Let's see some of your Tube Testers

[mpholland]

Here is my recovered Hickock 6000 I got from Kara the Tube Wizard a while back. My Amplitrex is supposed to be here in about 2 weeks!

Not trying to thread crap here, but I took my TV-3 to her for repair and calibration a couple summers ago. She lives about a mile up the street from me. People know her mainly for Hickok repair, but she is a heck of a designer also. Her company is DeHavilland Electric Amplifier Co. She has a nice CNC mill in her garage that she makes all her chassis with. Her webpage is here http://www.dehavillandhifi.com/Products%20Page.htm

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Marc

 

[roberts67]

Hello!

She is very knowledgeable. It was definitely an interesting experience. Jim McShane recommended I get my tester from her. I am in the Portland area so it was a no brainer for me. Back to your scheduled programming.

 

[mech986]

Here is my recovered Hickock 6000 I got from Kara the Tube Wizard a while back. My Amplitrex is supposed to be here in about 2 weeks!

Not trying to thread crap here, but I took my TV-3 to her for repair and calibration a couple summers ago. She lives about a mile up the street from me. People know her mainly for Hickok repair, but she is a heck of a designer also. Her company is DeHavilland Electric Amplifier Co. She has a nice CNC mill in her garage that she makes all her chassis with. Her webpage is here http://www.dehavillandhifi.com/Products%20Page.htm

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Marc

She is very knowledgeable. It was definitely an interesting experience. Jim McShane recommended I get my tester from her. I am in the Portland area so it was a no brainer for me. Back to your scheduled programming.

Beautiful, did she recover the case too?

 

[peterh]

The ultimate tube tester

My tubetester never gives me wrong result never damages tubes.

 

[zandru]

I'll play, here are a few. Nice tub-o-Mullards there Mark. I use my eico for compactron duty too.

Goodness Gracious Great Grand PauW PauW JAy JAy DaDDay,

Are DeeZe yours for The using, or are these just gathering Dust ?.
OR! Maybay just a gift to DaH! Cosmos! Bay! Bay! ?.

 

[Hi-Q]

My home made 'Sussex' Tester, testing an EL34.

 

[amphead4]

That's some very big Tube testers Nice testers, You should get some socket savers in them though. I had to change sockets in a tv7 and it was something like 49 wires. a real pain in the ass.

Where do you get socket savers?

And if inserting/removing tubes will wear a socket, how are the socket savers immune from that?

 

[Dukiedook]

Feebay, hamfests, CL. Socket savers take the abuse so when they wear out all you need to do is get another socket save.

 

[jaymanaa]

Goodness Gracious Great Grand PauW PauW JAy JAy DaDDay,

Are DeeZe yours for The using, or are these just gathering Dust ?.
OR! Maybay just a gift to DaH! Cosmos! Bay! Bay! ?.

The Hickok gets used almost daily, the little Eico is used for compactrons, the precision just has very nice woodworking on it and doesn't see much use. The last one is military of course and does a nice job of testing the plates on rectifiers (the Hickok by design doesn't measure the plates equally on rectifiers). I have my very first, a Heathkit TC-1 (tube checker 1) but I wouldn't feel too good plugging it in without a going over. I want to build me a matching rig, but time is hard to come by.

 

[Blueglow]

My home made 'Sussex' Tester, testing an EL34.

Tell me more, I've long been in search of something a little more 'real circuit' like with digital meters such as this...
Mark

 

[zandru]

The Hickok gets used almost daily, the little Eico is used for compactrons, the precision just has very nice woodworking on it and doesn't see much use. The last one is military of course and does a nice job of testing the plates on rectifiers (the Hickok by design doesn't measure the plates equally on rectifiers). I have my very first, a Heathkit TC-1 (tube checker 1) but I wouldn't feel too good plugging it in without a going over. I want to build me a matching rig, but time is hard to come by.

Nice gear Jay..

 

[ricohman]

My Stark 9-66A

 

[ferninando]

Wow! that Stark has Hickok written all over it.
looks good.

 

[zandru]

Wow! that Stark has Hickok written all over it.
looks good.

Is there still a standing patent on that Gizmo?.

 

[ferninando]

??????????

 

[radioactive]

Wow! that Stark has Hickok written all over it.
looks good.

Its a rebranded hickock 533

 

[ferninando]

yes there is a near exact resemblance to a 533. Or maybe the 534.

 

[Dukiedook]

Its a rebranded hickock 533

I thought the the 9-66 was kind of a 533a but not quite.

 

[ricohman]

Is there still a standing patent on that Gizmo?.

I guess this explains it.

 

[airdronian]

Here's my new-to-me Dyna Jet 606 emissions tester. Great condition. Size of a lunch kit ! It's a good starter for me. :thmbsp: