I attended the New England Vintage Electronics Exposition #6 in Windham, New Hampshire, on Sunday, March 5, 2023.
I had a great time. I enjoyed seeing some old buddies and making some new acquaintances. The heavy snowfall on Saturday may have limited attendance from folks from out of state - I missed seeing some familiar faces - but the event was well-attended.
I mostly focussed on photographing the test equipment at the show, but I’ve included a few radios and TVs of personal interest,
such as this Excelsior 55 ...
… and this oriental-themed TV.
I picked up this Westinghouse for a new kitchen radio.
This Simpson 263 “Dual Sensitivity” VOM was in excellent condition. I would have bought it if I didn’t already have one - I like the Simpson line of 7” VOMs.
Boatanchor test equipment was a bit thin on the ground. There were lots of tube testers, and some smaller test gear, but not many HP 606A-sized pieces of test gear :-(
A ReadRite 432A tube tester.
Radio City Products 802N tube tester.
Some unknown-to-me set tester.
A Heathkit C-3 Condenser Checker.
Heathkit IT-121 FET/Transistor Tester.
Heathkit TV Alignment Generator.
Philco 53-960 Tropic-Master. I have one of these in the restoration queue.
Triplett 310-C. I wish I’d taken this home - I don’t have a 310-C, only the regular 310’s.
HP 5300 Measuring System witb the 5304A Counter/Timer attachment.
I took this GR 1205-B and 1210-C home, though I already have examples of each. Can’t ... resist … General Radio ...
Hickok, on the other hand, I’ve mostly avoided. The prices are bid up too high.
It seems the same Hickok 203 VTVM ended up on another table, later in the show.
I should have picked up this Eico 324. People keep asking for signal generators, but I don’t have any to spare at the moment. I’m sure it would have been easy to restore and flip.
These L&N Poteniometers always look intriguing, but who needs to measure thermocouples that way any more? If it were more useful in my cal lab, maybe ...
An Eico 666 tube and transistor tester.
A Hickock 600A tube tester.
An Eico 950A Resistance Capacitance Comparator Bridge. I'm partial to the Eico blue paint scheme, but this wasn’t the day to start collecting them.
Eico Model 145 Signal Tracer.
Heathkit HD-1250 Solid-State Dip Meter. Note that the foam in the lid has been replaced. The black foam in mine turned into black goop that was a heck of a job to clean off the coils.
A nice Millen Solid-State Dip Meter.
Some nice power supplies. A Kepco Model 615 and a Kepco ATE 6-10M.
A Clarostat 240-C. This one followed me home, too.
A Hickock I-777 tube tester.
An Eico 667 tube tester.
Another view of the Kepco ATE 6-10M power supply.
An RCA WA-44C Audio Oscillator.
Heathkit AG-9A audio generator.
Central Scientific something-or-other, probably a Wheatstone bridge.
Scopes were pretty scarce. This one was an HP 1222A, a pretty low-end dual-channel scope.
An Eico 377 Sine and Square Wave Audio Generator.
Heathkit IC-5281 RLC Bridge.
A Yaesu FRG-9600 VHF/UHF Receiver. I’ve always wanted one, but I’ve always been too cheap to buy one. This one looks like a nice example.
Simpson 229-2 A.C. Leaskage Current Tester. Looks like a formidable instrument.
A dandy Agilent 34401A 6.5-digit DMM.
Agilent E1844B Power Meter
Ohmite 3420 Ohm-Ranger.
Heathkit Digital Designer breadboard setup.
A National Panasonic DR-49, which is a European version of the Panasonic RF-4900.
A set tester. I don’t recognize the logo on the meters, and I don’t see a name of the manufacturer.
A very nice Measurements Corp Model 59 Megacycle Meter. I don’t think this sold at the show, or at least it didn’t sell until near the end. I have one, but I should have picked this one up rather than let it sit.
A Heathkit PS-3 Variable Voltage Regulated Power Supply.
An Eico 369 TV-FM Sweep and Post=Injection Marker Generator was hiding in a box underneath its manual. A very nice sweep generator.
A Heathkit IT-1 Isolation Transformer, and a homebrew isolation transformer.
Leader LTC-906A Transistor Checker.
A nice-looking Sprague TO-6A Tel-Ohmike.
A Heathkit high voltage probe.
A military ME-297/U multimeter, missing a range knob.
Weston 771 Tube Checker
Heathkit TS-4 TV Alignment Generator, CT-1 Capacitor Tester, GD-1 Grid Dip Meter, with coils, and an IT-10 Transistor Tester.
Heathkit AA-1 Audio Analyzer
KLH Model 21
Another view of the KLH Model 21. I was considering it as a new kitchen radio, but Sue didn’t like the styling.
An RCA Station Allocator
This fellow was selling off VOMs from his dad’s estate. Some nice Simpson 260’s, a Triplett 630 “Red Dot”, and a Triplett 630-APL.
Heathkit IP-12 Battery Eliminator.
Heathkit IM-58 Harmonic Distortion Meter. I’ve been keeping an eye out for the earlier IM-12 version, as I prefer that styling, but I bought this one anyway.
Two JacksonModel 112 Condenser Checkers.
A couple of random radios.
I rather liked the styling of this Crosley AM/FM, but Sue nixed it.