[Hallicrafters] Test equipment

[Julian Bunn]

I just wanted to disagree with Mike's comment about Tektronix
scopes. The older models are very easy to repair, and the
schematics and manuals readily available for free at BAMA.
You cannot buy a better quality second hand scope, IMHO.

For signal generators, the B&K Precision E200D takes a bit
of beating.

In the end I suppose test equipment is a personal choice:
what you are used to is what seems best. A bit like Operating
Systems :-)

Just my 2c.

Julian

Mike Everette wrote:
> 
> --- Bill Barfield <barfworks at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Ken, could you please give us a quick rundown of all
>>the stuff you can do
>>with a scope.  I want to be sure I use them all.
> 
> 
> Bill, when you go hamfesting, look for an old book
> titled "101 Ways to Use Your Oscilloscope."  There is
> also another in this series called (guess what) "101
> Ways to Use Your VOM and VTVM."  These were put out by
> Howard W. Sams, I think.
> 
> You might also find them on that auction site we
> aren't supposed to mention aloud (sshhhhh).
> 
> When you are looking for test gear, I highly recommend
> Eico equipment.  The Model 460 scope is a 5 inch unit
> and is very useful and reliable with a bandwidth
> usable from DC to 10 MHz.  Sure, there are better
> scopes but you can actually repair an Eico if it goes
> bad -- try that with a Tektronix and see what it ends
> up costing you (cheaper to buy another one and use
> that till it breaks).  I also highly recommend the
> Eico 232 and 249 VTVMs.  Be sure to get the
> "Uni-probe" with either one if you can.  
> 
> All this gear is a dime-a-dozen on that (sshhhhh)
> auction site, along with the excellent Eico 324 signal
> generator which covers about 150 KHz to 170 MHz.  It
> does not have a calibrated attenuator like the
> mil-spec generators (URM-25 etc, and I have one of
> those and it's indeed fantastic) but it is just fine
> for general servicing.
> 
> Eico also made a very nice capacitor tester/resistance
> bridge, the 950; and a neat Model 147 signal tracer.
> And the 710 grid dip meter (be sure to get all the
> coils!) is excellent as well.
> 
> Heathkit made "clones" of many of the Eico units (that
> is, copies) but in general they aren't quite as nice
> as the Eico.  All the Heath stuff (and Knight) was
> built in somebody's garage or kitchen.  Eico was sold
> in kit form, but much Eico gear will have been factory
> wired and has come out of TV serivce shops or, even
> more so, tech school labs where it was well cared for.
> 
> 73
> 
> Mike
> WA4DLF
> 
> 
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