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The vacuum tube tester
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01-15-2014, 11:13 AM
I have a Hickok 600A tester which works well for me. If you got one that needed work, this one is not too bad to work on.

I got a calibration procedure online for this also and you can get
calibration tubes also.

Prices I've seen lately on eBay can be $500 for one in good condition.

If you get a junker, the items that I've heard are costly are the meter and of course the multi-tap transformer. Other than that one should be able to rebuild one of these fairly easily if need be.

Herb S.
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The vacuum tube tester - by fields 100 - 01-15-2014, 10:44 AM
RE: The vacuum tube tester - by hsusmann - 01-15-2014, 11:13 AM
RE: The vacuum tube tester - by TA Forbes - 01-15-2014, 11:41 AM
RE: The vacuum tube tester - by morzh - 01-15-2014, 12:03 PM
RE: The vacuum tube tester - by hsusmann - 01-15-2014, 01:19 PM
RE: The vacuum tube tester - by morzh - 01-15-2014, 02:35 PM
RE: The vacuum tube tester - by Bradley Rush - 01-15-2014, 03:14 PM
RE: The vacuum tube tester - by TA Forbes - 01-16-2014, 10:50 AM
RE: The vacuum tube tester - by Jamie - 01-17-2014, 08:23 PM
RE: The vacuum tube tester - by TA Forbes - 01-17-2014, 10:34 PM



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