[Boatanchors] [ARC5] Tube Tester

[Carl]

That MX-949 adapter often goes for twice the I-177! I use my 177 on the 
bench reserved for auto radios which almost never venture into 9 pin 
territory. There it does an excellent job of weeding out rather dead and 
leaky/noisy tubes. I think it was Nolan Lee who developed the settings for 
many later 7 pin tubes.

The 648S did away with the one tube in the circuit which makes it more 
reliable as well as offering a full range of sockets. Hopefully it comes 
with the settings booklet and addendum for older tubes. If not I can email 
you all that.
There was one site in particular that walked me thru the refurb procedure 
but its not bookmarked. I replaced a few caps and the primary problem were 
dirty switches which cleaned up nicely.

Carl


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Tauson" <wh7hg.hi at gmail.com>
To: "arc5" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; "boatanchors" 
<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; "milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [ARC5] Tube Tester


> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 2:21 PM, John
> Hutchins<olegerityincj at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>> Come on be patient! I have seen an I-177B that went for ~50$ in the
>> past 6 months on E-place. You may also need the MX-949/U adapter or you
>> can make the individual adapter sockets.
>
> I'm being patient.  Sort of.  But I also found someone who has a
> Jackson 648 (Thanks, Carl) who's willing to wait for payment until my
> next pension check arrives.  If an I-177 wanders my way I can get in
> addition (Yeah, I know.  Grabby of me!), I'll have two testers which
> is the arrangement I had on the mainland - an I-177 and something
> civilian I can't remember to handle the modern stuff.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael, WH7HG
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