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David Scott Coburn

Fri, Jan 5, 2018 6:10 PM

Hi All,

I have some old HP nixie tube counters (5245Ls) which I would like to give away to a good home. See the attached photo. (Sorry for the poor quality.)

Some of them power on, some of them do not. I don't think any of them actually work correctly. They would be good for parts.

I am giving these away for free to anyone who is interested.

I would rather not have to box these up and ship them. I am located on Long Island (NY) and would be willing to drive them part way (within reason!) to meet if you are willing.

I tried Craig's list with no luck. I do not want the hassle of eBay.

If no one is interested I will probably tear them down and get the various parts into the right metal recycling bins at the landfill (sadly).

Thanks,

Scott

Hi All, I have some old HP nixie tube counters (5245Ls) which I would like to give away to a good home. See the attached photo. (Sorry for the poor quality.) Some of them power on, some of them do not. I don't think any of them actually work correctly. They would be good for parts. I am giving these away for free to anyone who is interested. I would rather not have to box these up and ship them. I am located on Long Island (NY) and would be willing to drive them part way (within reason!) to meet if you are willing. I tried Craig's list with no luck. I do not want the hassle of eBay. If no one is interested I will probably tear them down and get the various parts into the right metal recycling bins at the landfill (sadly). Thanks, Scott

BA

Bob Albert

Fri, Jan 5, 2018 7:41 PM

Scott, it's a shame to trash those great counters. I gave away two of them a while back; one is missing a decade counter so I'd be interested in replacing that. The oven assembly is a great unit as well. Plug-ins are nice too, especially the one that goes to 500 MHz.
Those counters were manufactured for many years and come in a wide variety of iterations. Mine use many germanium transistors, lately having become unobtainium.
Bob in Los Angeles
On Friday, January 5, 2018, 11:28:29 AM PST, David Scott Coburn scotttt@optonline.net wrote:

Hi All,

I have some old HP nixie tube counters (5245Ls) which I would like to give away to a good home. See the attached photo. (Sorry for the poor quality.)

Some of them power on, some of them do not. I don't think any of them actually work correctly. They would be good for parts.

I am giving these away for free to anyone who is interested.

I would rather not have to box these up and ship them. I am located on Long Island (NY) and would be willing to drive them part way (within reason!) to meet if you are willing.

I tried Craig's list with no luck. I do not want the hassle of eBay.

If no one is interested I will probably tear them down and get the various parts into the right metal recycling bins at the landfill (sadly).

Thanks,

Scott_______________________________________________
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Scott, it's a shame to trash those great counters. I gave away two of them a while back; one is missing a decade counter so I'd be interested in replacing that. The oven assembly is a great unit as well. Plug-ins are nice too, especially the one that goes to 500 MHz. Those counters were manufactured for many years and come in a wide variety of iterations. Mine use many germanium transistors, lately having become unobtainium. Bob in Los Angeles On Friday, January 5, 2018, 11:28:29 AM PST, David Scott Coburn <scotttt@optonline.net> wrote: Hi All, I have some old HP nixie tube counters (5245Ls) which I would like to give away to a good home. See the attached photo. (Sorry for the poor quality.) Some of them power on, some of them do not. I don't think any of them actually work correctly. They would be good for parts. I am giving these away for free to anyone who is interested. I would rather not have to box these up and ship them. I am located on Long Island (NY) and would be willing to drive them part way (within reason!) to meet if you are willing. I tried Craig's list with no luck. I do not want the hassle of eBay. If no one is interested I will probably tear them down and get the various parts into the right metal recycling bins at the landfill (sadly). Thanks, Scott_______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

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Don

Fri, Jan 5, 2018 7:44 PM

Hi Scott....
I have two of these counters and just love them.
With the proper 'tuned-cavity' plugins, they can measure into the
gigahertz. Such nostalgia.
Unfortunately, I am in Austin, TX. They are heavy! Want to meet in
Atlanta???? hihi.
Seriously, ...if you have any left over, with no homes, I might be
interested in just the Nixie readout modules, if you would ship some to
me. I'll pay shipping, of course.
Don
N5CID

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On Fri, 2018-01-05 at 13:10 -0500, David Scott Coburn wrote:

Hi All,

I have some old HP nixie tube counters (5245Ls) which I would like to
give away to a good home. See the attached photo. (Sorry for the
poor quality.)

Some of them power on, some of them do not. I don't think any of
them actually work correctly. They would be good for parts.

I am giving these away for free to anyone who is interested.

I would rather not have to box these up and ship them. I am located
on Long Island (NY) and would be willing to drive them part way
(within reason!) to meet if you are willing.

I tried Craig's list with no luck. I do not want the hassle of eBay.

If no one is interested I will probably tear them down and get the
various parts into the right metal recycling bins at the landfill
(sadly).

