Hi Bruce, I will take a look at Vector. I was aware they sold them in the past but I am not sure about now. Dennis Tillman W7PF

Hi Barry, I found the Leeds Radio list last week but it was hard to decipher and I had several other sites that looked more promising so I forgot to go back and search through their tiny print. I

Vector used to sell little extruded round aluminum cans with 7-pin and 9-pin tube pin bases. The bases attached with side screws. These were used for constructing special plug-in modules. I don't

Hi David, Sorry for the confusion. I'm looking for plugs, not sockets. There are lots of sockets available in many different configurations. So far there are only two socket saver variations (9-pin

Hi Michael, I have all the machine shop tools and skills to make my own. Time is the one thing that is in short supply. It is important to find a source if one exists. At the moment my needs are such

Hi Butch, Thanks for your first post. I hope you find reasons to do more in the future. I already knew about this site and their 9-pin socket saver. There are several sites selling the 9-pin socket

Hi Ed, That is actually possible to do. The first plug I made was done in a similar way. Your way would result in two at a time. But that still takes a considerable amount of time to do. The 8-pin and

Hi Dave, I need one or two. I did find a source for 9-pin socket savers. Those can be opened up and the plug part separated from the socket. They are less than $3 so I will buy those. Same for 8-pin

TekScopes@...> wrote: Hey Lee, I don't have a direct answer to your question, except to say that my 2430 is a pretty limited DSO. The update rate is pretty low, the realtime bandwidth is

Have you looked here? http://www.leedsradio.com/parts-sockets.html Thanks, Barry - N4BUQ

At this point I am not sure if you are looking for a socket or a plug but in either case, they make pins and large collet sockets which can be swaged or soldered into printed circuit board material.

In 1991, the 2445B was $4000 and the 2430A was $8000 from Tektronix but it would not surprise me of Tektronix sold more entry level 2430/A DSOs than low bandwidth 2445/A/B analog oscilloscopes leading

Have you considered making your own? 1/8" phenolic or fiberglass epoxy sheet is cheap on Ebay, along with various sizes of round acrylic plastic disks. Thread some brass rod, and tap holes in the

https://tubedepot.com/products/9-pin-socket-saver https://tubedepot.com/products/9-pin-socket-saver This place has the 9 pin socket saver and a lot of other things including an 8 pin and

TekScopes@...> wrote: I think 2445s were always less common than their big brother, the 2465. I've seen lots and lots of 2465x in my career, including the three I own, but rarely a 2445.

Hey Dennis, this just occurred to me - if you can't find any off-shelf miniature tube style plugs, how about just cutting some pin stock to make them extra long, and jam them into a socket to form a

Dennis How many of the 7 and 9 pin plugs do you need? Are you looking for a significant number? 73 Dave, ZL3FJ

stuff that disappears does so for a reason. Maybe you just simply don't get tubes with that base that are any interesting at all. No point trying to accumulate stuff that's boring other than it has

Hi Cheater, In a pinch I did make a 9 pin plug using 0.040" bus bar pushed into an existing 9 pin socket, with a piece of PVC tubing around it, and I potted the entire thing. What you get is crude,

Am I missing something... why not just take a bare FR board and drill some holes in it.. use two boards for rigidity... and pot the whole job? <TekScopes@...> wrote: