For Beginers Only:  Free Simpson 260 Series 7(2) Simpson 270 Series 5(1) - Page 1
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author: watchmaker
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 18, 2023, 12:31:10 pm
content: I am cleaning up space. These are free but for the shipping. I am not listing them anywhere.All three are in excellent condition. All are in leather cases (one is taped). Two have leads, one does not. First come, first serve.Send me a PM.Shipping outside US may make it not worthwhile to you. Will send pics if asked.I cannot imagine shipping over $15 w/in the US.Regards,Dewey

author: BeBuLamar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 18, 2023, 03:49:34 pm
content: I am not a beginner so I am not qualify. But if you would let me have one of your 260 I would buy a Kllein MM700 to give to a beginner which I think would appreciate that more than a Simpson 260.

author: CaptDon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 18, 2023, 06:20:09 pm
content: Wow, a blast from the past! At G.E. locomotive in the test equipment lockup we had a 'digital' version of the 260. Don't recall the model number. I still have and use my Triplett 630-NA which is one of a pair G.E. threw in the dumpster. I gave the other one away to an automotive geek buddy of mine. The 260 was the one we used in lab when I attended a Vo-Tech school here in the states.

author: watchmaker
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 18, 2023, 07:26:04 pm
content: Quote from: BeBuLamar on November 18, 2023, 03:49:34 pmOne is going to BeBuLamar. Thanks for playing!Regards,Dewey

author: watchmaker
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 18, 2023, 07:27:52 pm
content: Quote from: CaptDon on November 18, 2023, 06:20:09 pmYeah, these were the "gotta haves" in my 1960s/70 HS Voc Ed course. I am wondering if only us old farts know what they are?Regards,Dewey

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 18, 2023, 11:32:22 pm
content: Quote from: BeBuLamar on November 18, 2023, 03:49:34 pmThis.. can you imagine some poor student walking into a lab with one of these... Ha!

author: Wil_Bloodworth
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 18, 2023, 11:38:20 pm
content: I can google it... but what the heck... what is a Simpson 260? Some kind of meter?- Wil

author: Veteran68
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2023, 01:10:51 am
content: Quote from: Wil_Bloodworth on November 18, 2023, 11:38:20 pmOld school analog VOM

author: watchmaker
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 19, 2023, 01:30:06 pm
content: Quote from: Wil_Bloodworth on November 18, 2023, 11:38:20 pmHah! Kids today!Party line, 150 baud modems, punchtape? No country for old men! (Loved Secondhand Lions!)Being silly,Dewey

author: Dan123456
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2023, 03:49:26 pm
content: Woah that is incredibly cool of you mate!I would be very tempted to put my hand up if I was US based but would rather see them go to someone who needs them more than I do anywaysI hope they go to a good home and good on you once again mate

author: Wil_Bloodworth
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2023, 05:29:32 pm
content: Dewey: We had a party line. I used 150 baud modems as well as acoustic coupler ones. I'm not young... just wasn't into electronics 60 years ago.- Wil

author: Veteran68
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2023, 07:23:28 pm
content: Also not a beginner (and honestly not sure how many beginners these days would appreciate these), but if you have trouble giving them to a better cause, I'd be interested in the 270-5 (or the other 260 if the 270 is spoken for) to add to my modern DMM collection. I own exactly one analog ammeter, and every once in awhile you run across a scenario where an analog meter would be preferred.I'd be happy to pay shipping plus a little more for your trouble.

author: watchmaker
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 20, 2023, 02:12:30 pm
content: Quote from: Veteran68 on November 19, 2023, 07:23:28 pmOK. You got the last one. Gaffer taped leather case. PM me your address will go out ASAP. $10 shipping??Regards,Dewey

author: CaptDon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2023, 03:44:49 pm
content: An analog meter is so handy for 'peaking' in R.F. circuits like aligning I.F. strips. Also good for detecting notes close to zero beat when adjusting oscillators. Analog representation is so handy for certain things that when DMM's were first appearing they also had what amounted to a zero to full scale little edge wise analog meter beside the digital display. Those are the best of both worlds. I hang on to my Triplett mostly because it was born the same year I was!! Hard to find the 22.5 volt battery these days but it is only used on the very high ohms scale. Cheers mates!! Love the old V.O.M. and V.T.V.M's!! I remember my Dad building the Eico V.T.V.M. and the 625 tube tester. I was around 5 at the time.

author: Wil_Bloodworth
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2023, 07:14:36 pm
content: Quote from: CaptDon on November 20, 2023, 03:44:49 pmVery good points! Thanks!- Wil

author: Veteran68
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2023, 08:49:47 pm
content: Since the thread was bumped, I thought I'd report that I did receive Dewey's last 260-7. Since it came without probes and they're the reverse-banana style, I've had to order some ProbeMaster 8000s for it (original Simpson probes go for like $70 on eBay, and I'm partial to PM 8000's anyway). I'm looking forward to playing around with it when they arrive.