Thanks,

Scott

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Hi Scott.... I have two of these counters and just love them. With the proper 'tuned-cavity' plugins, they can measure into the gigahertz. Such nostalgia. Unfortunately, I am in Austin, TX. They are heavy! Want to meet in Atlanta???? hihi. Seriously, ...if you have any left over, with no homes, I might be interested in just the Nixie readout modules, if you would ship some to me. I'll pay shipping, of course. Don N5CID =========================================================== On Fri, 2018-01-05 at 13:10 -0500, David Scott Coburn wrote: > Hi All, > > I have some old HP nixie tube counters (5245Ls) which I would like to > give away to a good home. See the attached photo. (Sorry for the > poor quality.) > > Some of them power on, some of them do not. I don't think any of > them actually work correctly. They would be good for parts. > > I am giving these away for free to anyone who is interested. > > I would rather not have to box these up and ship them. I am located > on Long Island (NY) and would be willing to drive them part way > (within reason!) to meet if you are willing. > > I tried Craig's list with no luck. I do not want the hassle of eBay. > > If no one is interested I will probably tear them down and get the > various parts into the right metal recycling bins at the landfill > (sadly). > > Thanks, > > Scott > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi- > bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there.

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Pete Lancashire

Fri, Jan 5, 2018 7:55 PM

Worse case pull and keep/offer the boards and the oven. Gets the shipping
costs down. Other than the power transistors they are 90% of what goes
wrong.

On Jan 5, 2018 11:45 AM, "Don" dlewis6767@austin.rr.com wrote:

Hi Scott....
I have two of these counters and just love them.
With the proper 'tuned-cavity' plugins, they can measure into the
gigahertz. Such nostalgia.
Unfortunately, I am in Austin, TX. They are heavy! Want to meet in
Atlanta???? hihi.
Seriously, ...if you have any left over, with no homes, I might be
interested in just the Nixie readout modules, if you would ship some to
me. I'll pay shipping, of course.
Don
N5CID

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On Fri, 2018-01-05 at 13:10 -0500, David Scott Coburn wrote:

Hi All,

I have some old HP nixie tube counters (5245Ls) which I would like to
give away to a good home. See the attached photo. (Sorry for the
poor quality.)

Some of them power on, some of them do not. I don't think any of
them actually work correctly. They would be good for parts.

I am giving these away for free to anyone who is interested.

I would rather not have to box these up and ship them. I am located
on Long Island (NY) and would be willing to drive them part way
(within reason!) to meet if you are willing.

I tried Craig's list with no luck. I do not want the hassle of eBay.

If no one is interested I will probably tear them down and get the
various parts into the right metal recycling bins at the landfill
(sadly).

Thanks,

Scott

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Worse case pull and keep/offer the boards and the oven. Gets the shipping costs down. Other than the power transistors they are 90% of what goes wrong. On Jan 5, 2018 11:45 AM, "Don" <dlewis6767@austin.rr.com> wrote: > Hi Scott.... > I have two of these counters and just love them. > With the proper 'tuned-cavity' plugins, they can measure into the > gigahertz. Such nostalgia. > Unfortunately, I am in Austin, TX. They are heavy! Want to meet in > Atlanta???? hihi. > Seriously, ...if you have any left over, with no homes, I might be > interested in just the Nixie readout modules, if you would ship some to > me. I'll pay shipping, of course. > Don > N5CID > =========================================================== > On Fri, 2018-01-05 at 13:10 -0500, David Scott Coburn wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I have some old HP nixie tube counters (5245Ls) which I would like to > > give away to a good home. See the attached photo. (Sorry for the > > poor quality.) > > > > Some of them power on, some of them do not. I don't think any of > > them actually work correctly. They would be good for parts. > > > > I am giving these away for free to anyone who is interested. > > > > I would rather not have to box these up and ship them. I am located > > on Long Island (NY) and would be willing to drive them part way > > (within reason!) to meet if you are willing. > > > > I tried Craig's list with no luck. I do not want the hassle of eBay. > > > > If no one is interested I will probably tear them down and get the > > various parts into the right metal recycling bins at the landfill > > (sadly). > > > > Thanks, > > > > Scott > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi- > > bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. >

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Dave Daniel

Fri, Jan 5, 2018 8:20 PM

Scott,

Do you have any plugins for the 5245Ls?

DaveD

Sent from a small flat thingy

On Jan 5, 2018, at 11:10, David Scott Coburn scotttt@optonline.net wrote:

Hi All,

I have some old HP nixie tube counters (5245Ls) which I would like to give away to a good home. See the attached photo. (Sorry for the poor quality.)

Some of them power on, some of them do not. I don't think any of them actually work correctly. They would be good for parts.

I am giving these away for free to anyone who is interested.

