[Test-Equipment] HP-VTVM

[Moe Fretz]

Used test equipment and ham gear have many things in common.
One of these being missing test gear probes and missing power supplies and
connecting cables for ham gear.
Never seems to fail.​


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Moe Fretz
Collection and Preservation
Canadian Tube Radios, Communication Equipment, Vintage Ham gear and
Military Radios.
Hallicrafters, RCA, National, Hammarlund,TMC, RME and Racal.

www.radiopreservationguy.com

Don't part them out ---- Restore them.

Cambridge
Ontario Canada


On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Fuqua, Bill L <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu> wrote:

> I'd say, if you are used to the HP meter get another one, perhaps one that
> has lost it's probes
> as cheap as possible and fix it with what you have already.
>
> ________________________________________
> From: test-equipment-bounces at mailman.qth.net [
> test-equipment-bounces at mailman.qth.net] on behalf of
> james.liles at comcast.net [james.liles at comcast.net]
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 10:04 AM
> To: k2cby at optonline.net; Discussion of Electronic Test Equipment
> Subject: Re: [Test-Equipment] HP-VTVM
>
> Sure wish I had known about the MIL SURP instruments years ago, before I
> invested in the 410 series meters.  You're right about the similarities.
> Sure looks like the ME-26 was made by HP!
>
> Thanks again for the heads up Miles --- Kindest regards Jim K9AXN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: k2cby
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 8:27 AM
> To: test-equipment at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Test-Equipment] HP-VTVM
>
> If you are shopping for a VTVM at a price, don't overlook military surplus.
>
>
>
> The ME-26 is nothing but an HP 410 in a plain wrapper. That includes the
> vacuum tube RF probe, which is integral to the instrument. The ones
> appearing on E-Bay lately seem to be a late production run that was never
> issued or saw only limited service and are practically "new."
>
>
>
> The TS-505 is a virtually indestructible "militarized" VTVM with a cast
> aluminum panel and heavy duty case. The "innards" are again very similar to
> HP. The major difference is the RF probe, which is in the form of an
> adapter
> that slips over the end of the dc probe, rather than a vacuum tube. In
> contrast to the ME-26 most 505s have seen some serious usage, and the front
> panel paint is likely to be chipped. The guts will be fine, however, and I
> never saw one that couldn't be brought up to specifications with nothing
> more than a new 12AU7.
>
>
>
>
>
> Miles B. Anderson, K2CBY
> 16 Round Pond Lane
> Sag Harbor, NY 11963
> Tel.: (631) 725-4400
>
> Fax.: (631) 725-2223
> e-mail: k2cby at optonline.net
>
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