Author Topic: List your test equipment "scores" here! (Read 787187 times)

PTR_1275 · « **Reply #650 on:** May 13, 2016, 10:17:25 am »

Just picked up a pendulum CNT-85 Frequency counter from a local auction. Has the GPIB, 3GHz input and ovenized oscillator (It is the same as a fluke PM6685). Paid $135 after fees.

I picked it up, got back to the workshop, opened it up and checked for anything nasty. Plugged it in and..... Nothing

Checked the fuse, fuse was OK. No 240VAC coming into the test points, no 240VAC coming onto the board. Schaffner power filter had gone open circuit. Replaced it with a new one and it powered up straight away. Theres a few scratches and marks on the case, but all in all I got a bargain.

xrunner · « **Reply #651 on:** May 13, 2016, 12:09:43 pm »

HP 54501A off Ebay for $99. Needs a little TLC and a new NVRAM but mostly OK.

Vgkid · « **Reply #652 on:** May 14, 2016, 05:23:52 am »

Quote from: PTR_1275 on May 13, 2016, 10:17:25 am

Just picked up a pendulum CNT-85 Frequency counter from a local auction. Has the GPIB, 3GHz input and ovenized oscillator

Great score, and a simple repair as well.

wraper · « **Reply #653 on:** May 15, 2016, 08:13:37 pm »

30kg of parts for GBP 62 + 19.50 UK shipping,

Hopefully not too many different items. haven't yet completely sorted 15kg of semiconductors from Toploser which I got almost a year ago.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/361552997797
My sister in UK will be "amazed" when this arrives to her. Will need to reship to me somehow.

razberik · « **Reply #654 on:** May 16, 2016, 07:48:30 am »

Congratz !
However, I found myself drowning in huge amounts of useless components looted in few years. I bought so many elytes and boxes of variety of components on flea markets and local auctions/local ebay last years. Useful is only a fraction of them, like standard elyte and resistor values so when I am building something I always have to buy majority of components.
Anyway, I am always happy when some of my friends bring me full seals of SMD components swept off the floor in assembly factory (assembly machine errors/rejects).

Resistors and capacitor I dont sort, easily identified semiconductors like BAV199 or 1GHz MMIC are OK.

Cheers.

xrunner · « **Reply #655 on:** May 18, 2016, 03:56:32 pm »

Agilent 8648A. Got a good deal on Ebay. Plus I've sold my Marconi 2022D there today so it all worked out.

sotos · « **Reply #656 on:** May 18, 2016, 06:34:37 pm »

Quote from: xrunner on May 18, 2016, 03:56:32 pm

Agilent 8648A. Got a good deal on Ebay. Plus I've sold my Marconi 2022D there today so it all worked out.

How much did it cost?

AF6LJ · « **Reply #657 on:** May 18, 2016, 06:44:20 pm »

Quote from: xrunner on May 18, 2016, 03:56:32 pm

Agilent 8648A. Got a good deal on Ebay. Plus I've sold my Marconi 2022D there today so it all worked out.

Nice Score.

xrunner · « **Reply #658 on:** May 18, 2016, 06:45:33 pm »

Quote from: sotos on May 18, 2016, 06:34:37 pm

How much did it cost?

$655

Nuno_pt · « **Reply #659 on:** May 18, 2016, 07:56:33 pm »

Nice score xrunner.

One thing that I miss on my bench.

Commodore8888 · « **Reply #660 on:** May 18, 2016, 09:33:52 pm »

Not quite test equipment, but found a choice piece of Hakko gear.

Apparently unused Hakko FM-203 setup with the FM-2030 140W iron and a bag of tips, for 220$ shipped.

Sadly, the included tips are all T15 series. So off to buy an FM-2027 iron (and a T22 tip or two for the overkill iron).

Powers up and tested with a friend's FM-2027 iron. All is well and I'm set for the next decade or more

(or until I decide to really go stupid and look for an FM-206)

AF6LJ · « **Reply #661 on:** May 18, 2016, 09:41:51 pm »

Nice

Robaroni · « **Reply #662 on:** May 19, 2016, 12:46:50 am »

HP5385A, 1000Mhz counter

$85 US, needed a 10 cent electrolytic. Bough it off ebay about ten or twelve years ago and fixed it, still works.

Rob

PaulAm · « **Reply #663 on:** May 22, 2016, 12:35:49 am »

Just got back from the Dayton Hamvention. Didn't find what I was actually looking for, but came away with a Tek 1502 TDR cable tester for $14.35 (buck a pound, I love those guys) and an HP5245L 8 digit nixie freq counter with the 500MHz plugin. Got that for $40. Didn't really need it, but I have a small collection of Nixie gear that sits in my stack and that's a nice addition.

bitseeker · « **Reply #664 on:** May 22, 2016, 04:10:42 am »

$40, nice nixies! Be sure to post pics in the nixie thread.

Cubdriver · « **Reply #665 on:** May 22, 2016, 06:44:29 am »

The 5245L was the beginning of my nixie addiction.

I'd say you got a good deal at $40.

Congrats. What else resides in the stack it will be joining?

-Pat

bitseeker · « **Reply #666 on:** May 22, 2016, 07:17:38 am »

Someone says "nixie" and Pat's ear itches. "I'm getting that funny feeling again. Did someone just make a post about nixies?"

Cubdriver · « **Reply #667 on:** May 22, 2016, 08:02:01 am »

LMFAO!

Yes, I know, I should seek professional help!

-Pat

bitseeker · « **Reply #668 on:** May 22, 2016, 08:04:01 am »

I'd consider you a nixie professional. So, seek professional help...done. On to the next project!

VK5RC · « **Reply #669 on:** May 22, 2016, 11:58:03 am »

Great score re the HP 5245L, you guys are lucky being close to the action, the postage to Australia on a 5245L or equivalent is typically 100-130 USD (150-200AUD)

Robaroni · « **Reply #670 on:** May 22, 2016, 12:00:53 pm »

I built a clock with nixies from a HP counter that used Burroughs B-5560 and then found more of the same on ebay so I can build another clock. These are the tubes that work upside down. I built it about 15 years ago and it's still going strong!
Rob

Jay_Diddy_B · « **Reply #671 on:** May 22, 2016, 03:06:23 pm »

Hi,

Here is my latest score, a Fluke 720A Kelvin-Varley Voltage Divider. Picked this up at the Dayton Hamvention for the price of $30.00. Here are a few pictures

I applied 10V from a Fluke 732A dc voltage standard and measured the output with a Datron 1281 DMM:

The Fluke 732A reads about 5pmm high when connected directly to the Datron DMM so it looks like the 720A is working nicely.

I have not been through the adjustment procedure.

Regards,

Jay_Diddy_B

PaulAm · « **Reply #672 on:** May 22, 2016, 04:33:15 pm »

Dang, I missed that one. Good score!l

PaulAm · « **Reply #673 on:** May 22, 2016, 04:37:05 pm »

Quote from: Cubdriver on May 22, 2016, 06:44:29 am

The 5245L was the beginning of my nixie addiction. I'd say you got a good deal at $40.

Congrats. What else resides in the stack it will be joining?

-Pat

I have both a 3450A and a 3450B multifunction meters. Took me a year to track one of those down after seeing a thread on it in this forum. Someone had pulled the display board, so I picked up the second one, then found a display board on Ebay, so I have both functional.

Cubdriver · « **Reply #674 on:** May 22, 2016, 05:05:24 pm »

Nice! The 3450 is still on my list of 'stuff to get'. Eventually I'll stumble upon one...

-Pat


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