FS: HAMEG Modular System Series 8000 Bench Multimeter & Function Gen PRICE DROP! - Page 1
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author: bullet308
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 13, 2012, 02:57:57 pm
content: Hi:I have available some nice bench test gear that is excess to my needs.They areHAMEG Modular System Series 8000 Mainframes with 8030-5 5mHz Function Generators and 8011-3 Digital Multimeters. Appearance is similar to the photo below except for different modules:Years of production on the mainframe and modules are between 1999 and 2003. Condition is excellent.Here is themainframe, which seems to be the current model, still in production:http://www.hameg.com/134.0.html?L=0]http://www.hameg.com/134.0.html?L=0]http://www.hameg.com/134.0.html?L=0Current MSRP is $374.Here is a link to info and the manual for the5mHz Function Generator:http://www.akh.se/hameg/hm80/hm8030.htm]http://www.akh.se/hameg/hm80/hm8030.htm]http://www.akh.se/hameg/hm80/hm8030.htmCurrent MSRP on the equivalent module (10mHz): $477And for theMultimeter:http://www.akh.se/hameg/hm80/hm8011.htmCurrent MSRP on the equivalent module: $596The units I have have yellow/green LED readouts as on the current modules.Numerous other current and discontinued modules are or have been made to fit the 8001 mainframe over the years. It would seem to be a most flexible setup:http://www.akh.se/hameg/hm80/index80.htmSeveral units are available in different combinations, depending on your needs:Mainframe with two DMM Modules: US$129Mainframe with one DMM module and one Signal Generator Module: US$149Mainframe with one Signal Generator and one blank panel: US$79These are fairly compact and of moderate weight, as detailed below:Dimensions: 285 x 75 x 365 mmWeight: around 5.5 kilos shippedI am willing to ship these just about anywhere in the world for whatever the shipping actually costs. For instance, shipping to the UK would be around US$90 via USPS.Domestic Parcel Post shipping would range from $10 to $20 USPS Parcel Post depending on the distance from ZIP code 29205 (Columbia, South Carolina).If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here or email me at bullet308@att.net.These will be put on ebay if no interest is found here.Thanks :-)

author: bullet308
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timestamp: August 14, 2012, 03:04:01 pm
content: Okay, price drop:Mainframe with two DMM Modules: US$109Mainframe with one DMM module and one Signal Generator Module: US$129Mainframe with one Signal Generator and one blank panel: US$69

author: minime72706
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timestamp: August 14, 2012, 04:10:46 pm
content: Do you have pictures of the modules you actually own?

author: bullet308
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timestamp: August 14, 2012, 06:16:12 pm
content: Sure. Heres the rig i have set up on my bench now. They all look identical.

author: minime72706
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timestamp: August 14, 2012, 06:47:58 pm
content: I may be interested, though I don't have any prior experience (or trust) with this brand.

author: djsb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2012, 07:03:21 pm
content: If I had some spare cash (and I lived in the USA) I'd snap these up. Hameg is Quality made equipment that lasts a long time.Good luck.David.

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2012, 07:06:54 pm
content: I second David's view of Hameg.Made in Germany...bought by Rohde & Schwarz........ enough saidWish I was in the USA to buy them....the prices are very cheap compared to ebay.Fraser

author: minime72706
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timestamp: August 14, 2012, 07:16:32 pm
content: Well then, Bullet, our English brethren smile upon you this day.I may very well be interested in a full kit - I just yesterday wished I had a function generator.

author: bullet308
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timestamp: August 14, 2012, 08:38:22 pm
content: Not a problem. :-)I didn't know much about Hameg until I stumbled onto my HM605 'scope a few months back, and I have grown very fond of it. There doesn't seem to be that much of their stuff floating about in the US as compared to Tek and HP/Agilent. This modular setup gives me a modern signal generator and a good bench DMM (which I lacked previously) in a very small space. It replaces some ancient Fluke bench DMMs that I never quite trusted and augments my elderly 1mHz Heath/Zenith sig-gen.I take PayPal. :-)

author: minime72706
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timestamp: August 14, 2012, 08:46:21 pm
content: I'll ponder on it for a few hours.How many of each thingamajig do you have kicking around?

author: bullet308
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timestamp: August 14, 2012, 09:01:57 pm
content: I have two on-hand and can get perhaps half a dozen more.

author: Fraser
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timestamp: August 14, 2012, 10:01:33 pm
content: I should declare my connections with the Hameg brand. I used to sell them when I was a student and saved my pennies to buy an HM204 20 MHz CRO.My HM204 did fail me once with a dead X deflection transistor and it was repaired very efficiently by Hameg. The early models are normally very reliable and I am still using my HM204 29 years later !I have since purchased many Hameg equipments including several CRO's, some 8000 series mainframes and associated modules. I believe my current inventory is around 8 CROs covering Bandwidths from 10MHz up to 100MHz, some analogue and some digital/analogue combi's. All of my Hameg equipment has been accurate and reliable. The frequency counter module is a little beauty....to calibrate it you connect it to a 10MHz GPSDO reference (or similar) and tell it to calibrate itself (using a front panel key combination and menu)....it self calibrates and stores the internal OCXO frequency correction voltage data in an eeprom....lovely ideaMine was tested after 20+ years of use and no calibration, and was still well within specification and accurate enough for all but the most demanding of tests. After its self calibration it has remained very accurate indeed thanks to the OCXO.Anyone wanting some well made kit with decent no nonsense designs will not be disappointed with a Hameg. The units use light weight aluminium chassis components and steel where required for high strength. Schematics are often provided in the user manuals. If not, an email from me to Hameg has always resulted in the service manual arriving by return email....superb supportThey just sent me the full service manual for my latest acquisitions....an HM1004-3 and an HM305-1.I should state that some of the later HM3xx series CRO's have proved to be more fault prone but mine are working fine all the same. I have not heard of failings in the HM8000 chassis or the modules apart from user instigated damage through abuse.I like Hameg as you can tellIts very good German engineering..... I drive an Audi for the same reason. I do own several other well known brands of test kit such as Advantest and Tektronix but I tend to reach for the Hameg's in the first instance.I was even considering having one of your units sent to my friend in Washington DC, but I doubt he would take kindly to lugging it back to the UK for meKind RegardsFraser

author: bullet308
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timestamp: August 14, 2012, 10:20:42 pm
content: Please email me at bullet308@att.net if interested in purchasing.

author: bullet308
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timestamp: August 14, 2012, 10:51:00 pm
content: One unit sold.

author: minime72706
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timestamp: August 14, 2012, 11:14:41 pm
content: I'm looking forward to receiving it, thanks!

author: bullet308
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timestamp: August 14, 2012, 11:26:07 pm
content: Its sitting boxed up by the front door. Will take it to the PO tomorrow. Thanks again!

author: minime72706
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timestamp: August 15, 2012, 12:59:42 am
content: I'm taking a review course on analog electronics this fall and I'm now going to beg the professor to let me do my work at home.I'm sure seeing photographs of the screen of an analog oscilloscope will be a throwback for him.

author: bullet308
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timestamp: August 15, 2012, 02:29:00 pm
content: Update on inventory: these have turned out to be very popular. At this writing I have two mainframes, one blank module (for build it yourself projects), one multimeter and one signal generator left available. That will be all she wrote, as far as I know. I have acquired a nice oscilloscope that I will be listing separately. Thanks for all your interest and your business!

author: Monkeh
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timestamp: August 15, 2012, 03:27:12 pm
content: If it weren't for the shipping costs I'd be all over them. I've bid on several of these units on Ebay over here recently.

author: bullet308
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timestamp: August 15, 2012, 05:14:14 pm
content: Latest Update: what is available at this point is two mainframes and one multimeter and one blank module for your own projects.One mainframe, one multimeter and one blank module, $79

author: bullet308
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timestamp: August 16, 2012, 02:47:05 am
content: Okay, that is pretty much it for the Hameg modular stuff. All I have left is a mainframe and blank module for $49. If anybody is interested, let me know. Otherwise, I eBay it or just sit on it in anticipation of more modules showing up.Thanks everybody for your participation and your business!-Tom