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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