[time-nuts] Advice on Austron 1250A
Dave M
dgminala at mediacombb.net
Sun Aug 19 04:00:24 UTC 2012
The unit I've been offered has new batteries, and is able to be disciplined,
as I mentioned to Tom. The seller indicates that the unit is checked out
and is fully operational, so I have a degree of confidence that I wouldn't
otherwise have if buying from Ebay. As I said in my first post, the seller
is local, and has given me his address, so I do have a chance at
satisfaction should things go wrong.
Note to Tom: it's the 1250 that can't be disciplined; the 1250A can be.
Cheers,
Dave M
Majdi S. Abbas wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 08:23:45PM -0500, Dave M wrote:
>> Does anyone in the group have any experience or advice on the
>> Austron 1250A Crystal Frequency Standard? I have a chance to buy
>> one for $250 tomorrow at a local hamfest, but can't find anything in
>> the archives on them. It's very clean, and the seller says that it
>> is in perfect working order. He's local to the area, so I can
>> easily get back with him in case of troubles.
>
> For comparison purposes, I paid $106 + $30 shipping for one last
> August. They're great standards, but I'm not sure I'd pay $250 for
> one. $200 maybe. But some might call me cheap. :)
>
> As for advice? If you do buy it, budget for a dozen D cell
> tabbed NiCd rechargables ($60ish). You'll probably need to replace
> the internal battery pack.
>
> If they haven't been replaced, you might be able to beat a
> concession out of the seller on that basis.
>
> --msa
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