Larry...
 

I have an old supreme instruments tester
It doesn't work.looks like long ago somebody got mad at it and beat it up. I bought it at goodwill.

Larry...
 

On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 15:06:57 -0800, allisellis851 wrote:

+AD4 I have an old supreme instruments tester It doesn't work.looks like long
+AD4 ago somebody got mad at it and beat it up. I bought it at goodwill.

That's cool+ACE I don't have any Supreme test equipment but no less than
Alan Douglas said it was generally well made. Which model is it? Most
old test equipment is repairable and service info is much easier to find
today than it was 20 years ago, if you're thinking of fixing it up.

Although, even if it's broken, I suppose it still has a retrofuturistic
appeal.

Larry...
 

On Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 8:55:37 AM UTC-6, Frank wrote:
On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 15:06:57 -0800, allisellis851 wrote:

I have an old supreme instruments tester It doesn't work.looks like long
ago somebody got mad at it and beat it up. I bought it at goodwill.

That's cool! I don't have any Supreme test equipment but no less than
Alan Douglas said it was generally well made. Which model is it? Most
old test equipment is repairable and service info is much easier to find
today than it was 20 years ago, if you're thinking of fixing it up.

Although, even if it's broken, I suppose it still has a retrofuturistic
appeal.

Supreme 547 Multimeter. The wood case/box is heavily scratched up, the meter doesn't work, I will keep it though.Even when my Supreme device was new it was probaly no better than similar devices regardless of where it was made.

Larry...
 

On Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 9:17:09 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 8:55:37 AM UTC-6, Frank wrote:
On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 15:06:57 -0800, allisellis851 wrote:

I have an old supreme instruments tester It doesn't work.looks like long
ago somebody got mad at it and beat it up. I bought it at goodwill.

That's cool! I don't have any Supreme test equipment but no less than
Alan Douglas said it was generally well made. Which model is it? Most
old test equipment is repairable and service info is much easier to find
today than it was 20 years ago, if you're thinking of fixing it up.

Although, even if it's broken, I suppose it still has a retrofuturistic
appeal.

Supreme 547 Multimeter. The wood case/box is heavily scratched up, the meter doesn't work, I will keep it though.Even when my Supreme device was new it was probaly no better than similar devices regardless of where it was made.

www.supremeinstruments.org/history.htm ...It is fun to read that kind of stuff.

Larry...
 

On Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 9:23:38 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 9:17:09 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 8:55:37 AM UTC-6, Frank wrote:
On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 15:06:57 -0800, allisellis851 wrote:

I have an old supreme instruments tester It doesn't work.looks like long
ago somebody got mad at it and beat it up. I bought it at goodwill.

That's cool! I don't have any Supreme test equipment but no less than
Alan Douglas said it was generally well made. Which model is it? Most
old test equipment is repairable and service info is much easier to find
today than it was 20 years ago, if you're thinking of fixing it up.

Although, even if it's broken, I suppose it still has a retrofuturistic
appeal.

Supreme 547 Multimeter. The wood case/box is heavily scratched up, the meter doesn't work, I will keep it though.Even when my Supreme device was new it was probaly no better than similar devices regardless of where it was made.

www.supremeinstruments.org/history.htm ...It is fun to read that kind of stuff.

Supremeinstruments history, somebody mentions This Island Earth movie. The space aliens intercept messages from Supreme and interject their own space alien stuff. I am fixin to watch that movie right now on Youtube

Larry...
 

On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 07:17:06 -0800, allisellis851 wrote:

+AD4 Supreme 547 Multimeter. The wood case/box is heavily scratched up, the
+AD4 meter doesn't work, I will keep it though.Even when my Supreme device
+AD4 was new it was probaly no better than similar devices regardless of
+AD4 where it was made.

I don't have first hand knowledge of the quality of Supreme test
equipment but I read Alan Douglas' book and he said Supreme also made
stuff for the phone companies and phone companies were interested in
quality more than low price.

It's not that Supreme equipment had the quality of mil-spec or lab
equipment but I have the impression it was a cut above the usual TV-radio
stuff like Superior.

Back when I was a kid, I saw a Supreme RF signal generator in a junk
shop. I wanted it+ACEAIQ Didn't have the cash, even though it was probably
pretty cheap. Of course, it was gone once I could afford it.

I think at least half of the 1940s era test equipment was made in the New
York City area. Most of the rest was made in various Midwestern
locations.

Of course, there's still plenty of stuff for the radio hobbyist being
made in Mississippi:

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/

Larry...
 

On Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 10:10:35 AM UTC-6, Frank wrote:
On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 07:17:06 -0800, allisellis851 wrote:

Supreme 547 Multimeter. The wood case/box is heavily scratched up, the
meter doesn't work, I will keep it though.Even when my Supreme device
was new it was probaly no better than similar devices regardless of
where it was made.

I don't have first hand knowledge of the quality of Supreme test
equipment but I read Alan Douglas' book and he said Supreme also made
stuff for the phone companies and phone companies were interested in
quality more than low price.

