Teardown BM368 RF vintage vacuum tube oscillator

[Drirr]

It was made in Czechoslovakia in 1965. Frequency range 100kHz-30MHz. Allows internal or external amplitude modulation.

Photos - https://picasaweb.google.com/104378593109746079667/BM368?authuser=0&feat=directlink

[SeanB]

Very nicely made that one.

[EV]

Nice RF, have you installed 3 new capasitors (pic 3)?

[Drirr]

yes, these old ones were completely dry.. you know.. 50 years 

[blasto9000]

Wow, what a nice looking piece of gear.

Maybe we're all jaded by modern gear using state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques.  "Vintage" gear and gear with overly complicated mechanisms sure do look a lot nicer than I remember them looking when I was a kid.

Perhaps a reason why Rolex sells so many watches at 100x the cost of a Casio (which keeps better time, has more features, and will still be ticking after sitting on the nightstand for a month).