need hickok meter

[Paul Kraemer]

Bob
There is someone regularly advertises Hickok tube tester tester repair on 
ebay.
Looks decent enaough.
I would start there.
Paul K0UYA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Krassa" <bob at KRASSA.COM>
To: <BOATANCHORS at LISTS.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: need hickok meter


> Paul wrote that he is  looking for a meter for a Hickok 605A tube tester, 
> or
> information about anyone who repairs/ rebuilds meter movements .
>
> There is a really outstanding description of restoration of a TV-7 at
> http://www.jogis-roehrenbude.de/Roehren-Geschichtliches/Roe-Pruefer/TV-7-Res
> tauration/TV-7-Restauration.htm .  However, you need to be able to read
> German fairly well to understand it.  Dieter includes a detailed 
> description
> of rebuilding the meter.  My hands are no longer steady enough to do this
> type of work.
>
> Certainly many meters can be restored by simply substituing a movement of
> equal or greater sensitivity with suitable shunt resistance, and printing 
> a
> new meter face. But there are other meters for which this is not
> mechanically possible.
>
> If anyone knows of a person who rebuilds meters, please respond to the 
> list
> as I am sure many of us would be interested.  Thanks!
>
> 73 Bob Krassa AC0JL
>
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