Look what I picked up for 5 bucks.

[3930dave]

Wish my Simpson had a mirrored scale!

Us olde tyme techs know the term..... other than that, you'd probably need to talk to an astronomy fan....

Rgds, D.

 

[sd455dan]

Wish my Simpson had a mirrored scale!

You got me thinking about the old micronta, so dug it out and found out it is a model 210 and was built in korea. Doubt it was built by Simpson after all. it did come with a mirrored scale though.


This Simpson meter thread is interesting lots of neat older equipment

How about some other test equipment pictures to:thumbsup:




- here is some of my ( old well used) stuff
7603 mill spec Tektronics 100mhz dual trace scope,ATI variable ac voltage supply (Variac) and iso transformer supply. Still need/want a good frequency generator...


More pictures of test meters and equipment

This is a great thread, there must be some other great buys made lately or just treasured old test equipment including meters -Lets see some of them

 

[tallyho8]

Here you go. My father was a radio repairman in the 30s, 40s & 50s. I believe he got this in the early 50s. Its been sitting in the attic since then. Maybe I should eBay it.

 

[dickfoster]

Picked up this old Simpson 260 at an Amateur Radio swap meet (Hamfest) a while back.. I had to clean it up, and put batteries and test leads on it. I have less than $10 bucks in it now I guess with those. It is from 1959, but all ranges seem to work. I thought it might come in handy, you can never have too many meters, and I was down to 1 analog meter. Sometimes a digital is better, sometimes and analog. Just depends on what you are doing. Digital's are best for accuracy but they suck trying to use them for tuning up things with a dynamic variable voltage.
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Wow it's been a long time since I've seen one of those. Great find!

 

[MarkF48]

Here you go. My father was a radio repairman in the 30s, 40s & 50s. I believe he got this in the early 50s. Its been sitting in the attic since then. Maybe I should eBay it.

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Yup, got one of them too. Mirror scaled Simpson 260, Sears meter, and RCA Institutes RF generator.

 

[k0ua]

Here you go. My father was a radio repairman in the 30s, 40s & 50s. I believe he got this in the early 50s. Its been sitting in the attic since then. Maybe I should eBay it.

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That is a really old Audio generator.. Eico made test gear and even made one old HF ham rig. I think it was the 753. rom what I remember it drifted like a canoe in the niagara river.

 

[k0ua]

Yup, got one of them too. Mirror scaled Simpson 260, Sears meter, and RCA Institutes RF generator.

I believe your 260 is a bit newer than my new toy.

 

[Beltzington]

Wow, three pages of responses from old school geeks. Simpson 260 was what was used for teaching basic electronics when I joined the Air Force in 1980. Thanks for the flashback.

 

[dickfoster]

Wow, three pages of responses from old school geeks. Simpson 260 was what was used for teaching basic electronics when I joined the Air Force in 1980. Thanks for the flashback.

They were using them in 67 too. Keesler?

 

[PHPaul]

I was a Navy electronics tech from 1969 to 1990. I wish I had a dollar for every hour I spent with a Simpson 260!