Scott Dorsey wrote:


I believe it does, but what you need to ask is whether it is a real
transconductance tester or just a mutual conductance tester.

It's 50 bucks- likely it's an emission tester. These are much more
useful than, say, a TV7 because you can own it now and not have to save
money for years. If a person would like to use a Hickok but never buys
one and has to guess as to tubes, how are they ahead of the game? I'm
absolutely certain many of you would say it's MUCH better that they
NEVER buy a tester their entire lives if they can't afford a high end
Hickok. Yeah, everything else is a toy, uh huh- and the TV7 doesn't even
give a direct reading IIRC but requires math each time !

That's a bit like my hippie friends here who walk to work because their
1959 VW Transporter is perpetually in the shop or a ditch (they can't
bear to be seen driving a less than cool car).

John H.