Hello everyone, I just joined the group today and as my name says I am new to working on old radios but I am going to be learning. I have a Westinghouse H164 that belonged to one set of grandparents, a Knight Star Roamer my father built from a kit in the early'70s and I was recently given an old tube tester that belonged to my other grandfather. While information on the two radios has been available the tester is a different story.
It is a Jackson 535A which as near as I can tell was made between 1935 and 1940. I haven't been able to find any information about that model online so I have started emailing people who use, collect or sell vintage tube testers asking for help. In my searching I came across this forum and after reading some posts and threads it looked like a place that might be able to help me find information as well as pointers for working on old tube equipment.
I have no literature for this unit. I would like to rebuild it to working condition simply because it was my grandfathers rather than any practical use I could get out of it. I am hoping to get some leads on where I can get the instructions, reference chartsor schematics. Any help would be appreciated, so far this particular model had been very elusive.
Thanks for your help,
Scott
It is a Jackson 535A which as near as I can tell was made between 1935 and 1940. I haven't been able to find any information about that model online so I have started emailing people who use, collect or sell vintage tube testers asking for help. In my searching I came across this forum and after reading some posts and threads it looked like a place that might be able to help me find information as well as pointers for working on old tube equipment.
I have no literature for this unit. I would like to rebuild it to working condition simply because it was my grandfathers rather than any practical use I could get out of it. I am hoping to get some leads on where I can get the instructions, reference chartsor schematics. Any help would be appreciated, so far this particular model had been very elusive.
Thanks for your help,
Scott