Up for offer from an estate is a hickok 1600a tube tester in very good used condition with normal scuff and scrapes from use. Although they manufactured quite a large number of tube tester models beginning in 1928. Usa true hickok 6000b dynamic tube tester complete. Guitar interactive the free online guitar magazine 39,761 views 10. Hickok 539 532 533 534 600 6l6 12ax7 tube tester roll chart mechanism w window. Hickok 6000a mutual conductance tube tester calibrated near perfect specs. I was told a few years ago by a retired hickok engineer that the hickok 6000 and 6000a tube islands were not compatible with each other and that the 6000 did not have a island available for the newer tubes but a external adapter ca4 or ca5. Obsolete tube types hickok 60006000a6005 tube testers. The following tube tester manuals are available at any time. Tube data for hickok tube testers models of 532533533dm534534a534b600. It is the buyers responsibility to know what there buying, so if there is any doubt please ask questions before bidding. Hickok 6000 6000a 6000b 6005 tube test data book ebay. For sale is reprint of hickok 6000 6000a 6000b 6005 tube test data book.
Get the best deals on hickok vacuum tube testers when you shop the largest online selection at. Get the best deals on hickok vacuum tube testers when you shop the. The purpose of the article is to explain to endusers the problems they will encounter when trying to analyze a filamenttype rectifier tube for balanced plate sections using. Get the best deals on hickok vacuum tube testers when you shop. This is a very high quality tester if you win the bid please provide a street address as i dont always use the post office. This is a true hickok 6000b instruction manual, with color pictures, no other 6000 series manual has color pictures. Some deviation is to be expected from unit to unit depending on the year of manufacture. Hickok documentation, manuals, schematics, and catalogs. This 6000 series is a mutual conductance tester equipped with a removable without disassembly, interchangeable socket island. Others on ebay are selling the 6000a as the 6000b, dont go for it. The push switches p5 and p6 are used to test an amplifier tube for gas content. There is some ware on the case, but overall in good condition. Accurate calibration of the hickok 539b and hickok 539c tube.
A recommended list of hickok tube testers, the main reason why particular testers are on this page is that, it is easier to find tube test data for these models, andor these models are easier to repair. Antique radio forums view topic hickok 6000 6000a socket. All wires in very good condition with no cracks in insulation. The models i am considering, in lowest to highest price order are. Hickok 6000 tube tester repair restoration and calibration on. I have one reference that lists the following direct substitutes for 6550s. Jun 05, 2004 test settings on hickok 750 for 7062e180cc tubes. Although they manufactured quite a large number of tube tester. European tube types for hickok 6000 6000a 6005 tube testers. Their name is held in the highest esteem, and hickok tube testers are very much sought after today. I correlated the information which i posted earlier in the forum after comparing the test functions as they were described in detail from two 2 complete sets of technical data for the hickok 580 and 580a series tester and the various test functions. Good tubes will read in the green good sector of the meter scale. Hickok 6000a tube tester files adobe pdf files includes. Note on the data chart a star following p1,p2, and p3 indicates that the english setting only is used 8.
Operating instructions, parts list and schematic for the hickok 6000a tube tester. Service manuals, schematics, eproms for electrical technicians. Hickok model 799 tube data book service manual download. Hickok 6000 6000a 6000b 6005 tube test data book glendale. This article discusses repair and calibration of the hickok 6000 tube tester. Hickok settings for testing 6550 audiogon discussion forum. Most tube testers can evaluate balanced plate sections in a heatertype rectifier tube. This set is in average aesthetic condition for its age and is used. When this situation occurs an amendment sheet andor a new. Radio tube tester test equipment schematics, data, and manuals. Hickok 6000 tube tester post repair full functional. Unfollow hickok 6000 to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Operating instructions for dynamic mutual conductance tube. Roll chart supplies the necessary data for testing tubes.
Hickok tube testers are one of the best tube testers if not the best you can get. Calibration and testing of the hickok model 600600a tube testers version 4. Table 1 rollchart for the tube tester hickok model i177, computed from the rollcharts for the 6000 series instruments, and rollchart for models 6000, 6000a and 6005. Hickok 534b dynamic mutual conductance tube tester manual. Calibration and testing of the hickok model 600600a tube. Hickok 6000 tube tester repair restoration and calibration. Up for bid is this heathkit tt1 mutual conductance tube tester complete with oem tube data book and original operations manual. Parts list for model 600a tube tester there is a minirmnn charge of for any parts order. With both socket islands, the 6000 series will test all tubes designed from the early 1920s on. Make offer vintage hickok model 6000a vacuum tube tester tested working read disc. The 6000a does not have 4,5,7 pin older sockets, but it does have the 9 and 12 pin compactrons. I think it is pretty well accepted that most tube hickok tube testers do a pretty good job at this, irregardless of exactly what the plate voltage they actually use in order to do it.