I would rather not have to box these up and ship them. I am located on Long Island (NY) and would be willing to drive them part way (within reason!) to meet if you are willing.

I tried Craig's list with no luck. I do not want the hassle of eBay.

If no one is interested I will probably tear them down and get the various parts into the right metal recycling bins at the landfill (sadly).

Thanks,

Scott
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Scott, Do you have any plugins for the 5245Ls? DaveD Sent from a small flat thingy > On Jan 5, 2018, at 11:10, David Scott Coburn <scotttt@optonline.net> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have some old HP nixie tube counters (5245Ls) which I would like to give away to a good home. See the attached photo. (Sorry for the poor quality.) > > Some of them power on, some of them do not. I don't think any of them actually work correctly. They would be good for parts. > > I am giving these away for free to anyone who is interested. > > I would rather not have to box these up and ship them. I am located on Long Island (NY) and would be willing to drive them part way (within reason!) to meet if you are willing. > > I tried Craig's list with no luck. I do not want the hassle of eBay. > > If no one is interested I will probably tear them down and get the various parts into the right metal recycling bins at the landfill (sadly). > > Thanks, > > Scott > <HPCounters-20180105-00.jpg> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there.

DZ

Dave ZL3FJ

Fri, Jan 5, 2018 8:44 PM

Ditto- still chasing a couple of guaranteed good 12 GHz ones at reasonable rates.
DaveB, NZ

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-bounces@febo.com] On Behalf Of Dave Daniel
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2018 09:20
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP nixie counters, free!

Scott,

Do you have any plugins for the 5245Ls?

DaveD

Sent from a small flat thingy

On Jan 5, 2018, at 11:10, David Scott Coburn scotttt@optonline.net wrote:

Hi All,

I have some old HP nixie tube counters (5245Ls) which I would like to
give away to a good home. See the attached photo. (Sorry for the
poor quality.)

Some of them power on, some of them do not. I don't think any of them actually work correctly. They would be good for parts.

I am giving these away for free to anyone who is interested.

I would rather not have to box these up and ship them. I am located on Long Island (NY) and would be willing to drive them part way (within reason!) to meet if you are willing.

I tried Craig's list with no luck. I do not want the hassle of eBay.

If no one is interested I will probably tear them down and get the various parts into the right metal recycling bins at the landfill (sadly).

Thanks,

Scott
<HPCounters-20180105-00.jpg>

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Ditto- still chasing a couple of guaranteed good 12 GHz ones at reasonable rates. DaveB, NZ -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-bounces@febo.com] On Behalf Of Dave Daniel Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2018 09:20 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP nixie counters, free! Scott, Do you have any plugins for the 5245Ls? DaveD Sent from a small flat thingy > On Jan 5, 2018, at 11:10, David Scott Coburn <scotttt@optonline.net> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have some old HP nixie tube counters (5245Ls) which I would like to > give away to a good home. See the attached photo. (Sorry for the > poor quality.) > > Some of them power on, some of them do not. I don't think any of them actually work correctly. They would be good for parts. > > I am giving these away for free to anyone who is interested. > > I would rather not have to box these up and ship them. I am located on Long Island (NY) and would be willing to drive them part way (within reason!) to meet if you are willing. > > I tried Craig's list with no luck. I do not want the hassle of eBay. > > If no one is interested I will probably tear them down and get the various parts into the right metal recycling bins at the landfill (sadly). > > Thanks, > > Scott > <HPCounters-20180105-00.jpg> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

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Gary Chatters

Sat, Jan 6, 2018 1:39 AM

On 01/05/2018 02:41 PM, Bob Albert via time-nuts wrote:

Scott, it's a shame to trash those great counters. I gave away two of them a while back; one is missing a decade counter so I'd be interested in replacing that. The oven assembly is a great unit as well. Plug-ins are nice too, especially the one that goes to 500 MHz.

Some of the 5245L's used the 10544 oscillator for frequency reference.
I don't know if that was a later option or what. But it is probably
worth saving if you have it.

There is an adapter, the HP-10590A, so the plug-ins can be used with the
HP-5345A. Of course, the 500 MHz one isn't useful, but the 3 GHz or
video amplifier plugins could be used.

Gary

[...]

On 01/05/2018 02:41 PM, Bob Albert via time-nuts wrote: > Scott, it's a shame to trash those great counters. I gave away two of them a while back; one is missing a decade counter so I'd be interested in replacing that. The oven assembly is a great unit as well. Plug-ins are nice too, especially the one that goes to 500 MHz. Some of the 5245L's used the 10544 oscillator for frequency reference. I don't know if that was a later option or what. But it is probably worth saving if you have it. There is an adapter, the HP-10590A, so the plug-ins can be used with the HP-5345A. Of course, the 500 MHz one isn't useful, but the 3 GHz or video amplifier plugins could be used. Gary [...]

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