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Posted by tracksionmotor on Sat Oct 27 16:38:25 2007, in response to Re: Remember TV Test Patterns?, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Oct 27 03:29:43 2007. I so olde.....I remember a Hickok video generator that had an image of an 'American Indian.' How did they do it?Here's a nice story: My mom and traveled deep into Pennsylvania to local farm markets/flea markets. On a table stood a Hickok 6000A 'Dynamic Mutual Conductance Tube Tester.' This unit could even test transistors! Off-lease units were selling for $400. I ask seller for price as he was yakking away to another person. $100. Yakked away and I stood there stupid. $50. $25. 'You can have it for $15.' This ham (WB2SGT) walked away with THE PRIZE! On the way back, the 1989 American Motors 4WD EAGLE met a deer on NJ Route 519. I stood on the brakes leaning over to restrain my mom to the BOOM. We were both OK....impact blew out radiator and cut HVAC hoses leaked Freon into carbourator creating a huge 'mustard Gas' cloud. I drove to NJSP barracks in Hope to be told my report was to go to Washington Township barracks. Instead, I drove home and stopped to hear a howl of air (vacuum) sucked in by empty radiator. Insurance company wanted to scrap the car claiming investigator found frame (unibody) was unrepairable. I contested claiming investigator never saw vehicle and it was perfectly drivable without any alignment....and won. Damages were $2400. 'The $2400 tube testor' |
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