[time-nuts] Did a member of time-nuts buy this?

[Bob Camp]

Hi

> On Dec 7, 2014, at 10:45 AM, Magnus Danielson <magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> On 12/07/2014 03:23 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>>> On Dec 6, 2014, at 4:51 PM, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) <drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 6 Dec 2014 21:10, "paul swed" <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> David
>>>> I picked my unit up for $125 at a Hamfesyt and the tube was absolutely bad
>>>> as it turned out. But then what do you expect for the $. That said another
>>>> time nut gave me his dead tube from a 5060. I spent a good deal of time
>>>> getting it adapted into the 5061 now name Frankenstein. This included a
>>> new
>>>> oven controller.
>>>> But it was all about learning and boy did I. Still nothing like some of
>>> the
>>>> folks on Time nuts truly they have the expertise and feel for the beasts.
>>>> 
>>>> But the fumes were enough for me to get an actual feel for a CS reference
>>>> and why they were always left on. Also it drove home a lot of the physics
>>>> and math.
>>>> Now for $125, thats a pretty good education.
>>> 
>>> The fumes will do for me!
>>> 
>>> I got an HP 58503A as I need a solution, not a project.
>>> 
>>> But playing with a Cs for a bit of fun/education is something quite
>>> different. But maybe I should wait until one comes up in the UK, shipping
>>> is going to be $300-$500.
>> 
>> The Cs that was just bought came from the Netherlands over to the US. There *is* gear in Europe.
> 
> Indeed. Every now and then I find a bunch of cesiums in the trunk of my car. Then I unload them at home and give them some basic LTC and turns out they work.
> 
> Re-located two of them to places running low on working cesiums.
> 
> So yes, there exist gear in Europe. :)
> 

The real issue is:

Do you want to spend hours a day doing searches on eBay for all sorts of weird spellings and listing conventions? Do you want to search all of the various eBay sites throughout the world? When any single piece one of a kind item comes up at a good price, it will go fast. There will not be people jumping up and down saying “look at this”. They will just buy it and move on. The only time you’ll get a hint is when somebody lists a bunch of the same thing. Then who ever finds it will buy what they want / need / can afford / crave. After that they will mention it on a list somewhere.

Bob

> Cheers,
> Magnus
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