Greetings, all. Ooh, music stuff. Time to start reading back in the thread.
Meanwhile,
this is the most boat-anchory bit of TE I've acquired thus far. I've been on the casual lookout for one of these test sets, either an 8920 or 8924, for a while but they tend to be pricey. I finally came across this one
It has a 6-Watt input, instead of the usual 3-Watt, but not the beefier 60- or 100-Watt. It does have the mechanical attenuator, which makes its calibrated bottom end 400 kHz instead of the 30 MHz of the ones with electronic attenuator.
Unfortunately, the seller packed it in a box that was just barely larger than the enclosure.
So, as you'd expect, there was some fallout. The worst of it was the front bezel, which took an impact.
The N connector is also loose, but I'm not sure if that was from shipping or an existing condition. I'll have to get the front panel off to confirm. Hopefully, it just needs to be tightened up on the rear.
A couple minor issues were the rear corners where the box was rounded in transit. It also rounded the case lid's corners.
I ran through all the tests in the ROM and everything seems to be working fine, including that loose N connector.
The seller was very responsive and apologetic. I was able to find a used bezel, so he covered that cost. It's from overseas, so it'll be a little while before I'll be able to restore this one, but an overall happy ending.