Most of these things are simple enough that they would have to have catastrophic failure to not be fixable. That Hal does look decent tho, Id treat the adhesive on it to some wd40 to get it off and clean it up. I have a Hal st-6 that survived 3 field days, in addition to my home use, in addition to whatever it went through the last oh, 50 years.

Jeff KC3GJX



On Jul 6, 2024, at 6:59 PM, Jomar Quilatan <[email protected]> wrote:


Hi all,

I recently saw an ST-5000 up on eBay (should have looked sooner haha).  I had already previously ordered the IRL demodulator thanks to advice from you, but since this unit presumably contains the loop supply, then I assume that’s why it’s so sought after.

However, I’m sure there’s the gamble of whether or not it works as intended. To any ST-5000 owners: did you have to do any restoration on your unit when you first got it? What could be a common failing point or any other considerations for the unit? I still am deciding on how I want to design my loop supply if I stick with the IRL route as I have limited bench space, but just putting this out there - keeping an eye on if I might have been impulsive jumping onto the IRL unit or weighing if I will regret going for the HAL if I do haha.

Regards,

Jomar (Joshua Martin) Quilatan
Mississauga (Toronto), Canada
RA 0-8045
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