If your looking to purchase a TUBE TESTER read this information first before you invest your $$$.

There isn\'t a better collection of information all related to tube testers ever.
This book is a very nice comb-bound book containing 12 articles and guide to TUBE TESTERS,

Please Note, All information in this book are copies, using the latest laser copiers, from orginal magazines articles. Here is what you get;

Article 1, TEST NEW TUBES ON OLD TUBE TESTERS This ARTICLE is a must have information for owners of Hickok and other Quality Tube Testers. It is for checking tube types which are not listed in your roll Charts or in your data books, even new tubes from Russia and other parts of Europe, No matter what type the tester is, emission or transconductance, if it has a free-point switching arrangement which (most of the Hickoks and others have), allows a full choice of connections to any socket pin or any element of the tube, and a suitable filament supply, from 1.1 to 117 volts, it can be set up to test any standard receiving tube . With the proper techniques old tube testers can virtually test any Tube. THIS ARTICLE EXPLAINS HOW TO DO IT. The article uses an Hickok 532 in this example, but most other tube testers can also be used.

Article 2, FINE POINTS ON TUBE TESTING , A very helpful article, talking about the five Basic tests, used on tube testers.
1) Shorts test
2) Emission test
3) Transconductance test
4) Gas test
5) Filament - current test

Article 3, WHY TUBES FAIL PREMATURELY, A very helpful article, talking about the manufacturers ratings of the tube and that these ratings must not be exceeded.

Article 4, YOUR SHOP TUBE TESTER WILL HELP BUILD PRESTIGE Talks about mutual conductance type tube testers, these type of tube testers, give a true picture of a tubes condition, and uses a Hickok Model 533 in this example.

Article 5 TUBE TESTERS FOR SPEEDY CHECKING, Talks about certain tube testers which operate is a speedy manner. B&k model 500, Teletest model T-56

Article 6 MEASURING RESISTANCE BETWEEN TUBE ELEMENTS, Talks about the “SHORTS” test that all tube testers have. Simpson model 1000, used in this article

Article 7 AN AUTOMATIC TUBE TESTER, talks about about tube testers wich use Punch Cards to set up switch connections. Teletest DM456, used in this article

Article 8 IMPROVING YOUR TUBE TESTER, Talks about Modification of Shorts Test, Providing a more exact meter reading. Heathkit model TC-1, used in this article

Article 9 TUBE TESTERS PROMOTE SERVICE, Talks about a Strategy for winning back tube sales that have been taken away by the drug stores.

Article 10 USING YOUR TEST EQUIPMENT, Talks about a tube tester being a very valuable and trustworthy.

Article 11 TUBE FAULTS AND TEST TECHNIQUES, Talks about what happens to a defective tube and what conventional checks can and can not tell you.

Article 12 THE TUBE RACKET Talks about a specific case in which a man was convicted for rebranding worn or defective Electron Tubes .

The TUBE TESTERS BUYERS GUIDE consists of 62 pages, 13 of those pages are from the 1958 test equipment Annual. Buyers guide to tube testers , the rest of pages are a collection of advertisements from tube tester manufacturers.

The following is a list of all the tube testers listed and or Advertised:
American Scientific model 400A
Anko 360
B&K 500, 500B, 510, 550, 650, 675
Calex counter, floor
CBS COLIMBIA model VT T-1
Chicago Instruments 531, 532
Century FC-2, MC-1
Eico 625, 666
General Electronic 247
EMC 20YP, 204, 205P, 206P, 207P, 209, 301P, 302P
Heathkit TC-1, TC-2
Hickok 121, 123A, 533, 533DM, 539B, 600A/800K, 605, 750, 800, 6000, 6005
Jackson 49ner, 115, 561, 648A, 648P
Paco T-60
Philco 9200
Precise 111, 116
Precision 10-12E, 10-60, 640, 660
RCP 323C, 325, 808AA, 8773, 8873
RCA WT-100A, WT-110A
SECO GCT-8, 107
Shell model P-18
Superior TV-10, TV-11, TW-11, TV-12, TD-55, TC-55, 82, 82A
Service Instruments LC2
Simpson 1000
Teletest DM456
Triplett 3413-B, 3423, 3444
Weston 981 type 3A

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