Shaun Merrigan
Classic Electronic Restoration, Vacuum Tube Audio, Technical History, Photography
Tag: Restoration of Electronic Equipment
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Originally posted in June, 2021 Introduced in 1966, the Tektronix 106 Square Wave Generator is a signal generator which can produce fast rise (<1nS @50 ohm loads positive or negative going) or high amplitude (120 Volts, high impedance load) square waves from 10Hz to 1MHz. It is used for oscilloscope calibration, risetime testing and for…
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This post will documents my recent repair of a Tektronix 284 Pulse Generator. This device was introduced by Tektronix in 1967. It can produce: The Tektronix 284 can be used to check the risetime of oscilloscopes, (both sampling and real time) amplifiers, transistors, transient responses, and for TDR work. The pulses are generated by a…
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Originally posted in December, 2018 This post documents my restoration of the Hickok 209A VTVM, SN 1333254. Outside visual inspection results: Inside visual inspection results: From the above images, it is clear that the battery holder will require some corrosion mitigation and restoration. Fortunately, it is restorable as the parts are of heavy gauge (including…
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Originally posted in December, 2018 This post continues my restoration of the Hickok 209A VTVM, SN 1333254, Part 1 Recall that the D-cell battery holder was badly corroded. Here is process I used to restore the battery holder: Once all the corrosion product was removed and neutralized I decided to prime and paint the battery…
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Originally posted in December 2023 Background The Tektronix SG5010 is an audio signal generator plug-in for the TM5000 modular test equipment system. It can generate five waveforms: sine wave, square wave, SMPTE/DIN intermodulation test signal, CCIF intermodulation test signal, and sine wave burst. All these signals may be swept in frequency and amplitude. It can generate…