[time-nuts] Did a member of time-nuts buy this?

[Bob Camp]

Hi

> On Dec 6, 2014, at 6:22 PM, paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Used to be quite a bit available at reasonable costs. But Ebay ended that
> ages ago. Even for bad stuff the dollars are very high. Granted some
> venders will take back items that do not work such as this one. But not
> always.

The flip side of that is being able to shop all over the globe for the stuff you are after. For the 99% of us that are not in the part of the world where things get dumped / got dumped, that’s a good thing. In 20 years of going to hamfests and sales in the areas where I lived, I never saw a single Cs source ever, let alone one for $125.

Bob

> And yes its not for business at all.
> Regards
> Paul
> 
> On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) <
> drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> On 6 Dec 2014 21:10, "paul swed" <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> David
>>> I picked my unit up for $125 at a Hamfesyt and the tube was absolutely
>> bad
>>> as it turned out. But then what do you expect for the $. That said
>> another
>>> time nut gave me his dead tube from a 5060. I spent a good deal of time
>>> getting it adapted into the 5061 now name Frankenstein. This included a
>> new
>>> oven controller.
>>> But it was all about learning and boy did I. Still nothing like some of
>> the
>>> folks on Time nuts truly they have the expertise and feel for the beasts.
>>> 
>>> But the fumes were enough for me to get an actual feel for a CS reference
>>> and why they were always left on. Also it drove home a lot of the physics
>>> and math.
>>> Now for $125, thats a pretty good education.
>> 
>> The fumes will do for me!
>> 
>> I got an HP 58503A as I need a solution, not a project.
>> 
>> But playing with a Cs for a bit of fun/education is something quite
>> different. But maybe I should wait until one comes up in the UK, shipping
>> is going to be $300-$500.
>> 
>> Due to the size of the UK, there's a lot less test equipment around here
>> than the US. What we do have here tends to be quite expensive.
>> 
>> Dave
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