And this is why I love this forum! I knew you guys would point me in the right direction.
The uTracer kit is not just a tube tester, it is also a fully blown curve tracer.
And you can even test a quad or more of tubes, and have all of the multi curves superimposed on the same graph to visually check how matched they are, or not.
And then print it out.
It doesn't yet have an "emissions" test, as I believe this is rather a grey area as to its validity, and it is also worth noting that some traditional tube testers have been accused of damaging the tube under test by carrying out their version of it.
I believe they are working on a rectifier test at present, the current version doesn't do rectifiers.
I looked at the uTracer and considered it. I'll look into getting it next month. I also Have a Knight 600B for emissions testing. I heard
good things about it so emission testing won't be a deal breaker on the uTracer.
Why not ask Mark about it?
BlueGlow That is one hell of a complete video on your tester showing also a 6L6 calibration tube on B setting going to 120V.
Go Dos4ever !!!! Ronald Dekker, great guy, great Kit !
I bought one of these as my very first kit build.
Yes, I follow his TV-7 videos to a "T" and that's how I knew something was wrong. I condsidered emailing Mark, but I didn't
want to add to his list especially with him having some health situations. I'm sure people load him down with questions and I'm just
grateful the man is able to put out such great real world content. I'm truly thankful for that. Worst case scenario, I may
reach out to him if I can't figure it out. As soon as I get this going whereby I can test tubes and make sure the are good, I'm going to send
him a sack of good hard to find tubes. The guys really a great fellow.
I really appreciate the help guys. Thanks again
*PS I also need the tester going because I have a Tek 575 curve tracer I need to restore. I have a Heathkit IT-1121 but, it only works very well with the 40V range.
The 200V range is "meh"...