firedome wrote:
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Excellent Hickok 6000a tube tester, calibrated, good roll chart... $400

The 6000A is the "other" version of the 6000, and therefore came with
the more recent sockets. So, 7 & 9-pin miniatures, compactron (9 & 12
pin), Octal, Locktal, nuvistor, transistor & VOM. It will not test its
own 4-pin 83 mercury rectifier, for instance. It is also much more
limited than the 539-series inasmuch as it does not have variable bias,

does not have a way to test plate and filament current directly and one

must choose between which vintage tubes one is able to test (without
adaptors). So, as a general-purpose GM-type tube-tester when matching
is not a
requirement and pre-octal tubes are not used, it is an excellent
option.

Note that the 6000 option (both the 6000 and 6000A were offered at the
same time) does test pre-octal, octal, locktal and 7 & 9-pin miniatures

(also transistor & VOM), but NOT nuvistors or compactrons.

As to the price, that is between the buyer, seller and their respective

gods.


Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA