Waterman Pocketscope info needed

[chouse]

Hi fellow listers,
Believe it or not, we still had this in the mil. version in the 1970's out at
luke afb. in arizona.
a simple but cute and portable scope. You might also check the mil. folks and
web pages because there is a mil. equiv. of this and the drawings should be
close if not the same....
Ed Sharpe Archivist SMECC

Richard E. Robinson wrote:

> One piece of gear I picked up at Rock Hill I failed to mention, a Waterman
> Products Pocketscope.  This is a late '40s - mid 50s looking small o'scope
> with a 1 1/2" tube.  I got it from a retired Zenith TV repairman/ham who
> said he carried it in his tool kit back in the '50s.  The first thing he
> said he would do on a service call was turn it on and get a nice 60cps hum
> displayed on the tube for the benefit on the customer. Later on in the call
> he'd connect it across the speaker. Never failed to impress 'em he said.
> It'll look nice with my SX-28 and NC-183D.
>
> Does anyone have any info on the little guy?  Unfortunately the fellow who
> sold it didn't have the manual anymore but wanted to make sure it got a
> good home.  I was told it worked but haven't had time to do anything but
> clean it up.  It is nearly flawless on the outside but I'll take my time in
> powering it up.  It seems I've seen ads for a similar piece in 40s or 50s
> QST.
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> Rick kf4ar
>
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