Fast Bob's Slightly Used Test Equipment

I've always been a geek. I've even always been a test equipment geek. This has lead to waaaay too large a collection of test equipment.

The current (pun intended) collection includes(or I want it to include):

Tektronix DSA 602A Signal Analyzer
11A32, 11A33 plug ins
HP 8640B Signal Generator
Tektronix TM5006 Mainframe
Tektronix TM506 Mainframe
Tektronix TM504 Mainframe
Tek 500/5000 series plugins
HP 432A uWave power meter with sensors
HP 435A uWave power meter
Tektronix 7934 500Mhz Oscilloscope mainframe
7L13, 7D15, 7A19, 7A26 and 7B92A scope plug ins
Tektronix 2335A 100Mhz Portable Oscilloscope
Tektronix 1240 Logic Analyzer
HP Network Analyzer (still looking)
0-1Ghz Frequency Counter for rf applications
0-1Ghz Bench Frequency Counter
Sinclair DM-100 Bench DVM
Function generator w sweep
TTL programmable clock/function generator (home built)
Fluke 37 DVM
Digital capacitance meter (home built)
Digital inductance meter (home built)
Marker generator (home built)
RF frequency generator
Audio frequency generator
Tracking generator (still looking)
Tektronix 7000 series scope cart (still looking)
Lab grade power supplies

At one point I had five scopes....Clearly I had too many o'scopes. This is the result of buying 7000 series scopes until I had the module collection I wanted and the mainframe I wanted. So with some reluctance I pared down the collection in 2004. Now, early in 2006, I realize I should have kept at least one of the 7000 mainframes. Such is life. This time I'll get one i really want...

So what does all this stuff get used for? Crazy projects like the KC2GDG 6 meter beacon, for which the scopes and spectrum analyzer were really handy. Building more test equipment has, of course, been one thing, but it is all also most useful for debugging vintage computer and audio technology as well as straightening out bits and pieces of my ham radio hobby.

Former inmates of the collection include: