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23rd May 2020, 1:53 pm | #1 |
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Racal Dana 9081 Signal Generator valuation required
Hi,
Can anybody tell me what a fair price for one of these in working condition would be ? Thanks, Andy
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23rd May 2020, 2:42 pm | #2 |
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Re: Racal Dana 9081 Signal Generator valuation required
A search yields an example listed for £75 in 2018 as 'unsold'.
Another is shown as having been sold by VRF member (PETERg0rsq) but there are no price details. Best wishes Guy
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23rd May 2020, 7:25 pm | #3 |
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Re: Racal Dana 9081 Signal Generator valuation required
Hi Guy,
Thanks for that helpful information, you've had more success with your search than I did ! Regards, Andy
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23rd May 2020, 8:36 pm | #4 |
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Re: Racal Dana 9081 Signal Generator valuation required
I sold one of these 5 years ago for £75 in good working order. The tantalum capacitors fail fairly often. Power supply decouplers blowing fuses!
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24th May 2020, 8:22 am | #5 |
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Re: Racal Dana 9081 Signal Generator valuation required
Hi Peter,
Thanks for that additional information - yes, I'd read about the tantalum capacitor issues with these so worth watching out for ! Andy
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24th May 2020, 1:58 pm | #6 |
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Re: Racal Dana 9081 Signal Generator valuation required
A reasonably comprehensive sig gen, and likely to be very useful in working order. Shouldn't be too terrible to get and keep going, but in working order you wonder when the next bead tant will go.
It doesn't have the low noise credentials of the HP8640, but then it doesn't have cracking-up plastic gears and switches. The Marconi 2002 and 2008 aren't synthesised or counter locked. £75 sounds like a fair price for a working one. None working ones, a fraction of that David
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24th May 2020, 3:29 pm | #7 |
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Re: Racal Dana 9081 Signal Generator valuation required
Thanks everyone for your replies.
I've come to an arrangement with the seller (it's part of a SK sale) and using the information posted here, we've come up with a mutually acceptable price. So I'll be picking it up on my way to the supermarket to do my weekly shopping. Andy
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