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Matthew kane · 17th Sep 2020, 6:43 am

An ex military radio and broadcast engineer I used to keep in touch with years back owned one of the earlier versions of the Roetest as well as a heap of AVO VCM's, Neuberger testers, AT-1000 and last he was raving about the Bitmatic tester (suped up Hickok/Western Electric KS-15874-L2 cardmatic tester that has been computerised).

Testers like the roetest, utracer, etracer, 570 with valve attachment and the Bitmatic testers fall under true analysers, not ideal for quick testing tubes. These testers take a long time to test a tube and these are made for people who want to understand and observe the operating characteristics and elements of the tubes you test.

Last time I checked the price was around $1500 AUD for the base parts for the Roetest.

17th Sep 2020, 6:43 am	#9
Matthew kane Tetrode Join Date: May 2019 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Posts: 66	Re: German "RoeTester" (Valve Tester Design) An ex military radio and broadcast engineer I used to keep in touch with years back owned one of the earlier versions of the Roetest as well as a heap of AVO VCM's, Neuberger testers, AT-1000 and last he was raving about the Bitmatic tester (suped up Hickok/Western Electric KS-15874-L2 cardmatic tester that has been computerised). Testers like the roetest, utracer, etracer, 570 with valve attachment and the Bitmatic testers fall under true analysers, not ideal for quick testing tubes. These testers take a long time to test a tube and these are made for people who want to understand and observe the operating characteristics and elements of the tubes you test. Last time I checked the price was around $1500 AUD for the base parts for the Roetest.