The hickok model 6000a dynamic mutual conductance tube tester is used for testing the. As the kids are having their afternoon nap a great time to reread some parts of alans fine book on tube tester etc. Foreign tube roll chart supplement in book form from hickok contains tubes not on roll chart about. The tests conducted will be right out of the book as shown in the video. Feb 28, 2008 this is my best tube tester, a hickok 6000a. Comprehensive supplemental tube test data book for early hickok models including ac51, t53, 510, 510x, i177 and others remastered reprint 5. I am definitely going hickok, but am a bit torn as to which is best for me. Vintage hickok model 6000a vacuum tube tester tested working read disc. Its nice to now have a stark hickok with the lower voltage. Tube tester 6000 equipment hickok electrical instrument co cleveland, oh, build 19571962, 9 pictures, united states of america, schematics, tubes. Standard tube data for the hickok 6000, 6000a, 6000b, 6005 tube testers.
In the 600, the sockets are indivudially mounted to the panel where the 6000 has all of the sockets mounted on a plate or island which plugs into one 11 or. Hickok 60006000a6005 data tester description 6000 6000a 6005 hickok vintage tube data. The main differences are the addition of a transistor tester and the way the sockets are mounted. The hickok 6000 and 6000a tube testers are an updated version of the famous hickok 600a. Of scans actual charts of book charts from tube hickok 19521972 roll tester roll charts charts book tester of hickok 19521972 scans of actual tube from. Hickok test data model 6000, 6000a, 6000b tube testers this original manual contains 24 pages of general for the testers, plus an additional 20 supplementary on obsolete types.
The bias circuit is completely different with new instructions how to set the bias of. Tube chart for hickok 6000, 6000a, 6000b and 6005 tube testers. This site helps you to save the earth from electronic waste. These manuals are available for download and free of charge. Hickok tube tester for sale farm equipment for sale. This is a very nice combbound reprint of the complete manual for the hickok 6000 and 6000a tube testers. The rca book is not a full spec, its just what it might be, on average, the rca book or ge does not even spec, out the full bath tube curve data on performance. The test set is configured for one of the 12ax7 triodes.
Also includes very nice cross reference for americanforeign numbers and cv numbers. My hickok documentation 533 does not directly list 6550s. I have yet to find something like this available for my 533a. The main section 36 pages contains complete operating instructions, nice big 11x17schematic diagrams for the 6000 and the 6000aa, and parts list. Tube tester 6000 equipment hickok electrical instrument co. Any hickok 539c owners out there willing to look in. Obsolete tube types hickok 6000 6000a 6005 tube testers. Manual is 12 pages long and includes 11x17 foldout of circuit diagram. Hickok 605 tube tester selector switch knob d shape shaft p.
Hickok 530 531 6l6 12ax7 2a3 mutual tube tester data roll chart. Dont get too upset when your tube tester declares a tube suitable for duty, and then the tube proceeds to blow fuses in your amplifier. Roll chart in book form latest chart available from hickok. Jan 15, 2019 these days, tube testers are used for basically two reasons. These calibration guidelines serve as a model for a general outline on calibration. Radio test equipment tube tester schematics, data, and manuals.
Accurate calibration of the hickok 539b and hickok 539c. Its nice to now have a starkhickok with the lower voltage. Triplett 121010 operating and tube data sheet adobe pdf file. Put the tube in the tester and set it up for the standard 6l6 test. Hickok revised and changed the 600 and 600a several times during the manufacturing life of the instrument. Hickok 6000 series is a compact mutual conductance tube tester. Today begins an awesome restoration project, one of the greatest consumer grade tube testers available the hickok 6000 series.
The number one name in vintage tube testers is hickok, without any doubt. For sale is reprint of hickok 534b tube tester manual. I am going to take the plunge and purchase a tube tester. Hickok 6000 6000a 6005 tube tester roll chart original 1964.
T103, t123 and t127 with additional tube test data. General test data section is 23 pages long, obsolete tube types is 20 pages long, foreign tube types section is 25 pages. Hickok mutual conductance tube tester model 6000a for sale. If you look at the 5y3 characteristic curves in a tube book, you will see they are not straight lines as in a resistor but, well, curves. The push switches p5 and p6 are used to test an amplifier tube. Calibration and testing of the hickok model 600600a tube testers. The hickok method calibration data does not include using the calibration tube since the results of using it are variable, unpredictable, and cause it to be less accurate on most of the ranges.
I am not saying that you should not purchase a hickok like a 750 or 580 at the right price and condition, however in the absence of other c. Otherwise, most hickoks are remarkably alike except for the really expensive models such as 539c or 752. Printed from available copy or scanned from original at 800dpi. Hickok tube tester book of roll charts scans of actual charts from 19521972. Manual comes with 3 pages of ballast tube data, part list and operating instructions. Both models can share the same tube setup data book, and therefore both models are.
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