I own three Hickoks they are wondeful to look at even a 800A. None currently work. I own a sencore, guess what It doesn't work. I own a BK 747 which does work... sort of..... part of the time. A 4th hickok just plum wore out on me . It worked though for a good number of years. I really liked the working Hickok 800A.
My strong advice is... get a very clear written representatation affidavit that it functions. Also thatn it is callibrated or must be prior to you accepting it. If you have to get the callibration done it may not hold. Don't buy a broken one they have been known to wear out the best techs around.
This is an area of the hobby that is full of crap expressed as "as shown" "You will receive what is in these pictures" "As is" "As Found " "no warranty implied or expressed" Anything with those statements will not work if they say I found this in uncleJed attic and is was working seems tpo be fine. you have a small shot.
A working reliable tester will exclaim that it really works and make a big deal out of it. They charge triple but are worth an infinite amount more than the broken tester. If you want one or 2 "AS IS" I will sell them to you free if you send one back that works reliably and is calibratted.
Not sure if they (will ever) work.
BTW the following are totally do not bother warnings. "No way of testing it (lies always)" and often a picture of a (cut power cord a universal sign for don't touch such ppeople are a menace to society) . "Powers up" don't have a tube to test or don't know how is better than nothing but is very close to nothing.
I am sick of these finicky testers.
What this country needs is an testing module with the usual Octal, Noval, 4 pin, etc. testing sockets to attach to your computer and software to match for tube testing. TM
My strong advice is... get a very clear written representatation affidavit that it functions. Also thatn it is callibrated or must be prior to you accepting it. If you have to get the callibration done it may not hold. Don't buy a broken one they have been known to wear out the best techs around.
This is an area of the hobby that is full of crap expressed as "as shown" "You will receive what is in these pictures" "As is" "As Found " "no warranty implied or expressed" Anything with those statements will not work if they say I found this in uncleJed attic and is was working seems tpo be fine. you have a small shot.
A working reliable tester will exclaim that it really works and make a big deal out of it. They charge triple but are worth an infinite amount more than the broken tester. If you want one or 2 "AS IS" I will sell them to you free if you send one back that works reliably and is calibratted.
Not sure if they (will ever) work.
BTW the following are totally do not bother warnings. "No way of testing it (lies always)" and often a picture of a (cut power cord a universal sign for don't touch such ppeople are a menace to society) . "Powers up" don't have a tube to test or don't know how is better than nothing but is very close to nothing.
I am sick of these finicky testers.
What this country needs is an testing module with the usual Octal, Noval, 4 pin, etc. testing sockets to attach to your computer and software to match for tube testing. TM