The last time I was on the phone with them they told me Canadian small parcel delivery was actually farmed out to Loomis under DHL branding. I'm not sure how true this is as they team members on the phone are usually pretty full of it but this may be why things go bad when parcels change countries.
That is correct.
I expect to get the PCB's for the modification tomorrow (Thursday). The plan is to do the SMT mounting as soon as the PCB's arrive here and hopefully we can have a small number of units modified and tested tomorrow as well. If all goes well, we should be able to resume shipment on Friday to those who have already paid.
Once we have some units ready, we will also take a picture of the modification. I expect that we will send a picture and a description of the modification to those who have already received their RTX6001. From that, it should be possible for each individual to estimate whether that is something that can be handled as diy or whether the unit needs to go back to RTX.
Next Friday, Excellent, I was away home until yesterday so I asked them to hold my shipment until today...
It looks like I should have a new toy to play with next week
JC
It looks like I should have a new toy to play with next week
JC
Me too, sounds like sometime next week.. Looking forward to completing the modernization of my bench!
As I've been one of the latest subscribers (#82, as far as I can see), I see some chance to get a revised unit and lean back...
Best regards!
Best regards!
My RTX6001 arrived today and had to be signed for, as expected.
They wanted to deliver the day I was leaving, so I delayed until today.
They wanted to deliver the day I was leaving, so I delayed until today.
Modifications are ongoing at the moment. Shipment will resume by Monday next week.
For those who have already received their RTX6001, I have made a description of the modifications needed to improve the distortion at high input levels.
Please take a look at it and report back if this is something you feel that you are able to do yourself. If so, we will send two mounted PCB's for each Analyzer.
I assume most people on this forum will be able to do the modification, avoiding shipping the unit back and forth. Using a solder iron with a fine tip will be an advantage.
For those who have already received their RTX6001, I have made a description of the modifications needed to improve the distortion at high input levels.
Please take a look at it and report back if this is something you feel that you are able to do yourself. If so, we will send two mounted PCB's for each Analyzer.
I assume most people on this forum will be able to do the modification, avoiding shipping the unit back and forth. Using a solder iron with a fine tip will be an advantage.
I'll perform the modification myself 🙂
A brief testing procedure after the mod is made will be useful (I mean, something like measuring voltages at a few test points, before we fire up the unit to see the distortion improvement at high signal level)
A brief testing procedure after the mod is made will be useful (I mean, something like measuring voltages at a few test points, before we fire up the unit to see the distortion improvement at high signal level)
JensH, it seems very easy and simple the modification.
I dοn't think, it can make it difficult for DIY members.
Looks to me this mod should be possible for me to do. Probably I have to add some fine tips for SMD work to my soldering kit.
Hello Jens, i do think as well that most of the participants here should be very capable to do so. My only question would be if warranty would be affected by this mod performed by users.
Regards, Clemens
Actually it would be better to do a sweep of each channel before and after modification, that way you can do it all at one time, and you are not comparing channel A to channel B, but can directly observe the improvement on each channel. It should be clear that the test must be performed with the same software and settings both times.
It's also perfectly valid to just check it after completing the modifications to verify that the modification was performed correctly.
For those of us in North America I would probably recommend Kynar or teflon 30awg wire wrap wire for the modification, unless the retrofit already includes the wire.
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