Peter Seligman

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Scope Laboratories. Thanks! SwisterTwister talk 20:46, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Scope Laboratories (January 9)

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KylieTastic (talk) 21:07, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Scope Laboratories. Thanks! SwisterTwister talk 18:44, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Scope Laboratories (January 10)

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Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Peter Seligman. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Scope soldering iron, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Also, your draft.   — Jeff G. ツ 10:32, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Hello Jeff. I was not aware of these issues. I freely admit that I am the son of Richard Seligman who died 20 years ago.

This article was originally written by Doug Butler. When it was brought to my attention I noticed a major omission. The article mentioned only one person, Bruce Small who I had never heard of and who played no role in the development of the Scope soldering iron. I thought it would be appropriate to mention the actual inventor of the iron and the background to its development. I also added references to to patents involved and information as to how the product got its name. Does Wikipedia prefer to have information posted by people who don't know the details? Peter Seligman (talk) 10:59, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia relies on published sources; a statement that can't be traced to a reputable publisher is deemed Original Research and may be deleted. Doug butler (talk) 23:39, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Project ideas

Hi PS. Do you have an interest in other iconic Melbourne tech companies? I'm thinking BRS (Byer Recording Systems? record cutters, transcription turntables, tape recorders); Rola (wire, loudspeakers, and took over Byer tape recorders c. 1965) and BWD Electronics (oscilloscopes) spring to mind. Doug butler (talk) 23:19, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Yes definitely BWD. I had their oscilloscopes and MiniLabs - and still have some!

I knew John Beesley who worked with us at Cochlear on the Bionic Ear in his retirement, after he sold BWD. Peter Seligman (talk) 10:12, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

BWD oscilloscope Mod. 502

An earlier article BWD Electronics was deleted. I've put in a request for a copy of that article and hopefully the deletion discussion, and see where we go from there. Doug butler (talk) 16:37, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

BWD was a prominent manufacturer of electronic test equipment in Melbourne Australia from the mid-1950s to the 1990s. The instruments were considerably more affordable than the big names such as Tektronix and Hewlett Packard but they were of high quality and well designed. The main line was oscilloscopes, but a range of other instruments was made, including the MiniLab which was a combination of power supplies, an oscillator and amplifiers. These were very popular in teaching institute because they had everything needed for lab experiments in one box. BWD Electronics was founded by John Beesley, Peter Wingate and Bob Dewey. Their first premises were in Auburn Rd, Auburn. In 1966 BWD employed around 80 people and moved to 333 Burke Road, Gardner until 1972 when they then moved to Miles Street in Mulgrave. Wingate and Dewey’s interests were bought out by Bruce Owen. In 1977 BWD released the 880 Powerscope, an oscilloscope designed for looking at mains power. That oscilloscope subsequently won an Australian design award. Beesley had a knack of spotting a need for a product. When he saw an unearthed, Tektronix oscilloscope propped on a cardboard box and being operated by a broom handle, the concept of the Powerscope was born. This instrument, which has the capability of being able to safely make measurements on three phase power circuits is still manufactured today and is marketed in Europe with the Siemens badge. John Beesley remained involved in the company until 1989 when, in his retirement, he went to work for Cochlear Ltd. part time. He died suddenly in 1997, still working at the age of 72. Peter Seligman (talk) 07:21, 5 October 2022 (UTC) References Beesley obituary: Electronics Engineering, Vol 31. No 4, April 1998 Australian Patent application: Instrument for simultaneous display and measurement of multiphase power line waveforms. 18 April 1977 Articles - advertisements: Electronics Australia, Nov, 1972, pp.40 Electronics Today International, Oct, 1976, pp.19 Electronics Today International, Feb, 1977, pp.26

I once had one of their true dual-beam CROs, originally part of an Australian-made flame spectrophotometer. Gave it to a bright young apprentice who moved on to better things (for her) than electronics. A great instrument - not super fast but sensitive and rock-solid synch. Doug butler (talk) 20:42, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Well actually I still have one of those oscilloscopes. I've lent it to a friend who still uses it.

