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Old 10th Sep 2019, 2:42 pm   #1
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OK, you came up trumps with my last request for service info on a Levell audio osc. How about a Black Star Apollo 10 counter timer? There seem to be a few of these on sale just now, hopefully someone has some info please?
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Should that be Apollo 100? Telford may help - http://www.telford-electronics.co.uk/manual.php?alpha=b

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Old 11th Sep 2019, 9:52 am   #3
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Black Star Apollo counter.
Could you post a photograph please. I have information upon several Black Star counters. None called Apollo, but that firm often seem to market under several different names.
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Old 12th Sep 2019, 12:04 am   #4
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There's a rough picture of the Apollo 10 on the first page of the attached pdf file, with a sketch of its front panel on the fifth page (numbered page 3).
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Old 12th Sep 2019, 10:47 am   #5
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Apollo counter.
The nearest I have is the Meteor counter. Uses the usual 7216 I.C. with a Plessey/GEC ECL divider for the higher frequency models.
This may give you a useful lead to the circuit. Your model may just have more elaborate switching.
So I attach the circuit. Let us know how well it compares with your actual machine.
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Old 12th Sep 2019, 3:54 pm   #6
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Thank you Diabolical artificer, WME Bill & Hysteresis, for the information & links. I forgot to mention that I allready had the opperating instructions for the APOLLO series counter timers which all seem to have pages 7 & 8 missing. Looking at the Meteor series circuits is possible that the basic counter and display circuits are the same but as my instrument will not be ariving untill after the weekend I 'cant say yet. The complete dearth of any circuits for the Apollo series seems strange as the Meteor seem to have quite professionally produced circuits. The instrument I am having is supposed to be in full working order. But I have a "thing" about having circuits/manuals for all the test equipment I have.
WME Bill, when it arrives I will let you know how it compares.
Regards, John.
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Old 12th Sep 2019, 9:38 pm   #7
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Hi John,

I've scanned my Apollo 10/100 Service Manual and put it in my Google Drive temporarily (~15MB):-

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L6g...ew?usp=sharing

Since it doesn't appear to be available anywhere else I'll upload it to ElektroTanya later (when I've checked up how to...).

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Old 13th Sep 2019, 9:26 am   #8
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...Now uploaded to ElektroTanya:-

https://elektrotanya.com/showresult?...oria=&kat2=all

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Old 13th Sep 2019, 10:59 am   #9
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Hi, Trigon, Thank you very much for downloading a copy of the service manual for the Apollo series counter timer. It was just what I was looking for.
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Old 13th Sep 2019, 11:21 am   #10
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Quote:
I allready had the operating instructions for the APOLLO series counter timers which all seem to have pages 7 & 8 missing
....Here's the RS version of the user manual for the 100 with all the pages!

Apollo 100 User Manual (150dpi).pdf

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