Thanks everyone who sent me offers and information on the computer. I
think it will be destined for sale on eBay where I can let the market
set the price..... the offers were so far ranging that I feel that it
would be the best way to sell it and a search revealed three others
that had sold there recently. I'll include a copy of email I sent to
several who were interested in it's actual condition after I had a
chance to look it over. I brought it home last night and checked it
all over as mentioned below. I hope to have it placed on eBay this
weekend unless I break down and sell it to a reasonable offer off the
net or at a ham/computer fest I'm attending on Sunday. There is a pic
of the computer at
http://www.vbe.com/~badger/bc/ec1a.jpg
Again..... thanks for your interest and all the information. de Mike
Melland, W9WIS
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Last night I took the EC-1 and the other instruments I purchased at
the surplus sale home. I cleaned up the EC-1 and checked the tubes,
caps and all the circuits. I applied a little Caig Deoxit and with a
bit of time and care and was able to free up all the potentiometers
that were stiff or frozen. It appears to have been a factory built
version that was sold to the college...... very nicely built and laid
out.
The cabinet has a few small scratches... easily touched up... no dings
or dents. The rubber feet are still in place on the bottom. Inside,
while quite dusty when I received it has been cleaned up and is very
nice. Tubes and Caps and all wiring and pots check out fine. After
checking things over it went onto my isolated variac and was slowly
powered up..... lit up fine, adjusted B+ voltage.. was still right on
the money. Used the manual to set it up and adjust the individual amp
balance, all three ranges on each amp (100,10,1) balanced just fine.
Everything seems to work and adjust properly at this time so I assume
it's quite usable. The manual I have for it is an operation
manual..... apparently there is a construction manual that would have
come with it if it was a kit version as well. Also has three of those
little clear plugin units with a cap and a precision resistor....
Received on Fri Nov 03 2000 - 08:51:48 GMT