Re the earlier BWD article - I remember it had the same problems I had with the Scope article Peter Seligman (talk) 22:35, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

I have a pending request with the responsible admin, but to date no reply.

PS. I recently saw a BWD on HMAS Otway at Holbrook. That's the one on Commons. Curious that it has a PMG asset register tag. Doug butler (talk) 00:43, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Just found Radio Museum article https://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=12570 which includes catalogue https://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_multipage_pdf.cfm?pdf=bwd_catalogue_no7~~1.pdf

I had no idea they built a screen storage scope. Had to be better than the Tektronix model :) Doug butler (talk) 01:05, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

And a good little article on Everipedia https://everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/BWD_Electronics — an August 2016 mirror of the WP article, since deleted. Doug butler (talk) 01:15, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Yes I saw those other articles too. Would you like to resubmit an article based on my bit above? I can add a picture of my 540A oscilloscope, a Minilab and also a picture of John Beesley. Peter Seligman (talk) 01:32, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

My thoughts exactly. Irene Mitchell can wait till I come back from taking a photo of her plaque on St Chad's church. Here's another idea: Can you rig up the necessaries to photograph a 3:1 Lissajous on a BWD CRO to replace https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lissajous-Figur_1_zu_3_(Oszilloskop).jpg that's being used for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation#Lissajous curve logo article ? Doug butler (talk) 01:53, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Yes I can do that - and generate the two sine waves using the two BWD Minilabs that I happen to have! Peter Seligman (talk) 02:08, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

I can't believe the original article was scratched — it must have had a ton of hits — just come from an old and very interesting BB discussion on the 881 Powerscope, frequently referring to the WP article ! :Never mind, this is now. And I once turned down the offer of a bound collection of RTV&H — how useful it would be now! Doug butler (talk) 04:51, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Haha! My first use of the {{outdent}} tag. Found it in Help:Talk pages along with other stuff I didn't know. Doug butler (talk) 04:57, 6 October 2022 (UTC) And check out this collection of circuits and manuals: https://www.kevinchant.com/bwd.html Doug butler (talk) 05:12, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

More on Beesley at https://maker.pro/forums/threads/rigol-1052-dso.241837/ Quite unusable of course being a blog but interesting. Possible these guys were working for Edward Both when they decided to start BWD and got a legup from Both to manufacture pen recorder amplifiers in 1956. Only a hunch. Doug butler (talk) 20:33, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

BWD Electronics

The portrait of Beesley is a decided asset to the article, well done! As is the pic of the CRO, though some sort of waveform would be an improvement over the free-running trace, and as it's not taken under adverse conditions like that grubby ill-lit one I snapped in HMAS Otway it could be better lit and more square. But I'm nit-picking; it's a good and useful record. What's the panel behind Beesley? I can't make it out. If it's something interesting, make a mention in the caption, otherwise cropping the portrait to a head-and-shoulders would be an improvement. Again, this is just friendly constructive criticism and can wait indefinitely. The article needed to be improved with more factual information and citations, citations, citations. It's nice that they employed a hundred or so people, but that won't interest anyone in Sydney, let alone Seattle or Stockholm. The Prince Philip design award would, if you can find a reference (preferably away from those enthusiast magazines I've plundered already). A decent library could help find good articles in Electrical Engineering journals. Even an article in the Mulgrave Messenger. A bit hard for this poor drudge in Outback NSW but you can do it. Happy Hunting !! Doug butler (talk) 20:51, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Nice picture, interesting, top notch. Put a copy on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation talk page and see if you can get consensus. Doug butler (talk) 05:28, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

October 2022

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I can't see what has been deleted or what was copyrighted. I only added my own photos and some text recently. Peter Seligman (talk) 21:56, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

User:Diannaa removed slabs of text identical to (your) Beesley eulogy, which they found in an internet archive. Be sure your sins will find you out :} . Anyhow, no harm done, but it's a lesson. Easiest to rewrite. I left a little note of explanation on their talk page. Oh, and no need to add a blank line if you're indenting. Lots of users do it, but it's WRONG. Doug butler (talk) 22:20, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

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