20 May
2004
20 May
'04
5:56 p.m.
Bob Shannon wrote:
ACtually, there is far more interest in the parts than
the whole
instrument.
I've attempted to GIVE AWAY a working Tek 547 with 3 or 4 plug-ins and
the original 'scopemobile' cart.
Well nobody told me ... No wait I don't drive. :(
Zero takers.
But there IS a small fortune in tubes in there. There is a vast and
growing interest
in designing and building tube circuits these days. Even I got bitten
by this bug
and built a pair of radio receivers using tubes (not taken from the scope).
Mostly audio tubes and a few rare radio parts get a high price.
TV tubes are still a 'dime a dozen' so to speak.
Many of the needed parts for this sort of work are no
longer made and any
existing new old stock parts now carry hefty prices. The best solution
is to
take this fine, grand old test gear, and strip it for parts.
From what little I have seen on Scope parts it is the solid state
custom IC's and transistors that are hard to find.
Better that the hard-to-get parts are preserved (and
used) then the
whole instrument
goes to the dump. This is clearly a lesser of two evils situation, but
when the gear
cannot be given away, it is the best option.
Or check online. A lot of test gear parts here.
http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/index.html
David V. Corbin wrote:
I got a free scope, that worked great great for tube amp I was building.
Other than FAD prices, you get what you pay for. Good $$$ for good parts
including tubes.
Ben.