Datron Wavetek Manuals Goldmine . . .

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https://chrisgrossman.com/manuals/wavetek/Wavetek-User-Guides-2019.pdf

If you need a manual for a Datron or Wavetek product, Chris Grossman (photo below) has built a searchable database for you. Thousands of links . . .

True, many manuals can be found online--if you don't mind clickbait or pay-wall--however the two I downloaded seemed better than copies. All FREE.

Yes, View-Finder actually found something . . .. Now I need to find a manual for a Datron 960 "Remote Sampling Unit".

[tggzzz]

Suspicious...

Image mentions Erik Bobbink, not Chris Grossman. chrisgrossman.com is blank.

Weirdly high forehead, the kind of mistake I would expect an AI generator to make.

Searching for Erik Bobbink leads to investment advice and that non-existent site.

Links are to wavetek.org, not wavetek.com

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Well oops! Have a problem with an internet link? How can that be?
The PDF file is attached, I tested two links--just to see--and downloaded one document that appears to be genuine. Yes, the website is wavetek.org (NOT .com). I don't see a problem with that.
The source website is chrisgrossman.com and it has the info about Erik. The relationship between Chris and Erik? If is probable that Erik created the database--perhaps as an employee of Wavetek--or simply downloaded it before Wavetek stopped supporting it. Chris is just giving credit to his source, or Chris might have had a larger role in the publication. Who knows?

Datron/Wavetek created a plethora of products, many of superb quality, so yeah: happy hunting in the database.

Wavetek.com is a dead site. Erik Bobbink is very much alive and lives in Paris (France, not TX) and is the "real deal" in the investment business. {as was I in a time long ago}

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Ohoo my! The goldmine is better than I thought . . ..
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=http://chrisgrossman.com/manuals/&ved=2ahUKEwi8jL2KzP2JAxXjHNAFHS_oHcQQFnoECCAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1aj4JFSS_kHC2WSX5Mz4uX

chrisgrossman.com has an index of manuals!

ADD ON: I just downloaded the Datron 1062 firmware EEPROM and the one for IEEE as well.

[Kean]

Those errors in URLs and other details are weird.

There is a user here by the name of Chris Grossman (graybeard)
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/profile/?u=303839
Maybe you could try PM them to see if they know anything about this.

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Finding documentation for “vintage” meters is both a challenge and an adventure for fans as well as users looking for affordable equipment. It really doesn’t matter who “Chris Grossman” is; for a very narrow slice of users, the need for instructions and schematics is real.
The concern that needs to be expressed is over the move to monetize such documentation behind paywalls or mingled with clickbait.
A deeper concern is that owners of “no longer supported” gear might encounter copyright restrictions if some wealthy foundation acquires property rights. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen.