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Posted By: electure Heathkit Oscilloscope - 04/25/06 01:36 PM
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Just thought I would send in a few pictures of that Heathkit O-Scope I have... It still works but can't really be used for anything but trying to see what "shape" a given input is... Picked it up at a yard sale for $20 about 15 years ago... Come in handy once or twice! Oh ya, I havent opened it but from what I can see inside, and from the amount of heat that it gives off, it contains vacuum tubes


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Posted By: BigJohn Re: Heathkit Oscilloscope - 04/26/06 05:00 PM
That's great. It reminds me of the first 'scope I ever bought. Looked an awful lot like that one, some old military surplus rig, I bought it for $8, thought it was the coolest thing ever.

Using it one night and it started sounding like a pot of boiling water and giving off a smell like burnt marshmallows, alas, it is no more.

-John
Posted By: pauluk Re: Heathkit Oscilloscope - 08/12/06 02:42 PM
Heathkit products were sold in the U.K. in association with Daystrom of Gloucester.

There were modifications to suit British 240V supplies, and U.K.-specific TV models for our 405/625-line services. Some Heath/Zenith products were not sold here at all (e.g. all CB-related stuff, as there was no legal CB service in Britain before 1981).

Click below for a 1967 Daystrom/Heath ad:

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Posted By: wa2ise Re: Heathkit Oscilloscope - 08/12/06 05:27 PM
If you have a current probe (similar to that clip over the wire ampmeter you have) you could see how bad the power factor is on the neutral of a Y fed computer server farm.
Posted By: NJwirenut Re: Heathkit Oscilloscope - 08/13/06 03:48 AM
Daystrom was one of a succession of larger companies that owned Heathkit over the years. Others were Schlumberger and Zenith.
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