I am going to take the plunge and purchase a tube tester. Then come calibration, bama has a fair number of the hickok models data, and they usually cover the calibration methods. Superior quality all service instruction manuals, tube setup charts, or other paperwork that we sell are real paper no digital downloads, created from our own factory original paperwork. So any hickok gm test score is only relevant to that particular model of tube tester. Ultimate manual for hickok 800a tube tester with test data. I dont have an 800a but ive used 532, 540, 539c etc. How to disassemble and reassemble a mossberg 500590 shotgun. Manual, foreign tube chart and obsolete tube chart for hickok 800a tube tester. Not sure how many european dhts are included in this data sheet as most of my testing are done on american tubes, but this chart is an extensive update for hick. Hickok 800 800a daniel schoo calibration instructions. The b and c units have a vr function to give a quantitative test on voltage regulator tubes like 0a2. Ciao e benvenuto a arf can your email account receive attachments in size of 1. Dynamic mutual conductance tube tester model 600a he hickok electrical instrument company 0514 avenue cleveland r.
I test a lot of early octal tubes, and they are all on the chart. Hickok 800 800a european tube data chart suplement setting tables. The models i am considering, in lowest to highest price order are. Contact and submission information below updates 20190623. Hickok 539c users manualdownload hickok 539b and c test data. European tube types for hickok 60006000a6005 tube testers. Here is the article entitled fine points on tube testing from test equipment annual 1958. I am now accepting new manuals for inclusion in this archive. For sale is reprint of triplett model 3444 tube analyzer manual. A recommended list of hickok tube testers tubewizard. A truly modern tube tester, the model 123rperforms complete fringe tests and. Further notes on 539athe 539a is a really outstanding hickok value if you find a nice one. Includes replacement part list and circuit diagram. Bias fuse type 49 bulb prevents accidental damage to bias.
Printed from available copy or scanned from original at 600dpi. The letter, in the column that precedes the mutual conductance reading, indicates the setting for the function switch. Consolidated test data for hickok model 533a600a605a tube. You can get a module hickok ca4 for a hickok 6000 that will allow you to do the modern tubes. Hickok 800 800a roll chart tube date setting tables. Hickok documentation, manuals, schematics, and catalogs. Measures mutual transconductance which is the best type of tube quality test.
Some normal superficial case wear from age but case is solid. Radios for sale at the radio attic the best place on. Here are some settings for some battery set tubes and western electric tubes. Manual includes chapters on operation and maintenance. Operating instructions, parts list and schematic for the hickok 6000a tube tester. For sale is reprint of hickok 6000 6000a 6000b 6005 tube test data book. This is a special version of the hickok 539, with not only the normal 539 capabilities, but also the ability to test many wespecific tubes such as the 300b, etc. Ultimate hickok tube tester operation service manual. These manuals are available for download and free of charge. To open downloaded files you need acrobat reader or similar pdf reader program. I have used it with my 600 it checked the tube out it did ok for the tube i had. Hickok 800 800a obsolete tube types chart setting suplement.
Hickok 800a tube tester foreign tube chart service. Here is a small collection of hickok tube tester bulletins in adobe acrobat pdf format. Hickok 6000a tube tester files adobe pdf files includes. Supplementary dataobsolete tube types model 539b539c tube testers note1. Once calibrated then check the heater votlages to make sure they are not high or low. Test data for hickok 539b and 539c tube testers author. The gm readings i got made sense for both the triode and pentode sections. I have settings for my eico 667, but i would rather rely on the 752a. The following tube tester manuals, operating instructions, and tube test data are available for download. The tube is essentially tested at an operating voltage below tube specifications on the tube data sheet values. I have recently acquired a hickok 800a tube tester. The full military manual comes with instructions regarding the destruction of the tester using.
For sale is reprint of operating data for hickok ca4 testing adapter. Hickok gc660 tv color dotbarline generator photo hickok 680 marker calibrator hickok 800 tube tester hickok 850 transistor analyzer hickok 870 transistor tester photo hickok 1600b vtvm hickok 1605 fet vom hickok 3410 dmm 5. Some early dcfilament and western electric tubes can be tested on much later hickok testers. Precise model 111 tube test data precise model 630 rf, af, tv marker generator 1952 precision 201a, 251a signal tracers precision 202 signal tracer. Obsolete tube types hickok 60006000a6005 tube testers. Use this procedure to test and calibrate the hickok model 800 800a mutual conductance aka transconductance tube testers. Presentation organization brief history of vacuum tubes the rmaeia the value of date coding methods of evaluating vacuum tubes the need to test tubes quickly and efficiently hickok s genius circuit its effect to the present most currently popular families of hickok testers and their characteristics 2. If some new tubes test low then swap in a known good 83, and recalibrate it. Hickok 800a tube tester foreign tube data book hickok 800a tube tester obsolete tube data book hickok 800a tube tester hickok 870 dynamic transistor beta tester. Test data for subminiature tubes, for testers having only one signal bulletin t103 november 15, 1950 tube types deleted from chart 320044 models 532 533 533dm 534 534a 534b 600 bulletin t105 january 24, 1951 fuse lamp in grid bias circuit bulletin t127 december 15, 1955 supplementary test data in four sections. Complete manual for eico 666 tube tester with test data. Eico 625 tube test data book tube test data for eico model 625. Today i used the data on page 73 of that pdf from titled consolidated test data for hickok model 533a. The ability to test the 300b tube seems to vary by model of tube tester, but many people recount not being able to test them on the hickok 539bc, and get better gm readings at least positive gm readings on other hickok models.
Radio tube tester test equipment schematics, data, and manuals. After looking at them with both calibrated and uncal testers the best test if it is not short are open is putting them into the radio or amp to check it out completely. Hickok ca4 adapter data for 539b 750 752 800 1575 533a. These units have the same socket complement as 533a, except for 800a which has 9. It is one of the few testers that hickok produced that has all of the sockets on the front panel. Perfect for all repairservice shop or professionals users that want to have a lot of. If the test results are proportionally close to the tube data sheet value, the tube is considered good. Here are the obsolete tube data books for the hickok 500 500a and hickok 800 800a. Except as noted, all of the readings are taken with a ohms per volt meter. Calibration testing of the hickok model 800800a tube testers. Triodes 25t325a3 data sheet 194425t, 25t, 325a3 25t data sheet 195125t 35t data sheet 193535t 35t data sheet 193635t 35t data sheet 194535t 35tg data sheet 194535tg 35tg data sheet 1955tg 50t data sheet 193450t 75t data sheet75t 75th data sheet 194475th 75th data sheet 195275th 75tl data sheet 194675tl 75tl. Includes original manual, original data roll 1952, another data roll from 1969, and a photocopy of a data sheet from 1972. How to use a tube tester and tube issues in general.
Prepared for constant use with a clear plastic protective front cover, vinyl back cover, plastic spiral bound. I have collected these over many years and they are available for you to download. If not, email me another address where you can receive big attachments. Upon authorization, this equipment should be forwarded directly to the hickok factory address. Tigertronics signalink usb installation and manual. I am definitely going hickok, but am a bit torn as to which is best for me. Hickok 800 800a extra tube data suplement setting tables. Test data for hickok model 533a600a605a tube testers pdf file. Standard tube data for the hickok 6000, 6000a, 6000b, 6005 tube testers. I purchased a hickok 800 tube tester at an estate sale in the fall of 2017.
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