Hi > On Dec 6, 2014, at 6:22 PM, paul swed <paulsw...@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) < > drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > >> On 6 Dec 2014 21:10, "paul swed" <paulsw...@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 >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.