BIG TEA moment today... and I mean BIG as you can see !
Another boat anchor... no not a glowing Tek. A glowing Metrix !
A "Wobuloscope"... from what I understand it just means they stuck a little CRT/Scope to vaguely monitor the output of the HF generator. Has modulation capabilitis too.
I alwyas loved thje look of these... wanted one for my futre "vintage" secondary lab/little museum.... that I will arrange in the attic one day, when I get round to turn it into a liveable and presentable space... right now it does not even have a floor, can't even walk up there...
There are several models of such Metrix generators of course, but this one looks like a high end one with its scope addition, and its frequency range... puppy goes up to 800MHz ! Right now the fastest signal I can generate it the louxwy 1MHz from my '70s analog Philips sig gen...
Also, most of these for sale are crusty at best, often void of tubes and/or rusty... yet sellers want hundres for them. 150 at best when yo are lucky... and are willing to do a full restoration on the thing...
So that is to say that so far, I have never found any of these to suit my "value for money" criterion... so to speak.
UNTIL a fewx days ago !
This one popped up, high spec, looking in good nick from the crappy pics the seller managed to take, guy even sad the CRT /scope was working !
Plus, he was willing to SHIP.. that's also yet another show stopper with these things, people just don't want to ship them.
Best of all... no, it should have cost 500 or more, at todays market price here... but he wanted only 60 Euros for it !!!
AND.. there was a "Buy now " button, so no "I got 20 phone calls, highest bidder gets it " as usually happens... so I rushed to click on the button...
And guy was honest, he DID ship it to me ! Shipping cost me only 6.5 Euros !
I just unpacked it... thze dram continues :for once, the packaging was adaquate, with polystyrene foam all around it, and buble wrap.
At fist I could not even see it because it was covered by.. yes, it came with its original Metrix grey cover ! In good nick too !
So I moved the Tek 575 to the side, so I could put the MEtrix 232 on the bench.... I lifted the cover and.... VOILA !!!
FUCK ME !!! This thing is.... like .... pretty much NIB !!!!
For 65+ Euros delivered !?
Just look at this thing !!!
Not a spec of rust, all the bright work looks incredible, only tiny minor pitting when look up close if one is being picky.
Pilot light still looks sparkling. The big / main dial look like new, its clear plastic "arrow"/pointer not broken for a change, and only very slightly opaque, a far cry from the usual heavily yellowed, 100% opaque affair !
Paint on the face plate look like new, no other word for it. Shiny, smooth and clean. Like new.
Power cord : usually these have long been hacked with a power cord hardwired, sticking out the back of the unit. sometimes worse, the original socket is removed... not so here, it's still 100% original, zero hacking. Still has its original power socket, which is a the front on these old Metrix units. PLUS.... the guy STILL HAD the original power cord for it !
Better : I even get some accessories : came with a viewing hood ! Well kinda, I don't know how you call it..
Didn't take a pic of that though, arf. Depending on public demand...
Can't believe it... fot 60 Euros I got meself a masterpiece.. my vintage lab is well on it way !
Imagine a vintage table/bench with this beauty on it, feeding its signal to... a big glowing Tek scope of course !
Sweet!
Back in the distant past, the technical school I went to had quite a lot of Metrix equipment.
One thing which fascinated me was that the plastic cover on one of them had a "zipper" moulded into it.
It wasn't a real zipper, just several interlocking strips on the mating pieces, but in operation, it did the same job, in that it had a tab you pulled on to zip it up, unlike today's "ziplock" bags.
I wonder if your cover is that type?
Another neat thing on your device is the really sturdy side carry handles.
At my old work, we had a bunch of Philips Black & white picture monitors which had similar handles.
When they finally went to "The Great Equipment Store in the Sky", a workmate, who was very taken with the handles, removed them all & put them in the Useful Box".
He was very dedicated to "saving" them, although there were a lot of monitors.
I asked him if he was the "handles Messiah"