It's not that Supreme equipment had the quality of mil-spec or lab
equipment but I have the impression it was a cut above the usual TV-radio
stuff like Superior.

Back when I was a kid, I saw a Supreme RF signal generator in a junk
shop. I wanted it!! Didn't have the cash, even though it was probably
pretty cheap. Of course, it was gone once I could afford it.

I think at least half of the 1940s era test equipment was made in the New
York City area. Most of the rest was made in various Midwestern
locations.

Of course, there's still plenty of stuff for the radio hobbyist being
made in Mississippi:

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/

That was a real Good Saturday morning movie matinee I watched this morning, This Island Earth. Faith Domergue was a real Hottie too, she was born in N'Awlins, according to www.imdb.com
Supreme also made meters for the World War Two effort. US Military does insist on Quality. A US Troop guy in Vietnam failed to lock the Jeep ( www.tsna.org ) he was driving with a chain and padlock. The Military charged him $2,400 for that 'Quality' Jeep.The Jeeps we had in the 114th Aviation Company, at least the one I had occasion to drive infrequently, didn't have a key ignition switch. Instead there was a little lever on the ignition switch unit. Just flip that cute little lever and the Jeep started right up. Combat trucks had the same style of ignition switch units too. Troops can't keep up with keys.

Larry...
 

On Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 11:55:02 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 10:10:35 AM UTC-6, Frank wrote:
On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 07:17:06 -0800, allisellis851 wrote:

Supreme 547 Multimeter. The wood case/box is heavily scratched up, the
meter doesn't work, I will keep it though.Even when my Supreme device
was new it was probaly no better than similar devices regardless of
where it was made.

I don't have first hand knowledge of the quality of Supreme test
equipment but I read Alan Douglas' book and he said Supreme also made
stuff for the phone companies and phone companies were interested in
quality more than low price.

It's not that Supreme equipment had the quality of mil-spec or lab
equipment but I have the impression it was a cut above the usual TV-radio
stuff like Superior.

Back when I was a kid, I saw a Supreme RF signal generator in a junk
shop. I wanted it!! Didn't have the cash, even though it was probably
pretty cheap. Of course, it was gone once I could afford it.

I think at least half of the 1940s era test equipment was made in the New
York City area. Most of the rest was made in various Midwestern
locations.

Of course, there's still plenty of stuff for the radio hobbyist being
made in Mississippi:

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/

That was a real Good Saturday morning movie matinee I watched this morning, This Island Earth. Faith Domergue was a real Hottie too, she was born in N'Awlins, according to www.imdb.com
Supreme also made meters for the World War Two effort. US Military does insist on Quality. A US Troop guy in Vietnam failed to lock the Jeep ( www.tsna.org ) he was driving with a chain and padlock. The Military charged him $2,400 for that 'Quality' Jeep.The Jeeps we had in the 114th Aviation Company, at least the one I had occasion to drive infrequently, didn't have a key ignition switch. Instead there was a little lever on the ignition switch unit. Just flip that cute little lever and the Jeep started right up. Combat trucks had the same style of ignition switch units too. Troops can't keep up with keys.

///Thar he goes aagin, WOOF!/// Hesh doggy, who is doing this, me or you? ...books.google.com What parts were actually manufactured by Supreme Instruments in Greenwood, Mississippi ...Supreme Instruments Corporation plant, 414-416 Howard Street, manufacturers radio testing appliances..The Company has the patent on a special testing instrument, and as the only plant allowed to manufacture the instrument has developed a World trade. .... Of course that Company is not in business anymore, but I think that old building still exist on Howard Street in Greenwood. Street view it.

Nissan has a factory in Canton, Mississippi. Toyota has a factory in Blue Springs, Mississippi. But they really are assembly plants, parts are trucked in, the 'just in time' system. I believe there are a few manufacturing factories in Mississippi where some automotive parts are acually manufacured from raw stock to finished products. I am not an expert on that stuff.Helicopters and Lockheed Martin manufactures some parts in Mississippi, Northrup Grumman builds War Ships in Pascagoula, on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a lot of other manufacturing factories are in Mississippi too. But make sure to tighten up all the screws and bolts and nuts,, MFJ Enterprises. Maybe MFJ people still have a 'brew' once in a while.

Larry...
 

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I have an old supreme instruments tester
It doesn't work.looks like long ago somebody got mad at it and beat it up. I bought it at goodwill.


[Started to post the following, then determined SICO was Superior Instruments]
[https://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hers...mpany_id=6752]

.. Is that the same as SICO? I have a SICO VTVM - I'll find a link. Also had
.. an inexpensive Supreme Instruments or SICO tube tester but it vanished at some
.. point. Maybe I loaned it to someone and it never found its way back. Blue
.. simulated leather (kind of a rubberized textured paper or canvas attached
.. to the surface of a wooden case).

George

Larry...
 

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