My buddy just picked one up in a deal. I can't seem to find anything on it. It is coming for me to check out and though a print would be nice, I don't even need that. I don't know if the thing is 5 Mhz, 50 Mhz or what. There is one on eBay (I think in the UK) for sale (for $359 !). From the picture it doesn't look like much but you never know. The ad, or one of the google hits indicate that it is solid state at least.

I nothing else it can become a component checker or something, or we can unload it cheap to a student, who might be able to learn something from it a bit easier than a new LCD job. Even an interested kid. I got my first scop when I was about 13 I think. It seemed like a truck in size, it was a Hickock coincidentally and with all that bulk it had a giant three inch scren I think ! If I remember correctly the graticule was glued on, like scotch tape with lines !

The technology was, well, defies words...

anyway, does anyone have any onfo on the CRO-5000a ? If it can be made to work easily I could spec it out, but if there are any problems that require a bunch of effort and/or money I would like to know if it is worth it. Evne a 5 Mhz can be used for some audio work...

Hell, I don't even lnow if it is triggered !

Any info is appreciated.

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My buddy just picked one up in a deal. I can't seem to find anything on it.
It is coming for me to check out and though a print would be nice, I don't
even need that. I don't know if the thing is 5 Mhz, 50 Mhz or what. There is
one on eBay (I think in the UK) for sale (for $359 !). From the picture it
doesn't look like much but you never know. The ad, or one of the google hits
indicate that it is solid state at least.

I nothing else it can become a component checker or something, or we can
unload it cheap to a student, who might be able to learn something from it a
bit easier than a new LCD job. Even an interested kid. I got my first scop
when I was about 13 I think. It seemed like a truck in size, it was a
Hickock coincidentally and with all that bulk it had a giant three inch
scren I think ! If I remember correctly the graticule was glued on, like
scotch tape with lines !

The technology was, well, defies words...

anyway, does anyone have any onfo on the CRO-5000a ? If it can be made to
work easily I could spec it out, but if there are any problems that require
a bunch of effort and/or money I would like to know if it is worth it. Evne
a 5 Mhz can be used for some audio work...

Hell, I don't even lnow if it is triggered !

Any info is appreciated.

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Bama has a Hickok section but I do not see the 5000a listed. Maybe there
might be a close unit that is similar.

http://bama.edebris.com/manuals/hickok/

tm

There is one on eBay (I think in the UK) for sale (for $359 !).


** That Ebay sale is an absurd scam.

A clapped out, single trace, basic CRO from the 70s is worth about $10 if it
works and nothing if it does not.




.... Phil.

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My buddy just picked one up in a deal. I can't seem to find anything on it. It is coming for me to check out and though a print would be nice, I don't even need that. I don't know if the thing is 5 Mhz, 50 Mhz or what. There is one on eBay (I think in the UK) for sale (for $359 !). From the picture it doesn't look like much but you never know. The ad, or one of the google hits indicate that it is solid state at least.

I nothing else it can become a component checker or something, or we can unload it cheap to a student, who might be able to learn something from it a bit easier than a new LCD job. Even an interested kid. I got my first scop when I was about 13 I think. It seemed like a truck in size, it was a Hickock coincidentally and with all that bulk it had a giant three inch scren I think ! If I remember correctly the graticule was glued on, like scotch tape with lines !

The technology was, well, defies words...

anyway, does anyone have any onfo on the CRO-5000a ? If it can be made to work easily I could spec it out, but if there are any problems that require a bunch of effort and/or money I would like to know if it is worth it. Evne a 5 Mhz can be used for some audio work...

Hell, I don't even lnow if it is triggered !

Any info is appreciated.



There are two Hickock CRO-5000 manuals for sale on Ebay right now.
One says it is a transistorized scope. Anyone with half a brain would
contact the seller and ask the specifications, or just buy the damned
manual.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HICKOK-CRO-5...-/130583437491


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?"Anyone with half a brain would
contact the seller and ask the specifications, or just buy the damned
manual. "

Well I happen to have a whole brain so I am not going to buy a manual for more than the scope might be worth.

Anyway, it is here now. It has a trace and horizontal deflection but I think it is just deflecting at 60Hz, seems like a sinewave. There is no response from the vertical position controls so I didn't bother trying to feed it. If the position controls don't work, it is not going to work unless it is some really strange design.

Probably the power supply. It's not a priotity right now but it would make a spare for in a pinch or peddle it on eBay or something.

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?"Anyone with half a brain would
contact the seller and ask the specifications, or just buy the damned
manual. "

Well I happen to have a whole brain so I am not going to buy a manual for more than the scope might be worth.

Anyway, it is here now. It has a trace and horizontal deflection but I think it is just deflecting at 60Hz, seems like a sinewave. There is no response from the vertical position controls so I didn't bother trying to feed it. If the position controls don't work, it is not going to work unless it is some really strange design.

Probably the power supply. It's not a priotity right now but it would make a spare for in a pinch or peddle it on eBay or something.


So, you're too lazy to message the seller to ask a question. That's
no surprise.


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Laziness is a virtue.

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Laziness is a virtue.


Only to the shiftless.


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