[RTTY] ST-8000A on eBay (Tom Osborne)

[steveripper at comcast.net]

Bob: 

I bought a lot of 4 of these off ebay late last year for $100 delivered. I have bought 2 more from the DRMO government auction site (before they raised the minimum to $150) for $50. And I got another from the University of Michigan property surplus warehouse for $30. 

I have seen these on ebay for as high as $400 or more, but these are usually are for sale by some test equipment company and they don't often sell. Most of the time you can get one fairly quickly for $50 to $75, but if you watch and can wait a while you can find them for less. 

There is one on ebay now (Item number: 250379380269) from Ridge Equipment. Opening bid is $49.95 with 6 days left. Perhaps this is one to watch. Shipping should be about $25 to $30 for a 620. 

Regards, 
Steve R. 
steveripper at comcast.net 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Chudek - K0RC" <k0rc at citlink.net> 
To: "Steve Ripper" <steveripper at comcast.net>, rtty at contesting.com 
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:39:49 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [RTTY] ST-8000A on eBay (Tom Osborne) 

"This was easily solved with a surplus Tektronix 
620 X-Y monitor ($25)." 

What is the source for this monitor at 25 bucks? 

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Ripper" <steveripper at comcast.net> 
To: <rtty at contesting.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 12:17 AM 
Subject: Re: [RTTY] ST-8000A on eBay (Tom Osborne) 


>I purchased one of the ST-8000A units from this seller and it arrived as 
> advertized. Brand new in a foil sealed pouch in the original sealed 
> carton. 
> Complete with all those expensive connectors and manual. Mine is serial 
> number 122 and I believe manufactured in 1991. When you consider these are 
> still listed on the HAL site for over $5,000 how can you beat $249. One of 
> the differences between the ST-8000 and 8000A as noted by several other is 
> the lack of a tuning scope. This was easily solved with a surplus 
> Tektronix 
> 620 X-Y monitor ($25). Using the data I/O connector J1, I simply took the 
> Mark audio output (pin 7) and the Space audio output (pin 9) plus the 
> ground 
> and connected them to the X-Y inputs of the Tek 620. Note: the raw signals 
> levels from the ST-8000A will overdrive the display of the Tek 620, so you 
> will have to add 2 pots (1 Meg) to reduce the signal levels. After 
> adjusting 
> the pots for full screen deflection you have a very nice 6 inch diagonal 
> tuning display that I feel is actually much better than the display on the 
> ST-8000. 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Steve Ripper 
> steveripper at comcast.net 
> Mobile: 248-787-0705 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> Message: 1 
> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:45:30 -0800 
> From: "Tom Osborne" <w7why at verizon.net> 
> Subject: [RTTY] ST-8000A on eBay 
> 
> Hi All 
> 
> Some guys have expressed a like for these TU's. Here is one on eBay, new 
> in 
> 
> box, for $249. Listing number is 140302282476. 73 
> Tom W7WHY 
> 
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