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Andy

Jan 1, 1970
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I have an opportunity to trade some equipment I
have for a HP spectrum analyzer. It seems to be
a fair enough trade to me, value wise, but I don't
know about the other fellow's equipment.

Is there a database somewhere , or some method
I can use, to determine whether the spectrum
analyzer the other fellow is offering has ever been
stolen ?

I have no reason to suspect this, but if there is some
way to verify, I'd like to know. The value is high
enough that I don't want to take the chance of losing
it if I should have to send it somewhere for repairs...

Thanks,

Andy
 
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Sergey Kubushin

Jan 1, 1970
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There was a seller a couple of days ago selling HP 3458a 8-1/2 digit
Multimeter on Ebay with a starting price of circa $100, no reserve. Meter
looked almost new.

There was something making even a complete idiot to suspect that something's
fishy with that -- either that the seller was registered a couple of days
before trying to sell this item, with zero feedback of course, or that
bidders IDs were kept private, or such a great price with no reserve for a
unit of this class...

It hasn't ended. I watched it out of curiosity when it had something like 5
bids at $200+ but it vanished well before end time...
 
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Rene Tschaggelar

Jan 1, 1970
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Andy said:
I have an opportunity to trade some equipment I
have for a HP spectrum analyzer. It seems to be
a fair enough trade to me, value wise, but I don't
know about the other fellow's equipment.

Is there a database somewhere , or some method
I can use, to determine whether the spectrum
analyzer the other fellow is offering has ever been
stolen ?

I have no reason to suspect this, but if there is some
way to verify, I'd like to know. The value is high
enough that I don't want to take the chance of losing
it if I should have to send it somewhere for repairs...

I'd assume Agilent(HP) to be the ones to ask.

Rene
 
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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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I'd assume Agilent(HP) to be the ones to ask.

Rene

Years ago, when I had a lab, TEK's monthly newsletter included serial
numbers of stolen gear.

...Jim Thompson
 
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Keith

Jan 1, 1970
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To-Email- said:
Years ago, when I had a lab, TEK's monthly newsletter included serial
numbers of stolen gear.

I see laptop manufacturers are now offering "LoJack" for their
products. It calls home whenever it finds a network connection.
 
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Jim Yanik

Jan 1, 1970
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Years ago, when I had a lab, TEK's monthly newsletter included serial
numbers of stolen gear.

...Jim Thompson

That was the old TEK,they aint there anymore,gutted.

We used to call into TEK Security when instruments came in missing their
serial number slug,sometimes we found the hidden s/n,sometimes TEK Security
just sent us a special replacement s/n slug with a new s/n.
 
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Jim Yanik

Jan 1, 1970
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I see laptop manufacturers are now offering "LoJack" for their
products. It calls home whenever it finds a network connection.

What is "home"?

Is it your home,or the manufacturer/dealer...?
 
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mc

Jan 1, 1970
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We used to call into TEK Security when instruments came in missing their
serial number slug,sometimes we found the hidden s/n,sometimes TEK
Security
just sent us a special replacement s/n slug with a new s/n.

I have a Celestron telescope that has no serial number, thanks to a repair
(done at the factory) that removed the only part on which the s/n was
engraved. I hope nobody ever steals it...
 
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Don Lancaster

Jan 1, 1970
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mc said:
I have a Celestron telescope that has no serial number, thanks to a repair
(done at the factory) that removed the only part on which the s/n was
engraved. I hope nobody ever steals it...
And the problem with etching your name on the inside of the tube is....


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Many thanks,

Don Lancaster voice phone: (928)428-4073
Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552
rss: http://www.tinaja.com/whtnu.xml email: [email protected]

Please visit my GURU's LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com
 
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mc

Jan 1, 1970
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I have a Celestron telescope that has no serial number, thanks to a
And the problem with etching your name on the inside of the tube is....

That I'd have to take the corrector plate off and have a devil of a time
getting everything centered and aligned again. This is a 5-inch
Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.

If I *do* have to open it up for any reason, I'll keep that suggestion in
mind.
 
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Jim Yanik

Jan 1, 1970
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That I'd have to take the corrector plate off and have a devil of a
time getting everything centered and aligned again. This is a 5-inch
Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.

If I *do* have to open it up for any reason, I'll keep that suggestion
in mind.

Find a hidden spot(under something not usually removed) and etch the s/n
and/or your name there.

the factory should not have allowed the telescope to leave the shop without
a s/n. Save your paperwork on the repair.(does that have the s/n listed?)
 
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