Hickock CRO-5000a

My buddy just picked one up in a deal. I can't seem to find anything on it. It is coming for me to check out and though a print would be nice, I don't even need that. I don't know if the thing is 5 Mhz, 50 Mhz or what. There is one on eBay (I think in the UK) for sale (for $359 !). From the picture it doesn't look like much but you never know. The ad, or one of the google hits indicate that it is solid state at least.

I nothing else it can become a component checker or something, or we can unload it cheap to a student, who might be able to learn something from it a bit easier than a new LCD job. Even an interested kid. I got my first scop when I was about 13 I think. It seemed like a truck in size, it was a Hickock coincidentally and with all that bulk it had a giant three inch scren I think ! If I remember correctly the graticule was glued on, like scotch tape with lines !

The technology was, well, defies words...

anyway, does anyone have any onfo on the CRO-5000a ? If it can be made to work easily I could spec it out, but if there are any problems that require a bunch of effort and/or money I would like to know if it is worth it. Evne a 5 Mhz can be used for some audio work...

Hell, I don't even lnow if it is triggered !

Any info is appreciated.

 

[Tom Miller]

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My buddy just picked one up in a deal. I can't seem to find anything on it.
It is coming for me to check out and though a print would be nice, I don't
even need that. I don't know if the thing is 5 Mhz, 50 Mhz or what. There is
one on eBay (I think in the UK) for sale (for $359 !). From the picture it
doesn't look like much but you never know. The ad, or one of the google hits
indicate that it is solid state at least.

I nothing else it can become a component checker or something, or we can
unload it cheap to a student, who might be able to learn something from it a
bit easier than a new LCD job. Even an interested kid. I got my first scop
when I was about 13 I think. It seemed like a truck in size, it was a
Hickock coincidentally and with all that bulk it had a giant three inch
scren I think ! If I remember correctly the graticule was glued on, like
scotch tape with lines !

The technology was, well, defies words...

anyway, does anyone have any onfo on the CRO-5000a ? If it can be made to
work easily I could spec it out, but if there are any problems that require
a bunch of effort and/or money I would like to know if it is worth it. Evne
a 5 Mhz can be used for some audio work...

Hell, I don't even lnow if it is triggered !

Any info is appreciated.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Bama has a Hickok section but I do not see the 5000a listed. Maybe there
might be a close unit that is similar.

http://bama.edebris.com/manuals/hickok/

tm

 

[Phil Allison]

<jurb6006@gmail.com>

There is one on eBay (I think in the UK) for sale (for $359 !).


** That Ebay sale is an absurd scam.

A clapped out, single trace, basic CRO from the 70s is worth about $10 if it
works and nothing if it does not.




.... Phil.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

jurb6006@gmail.com wrote:

My buddy just picked one up in a deal. I can't seem to find anything on it. It is coming for me to check out and though a print would be nice, I don't even need that. I don't know if the thing is 5 Mhz, 50 Mhz or what. There is one on eBay (I think in the UK) for sale (for $359 !). From the picture it doesn't look like much but you never know. The ad, or one of the google hits indicate that it is solid state at least.

I nothing else it can become a component checker or something, or we can unload it cheap to a student, who might be able to learn something from it a bit easier than a new LCD job. Even an interested kid. I got my first scop when I was about 13 I think. It seemed like a truck in size, it was a Hickock coincidentally and with all that bulk it had a giant three inch scren I think ! If I remember correctly the graticule was glued on, like scotch tape with lines !

The technology was, well, defies words...

anyway, does anyone have any onfo on the CRO-5000a ? If it can be made to work easily I could spec it out, but if there are any problems that require a bunch of effort and/or money I would like to know if it is worth it. Evne a 5 Mhz can be used for some audio work...

Hell, I don't even lnow if it is triggered !

Any info is appreciated.

There are two Hickock CRO-5000 manuals for sale on Ebay right now.
One says it is a transistorized scope. Anyone with half a brain would
contact the seller and ask the specifications, or just buy the damned
manual.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HICKOK-CRO-5000-MANUAL-/130583437491


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?"Anyone with half a brain would
contact the seller and ask the specifications, or just buy the damned
manual. "

Well I happen to have a whole brain so I am not going to buy a manual for more than the scope might be worth.

Anyway, it is here now. It has a trace and horizontal deflection but I think it is just deflecting at 60Hz, seems like a sinewave. There is no response from the vertical position controls so I didn't bother trying to feed it. If the position controls don't work, it is not going to work unless it is some really strange design.

