buying some more test equipment

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$100 is very cool. Even if you toss 'some' of this stuff, you still made out like a bandit. The Megohmeter isn't likely useful to you, The Eico 955 is not a good tester at all, and you'll never use the bar generator (unless you fix old TV's on the side, and didn't tell us).
HOWEVER, The Tek 434, while 'just' a 20MHz scope, is still Tektronix quality. Nice. Sometimes the probes (very important to have the 'right' ones) are worth more than the scope. But I've seen the scope with the manual and four 'good' probes go for almost $200, so you did good just on the scope alone. +1!
The RCA VTVM is real cool. I use one to test tremolo oscillators, or check potentiometers for worn spots, or check coupling capacitors for leakage, and more. Low resistance or voltage measurements are possible as well. Real nice to have, and you have the proper probe. +2!
The Genometer is OK, but old. The manual is here; SUPERIOR INSTRUMENTS MODEL TV-50-A GENOMETER Service Manual free download, schematics, eeprom, repair info for electronics or here; http://bama.edebris.com/manuals/superior/tv50a. It will work as an audio generator, but the sine wave won't be the cleanest you've ever seen. It's more an RF generator. Here is an eBay auction that the seller had no bids at $10; Superior Instrument Co Genometer TV 50 | eBay
That's all I see quickly. If the HP generator is the usual HP quality, there's a +3 for you. Usually a reall nice generator, even the tube ones.
Man, the more I read what you got, the more I envy you. Wow. That's how you do it without eBay and the crazy prices.
 
I already downloaded all the manuals. The megohmeter goes for a good penny on ebay but it can be use to check caps. I already have an HP 100mh dual trace scope so I will probably sell this one. I also have a HP 200CD AF Generator that has been modded to also put out a square wave and to go 10x the original frequency added to it so I don't need a generator and that will go up for sale.
 
went and picked up the equipment racks and some other stuff today. It took me four hours to take them apart and load them in the little wagon. One rack had three power supplies and the HP Frequency Generator, three large drawers, two thin drawers, shelves to hold a scope and other equipment. It was about six feet high with heavy duty casters. The other was about five foot high with the same casters, it was all drawers except for the top. Good solid steel drawers on ball bearing slides. Nice stuff. NOW.........if I can remember how to put it all back together and that isn't going to happen this week. The sides are steel sheet metal with two metal catches each, you just push them and the sides come right off, pretty cool.
 
went to the of an estate sale, missed the yard sale part of it but I was able to score the following for a hundred bucks, 1 general radio company Megohmeter Type 1862-C, 1 Techtronix 434 oscilloscope with cart cool, one Eico 955 in circuit cap tester, one Superior Instrument company Genometer Model TV-50A a radio and audio, vertical and horizontal bar generator, 1 RCA Senior Volt Meter, ! Allied Knight Scope 83YU144, one scope cathode ray tube brand new in the box, two power supplies, 1 HP frequency generator, two large equipment racks on good casters, all steel, books, 1 really nice speaker, nice solid wood cabinet, might make a cool bass cab, soldering guns, rolls of solder, tons of fuses, some kind of one one hundredth of a second clock, Test leads, new raw meters, and other various junk.




Nice score, man.
 
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