC PDP-8 with magnetic core memory and a punched card reader) and then moved more into electrical power engineering. Always enjoy tinkering with all sorts of "stuff" but not particularly knowledgeable about any of it. Most pleasure is in learning new things and this forum seems to have much to offer.

Regards
Ivan

[cool_male01]

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hi gud day to all.im new member here..im from philippines..im a businessman since 2004,,i became cellphone and computer tech when i operated a cellphone shop tell now...hope i am welcome here..

[komodo]

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Hello everyone!

My name is Jeff or you can use my user name. My friend says "have you ever bought any piece of electronics and not opened it up right away to modify it in some way?". Of course the answer is no. Iv'e dabbled in almost everything from camera repair to welding. I came because I have a monitor that will be replacing caps on and have already gleaned the appropriate info, but will post if I have followup questions, but it seems straightforward.

J

[chaseruk]

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hi...new member here from UK.
pretty handy/capable with a soldering iron and willing to fix it myself !!
looking to learn a little before i dive in.

[Jhoey]

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Hi there,

Techie from the Greater Victoria School District in Canada checking in. Long time reader first time poster . Thank you guys for everything!

[johnnyro]

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hi all, I came here is a quest ot save my Hanns-G monitor, with a power supply cap replacement kit. Thanks for all the great information!!

Thanks

johnnyro

[tja]

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Hello. Need some help on my tv. Not sure if I nees to get it professionally fixed or if its something I can do on my own

[whywontyouwork]

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Hey All,
I got a TV from a friend and I'm trying to fix it. Everyone on here seems helpful and hopefully I can get it.

[nafan]

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Hi !

New member from France.
Found badcaps.net googling for my Samsung LCD issue, and very happy to see so many specialists and so much information in one place.

Thanks for all

[pcjewell]

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Hi, I'm Pat and I'm tired of paying the high cost of getting my electronics repaired at the shop so I'm researching to see if I can do it myself. I appreciate any help in advance.

[antoc005]

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Hi, antoc005 with the obligatory intro post. In the offline world, I go by Chuck.

Thanks.

[bfinleyui]

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Hey all, just here to help figure out a problem with my friend's TV... Hoping it's a cheap fix (tcon board, I'm guessing?)

[Soltys]

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Hi folks, I'm a tv engineer from England. Always a good source of info on here and it's about time I joined rather than just reading the posts

[gazza544]

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Welcome poobs

[DarkInferno]

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Hi.... I have a varied past:

Electrician, Plumber, Gas Engineer, CodeMonkey, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, CompSci.

Here to lurk a lot, post infrequently and hopefully answer some questions as well as get some of my own answered.

Dark.

[Andie4713]

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Hello my name is Andie4713. I am here trying to get information to repair an OLEVIA 65" 1080p LCD HDTV 265T FHD. I googled the information on doing so and was provided a link to this site.