🔴 What's in my Mailbag ? - Mailbag Monday 9th January 2023 - No.1086

What's in my Mailbag ? - Mailbag Monday 9th January 2023

0:00 - Intro.
1:16 - Seagate Barracuda 4TB Hard Drive (no link).

*This Micsig T03004 was supplied by AppVision Australia:*

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My Electronics Tools (video and purchase links)
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Boonton
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4220.

Datron
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Fluke
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8842A:

HP/Agilent/Keysight
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3457A.

Rohde & Schwarz
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Siglent
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SDS1104X-E.
SDS2104 X Plus.
SPL-1008.

Other Equipment
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Heathkit IT-12 Signal Tracer.

[TheEmbeddedHobbyist]

A nice looking scope. Won't take up much space on the bench mat.

[TheRadioShop]

Nice mailbag. I switched to external drives for all my storage now 6 TB each. The new PC in the shop does not even have a hard drive (SSD). I like the looks of that tablet scope, cannot wait to see the review.

[markclark]

I got two NAS drives from NewEgg the drives had air-injected wrap in a small box then the two boxes were bubble wrapped in a bigger box. The wrap around the drives had to be deflated to get them out.

[FridayHouseXYZ]

The clear pcbway logos need some LED lights on them.With all that was in that box I half expected some money to fall out of that card lol
The scope was awesome as well!

[sveinfarstad]

Monday... Hey!! it is only Sunday here in Norway...

[simontay]

Can the micsig also be used as a screen for a USB microscope camera if you installed a video capture application.. That would be useful.

[DaruoshAghajaney]

I'm surprised that they didn't send you PCBWay condoms.

[helmuthschultes]

How is the NZ tax dept handling the "free" supply of review items, and user money 'donations'.
According the the local news paper, the Australian Tax Dept is proceeding to follow up charging tax and GST based on retail value of these free review items of Internet "Influencers" as the value is regarded as income.

That is in some cases of influencers such things a $5000 handbags, or providing free use of a luxury car, expensive cosmetics, free clothing/shoes items. And for technical such things as test equipment, free of charge samples or services.

The cost of such tax could bust many of these influencers. Can you imagine a young woman receives such $5000 handbag and is now due both a 10% GST plus say 30% of retail value of that handbag. They could over the year endup with huge tax payment demands. Such "benefits of internet activity fall under income and fringe benefit provisions.

I do hope NZ has not started similar demands on internet personalities, using their deep tracking systems of financial transactions.