[Hallicrafters] Signal generators

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 >One pretty good little signal generator -- and they're cheap -- is the Eico 324.

I've been using a 324 for many years & it does a good job. I put a much larger knob
on it to give tuning a lighter feel, and added some some shielding around the attenuator.
Before that, there was too much signal leakage to be able to output very small signals.

--Wayne
  WB4OGM

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Everette <radiocompass at yahoo.com>
To: hallicrafters <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wed, Nov 16, 2011 8:11 pm
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Signal generators


I bought a GR 1001-A generator at a hamfest for $35, probably because the guy 
didn't want to haul it back home.  A big reason was that its range goes down to 
50 KHz.  Truth be told, I haven't used it for much more than low IF alignments; 
but for that it does well.  I also came by a skdoozle of GR coax adaptors in an 
estate sale, which helped even more.

One pretty good little signal generator -- and they're cheap -- is the Eico 324.  
I think its range goes from about 150 KHz to 150 MHz or something like that.  
These units are all over eVilBay, and can be bought for as low as $10. 

You do run a risk of getting a doggie that may have been built by an ignoranus; 
but much of the Eico test gear you see is surplus from tech schools and was 
factory wired.

My 324 is so stable that I can literally use it for a BFO while listening to SSB 
nets on 75 and 40 meters.  True, it doesn't have a calibrated attenuator; and it 
doesn't do low IFs.  But what it does, it does well.

The Eico 249 VTVM is an excellent device, and the 7 inch meter can be read by 
Mr. Magoo.  The Eico 232 is the same instrument, with a smaller meter.  Both are 
quite accurate.  Be sure to get the correct "Uniprobe" with it.  These meters 
are also pretty inexpensive.

Eico also made a nice tube type sweep generator, but it's made for TV servicing; 
I think the model is 368.  And the Eico 950 series capacitance-resistance 
testers are very VERY good.  I also like the 147 signal tracer -- a mighty handy 
little device.

73

Mike
W4DSE
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