Re: I wonder if there is much interest in vacuum tube oscilloscopes such as the 500 series
Personally I have a 2465a that has some blown caps (repairs in process) and a 2225. I gave away my drawers of tubes back a couple decades ago....
I do appreciate the design of the old 500 series
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Bob Headrick
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Re: Electromyograph EDX-1 - Based on Tektronix 5000 Series Mainframe
Hi Wolfgang,
Neat instrument just to see what the setting and specification ranges might be like.
Would you be OK having this and your images on Tekwiki? Will be interesting to find a manual or
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nonIonizing EMF
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Re: I wonder if there is much interest in vacuum tube oscilloscopes such as the 500 series
Oh, ok. While I have some things that are collectable (and I may
never get to work), if I have it, I'd like to use it, since I actively
do electronics design.
I will confess that I am saving the
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Harvey White
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Re: Switching power supplies
“Personally I'd replace C911: 22uF 15V tant bead on a 13V PSU rail, diagram 17 (not the PSU diagram!)”
Interesting.....
It’s been a while, but I think this is the first failure of my 485! Did
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Kevin Oconnor
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Re: "Oscilloscopes: Collecting and Restoring a Classic";
Stan donated the rights to reproduce his book to the vintageTEK museum. We sell a CD copy of it on on the museum eBay store. Stan is not reproducing his book that we are aware of. The museum is in the
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Dave Brown
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Re: I wonder if there is much interest in vacuum tube oscilloscopes such as the 500 series
Hi Phil,
Thanks for pointing that out.
I saw that web page and the fact that it was a Barnes and Noble site and it said hard copy and I assumed it was a new printing. All of the original printing of
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Dennis Tillman W7pF
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Re: I wonder if there is much interest in vacuum tube oscilloscopes such as the 500 series
Thanks to everyone showing interest in this topic. My pictures are at:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vWHUhwHc74o7ed7Q9
Thanks for looking.
John
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John Williams
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Re: I wonder if there is much interest in vacuum tube oscilloscopes such as the 500 series
Watching this little thread with interest and a little surprise seeing all these scopes still in use. I’ll add my collection to the list:
561A x2, one for parts
RM561A I generally use, mounted in a
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Caveman
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Re: I wonder if there is much interest in vacuum tube oscilloscopes such as the 500 series
Hi John,
I've recently joined and have been lurking wondering the same thing. I'm part way through restoring a 535A, a 547 and have recently completed a 503. It is definitely a labor of love on
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Jason A.
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Re: I wonder if there is much interest in vacuum tube oscilloscopes such as the 500 series
Hi John,
I still have a 564 storage scope on the bench, it's smaller then a 547, etc and there's lots of plug-ins including sampling units! I guess I cornered the market on mint 3L10 SA units too.
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petertech99h
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Re: TEK 475 voltage issues.
I had to keep looking and Q1478 is also shorted. Did the shorted tantalum take out both Q1474 and Q1478? Man, that happened since I started working on it.
I had to order Q1478 so, I'm done for a
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Glen Layne
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Re: 475 with no Display and no HV
The .01uF 6kV disk capacitor arrived yesterday and this evening I soldered it in between T1320 and the NTE539 voltage tripler. I powered up the scope and Bingo! There is a trace bright and
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Ripley
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Re: TEK 475 voltage issues.
OK, I have made progress. I found a bad 18 ohm resistor near Q1496. It wasn't open but measured in the kilo-ohms. One of my component checkers thought it was a cap due to the varying resistance. I
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Glen Layne
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Re: I wonder if there is much interest in vacuum tube oscilloscopes such as the 500 series
This is a used book...? Just sayin'
Phil
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Phillip Potter <p.potter@...>
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Re: I wonder if there is much interest in vacuum tube oscilloscopes such as the 500 series
Dang, held on to my copy too long !!
Richard S.
wrote:
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Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz@...>
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Re: Spotted in Seattle area: Tek 515, etc.
If anyone is interested, I live 4 blocks from Vetco and I know the owner very well so it may be possible to get these scopes at a great price. I can pick them up and get the packed for shipment for
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Dennis Tillman W7pF
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Re: Advice sought on 7934 vs 7904A mainframe
Hi John,
The 7904A and the 7934 are both outstanding scopes for different reasons.
The 7934 is quite rare because it was introduced 3 years before Tek ended
the 7K product line. SO it is highly
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Dennis Tillman W7pF
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Re: I wonder if there is much interest in vacuum tube oscilloscopes such as the 500 series
Hi John,
Stan Griffiths of Aloha OR is THE definitive collector of Tek tube scopes. By now he has upwards of 1,000 in his ham shack, storage containers, and other out buildings on his property. Stan
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Dennis Tillman W7pF
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Re: TEK 475 voltage issues.
Glen,
The ripple looks ok. The manual I am using is the 108MB file on the 475 page at w140.com/tekwiki.
If you locate schematic <12> power supply, the previous schematic shows power distribution
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Roger Evans
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Re: Tek 2710 focus issue
Hi John,
The resistor string is pretty evident. It is about
10, 10M SMD resistor all in series, sitting off by
themselves. You can see it when you pull the cover
off the HV. Clear plastic cover
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Chuck Harris <cfharris@...>
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