WHERE CAN I GET A MANUAL/SCHEMATICS FOR EQUIPMENT? V2.06 [Mostly HP and Tektronix oriented] Contents: * Tektronix Manuals * Hewlett Packard (HP) Manuals * Various Other Manuals Sources * Heathkit Schematics * Misc Articles/Info * Misc Trivia Contributors: Rich Osman, Michael Covington, Jim Mc Vein, Richard D. McRoberts, Jeff Gruszynski, James Walker, Bill Mayhew, Stanley Perkins, Mike Serafin, Thomas G Booth, Scott Holderman, Jerilyn McLaren, Paul Hudson, and John De Armond _________________________________________________________________ TEKTRONIX MANUALS * Ed Matsuda Test Equipment Manuals P.O. Box 390613 San Diego, CA 92149 Tel: 1-619-479-0225 Fax: 1-619-479-1670 "He Sells HP and Tek Manuals" * Deane E. Kidd W7TYR 27270 S.W. Ladd Hill Road Sherwood, OR 97140 Tel: 1-503-625-7363 Mr. Kidd is a retired Tek engineer who sells old Tektronix manuals: For example, a 465 manual is $35. Also available, for $20, is Stan Griffith's "Oscilloscopes: Selecting and Restoring a Classic"... As reviewed by Wes: "I bought that one through Tucker Electronics and it is one good book for anyone who has an old Tek scope. It details how to troubleshoot them, where to find parts and most of all, it rates them as to thier serviceablity in today's electronics. It also covers the MANY plug-in's out there. I had no Idea how Many was there! Like a strain gauge pulg-in?? Good book and worth the money (as I own 4 old Tek scopes and love each of them dearly ;-)" * Bob Garcia Tel: 1-404-977-5701 Bob is a retired Tek engineer who refurbishes and sells scopes for spending money. A typical deal will be a 60 mhz transistorized tek scope for about $125. Anyone who attends hamfests in the southeast will recognize Bob as "Mr Scope." * R5-D3 Electronic Surplus Portland, OR Tel: (503) 774-6560 Ask for Bob Lee. [Older Tektronix 'scope stuff/plugins/manuals] If he doesn't have what you are looking for, he will know who to point you to here in the land of Tektronix. * Tektronics, Inc. P.O. Box 500 Beaverton, Oregon 97077 Tel: 1-800-426-2200 (best) Tel: 1-800-838-3553 Most older manuals are available as fische only. The paper versions are sky high if they're available. I paid $7 for a 561A manual, and $5 and $10 for the amp and timebase plug-in manuals. Newer scope manuals are about $25 on fische, and in excess of $100 for the paper version. I was able to find a surplus fische reader at the SW Bell surplus store for $10, so it's not to bad. HP is much better when it comes to pricing on their paper manuals :-( _________________________________________________________________ HEWLETT PACKARD (HP) MANUALS * Helwett Packard also sells manuals for [basic] instruments. If they don't have printed manuals anymore, they still try to stock the microfiche versions. In the US & Canada: 1-800-227-8164, 6AM-5PM Pacific Time, Monday-Friday. (Prices are between $25-$40 each for these ones when I looked, but this could change tomorrow. Call to get the latest prices) Tel: 1-800-227-8164 6AM-5PM Pacific Time, Monday-Friday Call to get the latest prices. Another number to try is: Tel: 1-800-452-4844 But it could be old. _________________________________________________________________ VARIOUS OTHER MANUALS SOURCES * Domain BBS 1-208-375-6571 Marty Gasmans service manuals are included as are manuals from other individuals. You may search the database while online, add your own entries, change your own entries and delete your own entries. Anyone may log onto the BBS and search any of the databases. Please feel free to add service manuals that you no longer need and would like to sell. If you have a very large list of manuals, contact the sysop for a free database program that will let you enter the manuals offline and then upload them to the database. * Fair Radio Sales Lima, OH Tel: 1-419-223-2196 Tel: 1-419-227-6573 (old?) They carry some older manuals as well as tubes of all sorts. Call them and ask for a catalog. * Manuals Plus Tel: 1-206-531-8031 These folks deal in service manuals for test equipment. * Sevice Center Paramus NJ Tel: (201) 262-9550 They have Service/Information on Fluke meters. * Tucker Electronics Dallas, TX Tel: 1-800-527-4642 They are another good source of used manuals for older instruments. _________________________________________________________________ HEATHKIT SCHEMATICS * The Manual Man 27 Walling St Sayreville, NJ 08872 Tel: (908) 238-8964 Also, try Heathkit in Benton Harbaor Michigan. They are still selling Manuals. * Heathkit Education Systems Heath Company Benton Harbor, MI 49022 Tel: 1-800-253-0570 _________________________________________________________________ MISC ARTICLES/INFO * If I may blow my own horn for a moment, September 1994 issue of Electronics Now contains an article I wrote called, "New Life for Old Oscilloscopes," by Michael Covington, complete with a schematic of a Heath IO-12. * If you are looking for some obsure manual, you should just a hop skip and jump to THE ham radio mecca in Dayton, OH at the end of the month of April. There's no excuse available for not going. Things like weddings get postponed so hams can make it to the Hamvention. I'm sure you'll find manuals for the scope frame and all the plug-ins at Dayton. Cost is probably about $5 to $15 each. _________________________________________________________________ MISC TRIVIA _________________________________________________________________ This article compiled by . 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