Probably the power supply. It's not a priotity right now but it would make a spare for in a pinch or peddle it on eBay or something.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

jurb6006@gmail.com wrote:

?"Anyone with half a brain would
contact the seller and ask the specifications, or just buy the damned
manual. "

Well I happen to have a whole brain so I am not going to buy a manual for more than the scope might be worth.

Anyway, it is here now. It has a trace and horizontal deflection but I think it is just deflecting at 60Hz, seems like a sinewave. There is no response from the vertical position controls so I didn't bother trying to feed it. If the position controls don't work, it is not going to work unless it is some really strange design.

Probably the power supply. It's not a priotity right now but it would make a spare for in a pinch or peddle it on eBay or something.

So, you're too lazy to message the seller to ask a question. That's
no surprise.


--
Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to
have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.

 

Laziness is a virtue.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

jurb6006@gmail.com wrote:

Laziness is a virtue.

Only to the shiftless.


--
Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to
have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.

 

Old guys told me about that. These were people who could DO something. They said when you get a guy who's energetic and stupid, you got problems. When you got a guy who is lazy and smart, then you get things done.

Many times I have figured out quicker ways to do something, especially in troubleshooting. Even moreso in the actual repairs. Of course I am not the only one and alot of my ideas were done before.

Things like this make fucking money, and that's what I did. I didn't waste my time on all the bullshit. I outperformed everyone in this fucking town and I got witnesses. All because I am lazy and smart. I do not do unnessecary bullshit.

The scope is obviouly not worth much. If it can be brought into usable condition in about a half an hour fine. That's provided it doesn't need anything more expensive than a dollar or two.

So I should hold up the show waiting for a response from someone who probably doesn't want to fuck around, just wants to sell the manual with information I want in it, and tell him that instead of buying his product he should just tell me what is in it.

Is that what you're telling me ?

You know what I want to know, did I fuck your olady or somethiing or are you like this to everyone ?

Yes, I did not and am not going to message that person and tell him to read the fucking manual THAT HE WANTS TO SELL to me. I would have to lose half a brain to be so obtuse to do shit like that.

I don't need your fucking kind of help. Just click elsewhere and save yourself the time.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

jurb6006@gmail.com wrote:

Old guys told me about that. These were people who could DO something. They said when you get a guy who's energetic and stupid, you got problems. When you got a guy who is lazy and smart, then you get things done.

Many times I have figured out quicker ways to do something, especially in troubleshooting. Even moreso in the actual repairs. Of course I am not the only one and alot of my ideas were done before.

Things like this make fucking money, and that's what I did. I didn't waste my time on all the bullshit. I outperformed everyone in this fucking town and I got witnesses. All because I am lazy and smart. I do not do unnessecary bullshit.

The scope is obviouly not worth much. If it can be brought into usable condition in about a half an hour fine. That's provided it doesn't need anything more expensive than a dollar or two.

So I should hold up the show waiting for a response from someone who probably doesn't want to fuck around, just wants to sell the manual with information I want in it, and tell him that instead of buying his product he should just tell me what is in it.

Is that what you're telling me ?

You know what I want to know, did I fuck your olady or somethiing or are you like this to everyone ?

Yes, I did not and am not going to message that person and tell him to read the fucking manual THAT HE WANTS TO SELL to me. I would have to lose half a brain to be so obtuse to do shit like that.

I don't need your fucking kind of help. Just click elsewhere and save yourself the time.

You're the kind of ass that put tech companies out of business.


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Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to
have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.

 

You know, anyone can be a keyboard warrior. The fact is buddy that mine is the phone to ring. I go for a job, it's me interviewing them.

Not that I could care even less about what you think of my top fucking dollar ass, just for fun, why don't you substantiate your claim. Why don't you give examples of why you think I am whatever it is you think I am ?

Can you ? Can you give a reason for your supposed opinion ? Somewhere along the line there must be something I wrote, possibly drunk, possible ten years ago or whatever, that fucked with your head somehow and makes you try to needle me and shit. This is not the first time.

Do you have a valid opinion or just too much time on your hands ? Or maybe likle Phil Allison you have a form of internet Tourette's Syndrome or something. The difference though is that Phil Allison is a competent tech and engineer and has something useful to say. I haven't noticed that quality in you. All you seem to do is bitch. Phil will give valid, useful and intelligent answers but suffixes it with "you stinking fucking asshooe" or some shit like that. You seem to forget the first part, which may require thought.