Hi, my first post on EEVblog. Just won a successful bid on E-bay for what looks to be a pretty clean Tek 465, picture shows no vertical or horizontal deflection only bright dot in center of CRT.
I used to work in a cal lab back in the day when Tek 535's and 545's were the ones we saw most often. I don't remember very many problems with these units other than replacing vacuum tubes that did not meet spec and just general calibration. I'm sure I did, but I don't remember having to replace and re-solder any components to those beautiful (Coors) ceramic stand off strips. We were told that each silver/solder joint was bead blasted with crushed walnut shells to achieve that smooth satin finish.
Anyway, back to Tek 465, I understand that the Tantalum caps be bad by this time after 30 plus years... I plan on recapping the power supply and replacing the Tantalum caps, wherever the may be through out the rest of the scope. Any suggestions for modern caps to replace the tantalums?
Thanks, Love this forum. great bunch of folks.