In watching a lot of your videos, it makes me think we have a lot in common. One of the things, is the fact that you take pride in your work. I too have done this for years. I have always preached to my Son that whatever he does, it has to look good. Don't put a lot into the repairs, for we will make it work, but it has to look good. When he was in his teens, he use to help me install satellite systems, and this was one thing I always preached. The cabling had to be ran properly and stappled in place and hidden, etc. I guess in sunk in, for he is preaching the same thing to his boys today. Fixing the scratches with the felt tipped marked is one of the tricks I used too. Great videos, keep them coming. Jim WA5WRE
Very nice, Buddy. Looks like you did it again with this one. In typical fashion you nailed the problem right off. I got lucky yesterday. Went to a hamfest in Mena, AR and picked up an old Heathkit IG-42 signal generator for 20 bucks. I gave her a bath while watching your video. Cleaned the pots and checked the insides. Caps look like new. So I fired her up and she works perfect. Thanks again for all your videos, Buddy. They have been a tremendous help. 73 DE K7RMJ Frank
It's amazing when you think about all the different industries that made products during the CB craze of the 1970's and 80's. Everything from the radios themselves and all the antennas and accessories that went with them as well as the test equipment to repair them. Not to mention all the retailers and little local CB shops that sold all the goodies. Must have been hundreds of millions of dollars spent over the years just on CB related stuff. I have that same counter Buddy and it works just fine for making quick bench measurements. As you say, the sensitivity is not great at low signal levels but it's good enough for most things. If I need high accuracy I wheel over my cart with the HP-5340A 18 GHZ counter and the HP-8650B signal generator. They are just too big and heavy and take up too much bench room. Looking forward to your take on the Victor. 73 Doug.
Oh the memories. So much stuff made back then. Some of it was pretty cool. I miss those days. Seems every manufacture got on board with cb radio stuff. I really need to find me a good HP counter for high frequency. I will give the Victor a once over and see how it looks. Thanks for the comment.
The HP-5340A is a great counter Buddy. They are still in the $500 to $600 dollar range even though they are getting a bit old now. It's a workhorse and very reliable. I got one maybe 15 years ago when I was playing with 10 GHZ ham band stuff. It still works just fine. Just too big for the bench being a rack mount design and weighing in at 25 lbs. 73 Doug.
You are becoming one of my favorite You Tube electronics repair channels. Can't wait to see that B&K 1040 be brought back to it's full function and also the review on the frequency counter. Looking forward to seeing how you repair the broken foil on the circuit board.
Nice to have good friends. I do have a VC3165 victor frequency counter from a flea market here around Regina ,Sask. Can't wait for your review on the counter. Also pickup a DAK 10 CB transceiver that needs work. I always learn something from each show Buddy, please keep up the great work.
Love the test gear testing and repair videos. I have repaired several vintage meters and other gear for my on going test bench setup. I still have to troubleshoot my Sencore Cb 42. I have followed your videos and website for tips, hints and answers. Thanks again for your time and trouble in making quality videos.
Freebies are always great. You will find the 1040 and 2040 hooked to a scope and counter makes a superb test setup. You can do a surprising amount of test with the combo.
I love free stuff. I agree, after looking over the manual there are so many useful features on this combination. I will be using this in my upcoming RF troubleshooting series.
Great video Buddy and yes That was nice of Joe to set you on your way to a complete CB repair bench., yes I remember seeing a lot of them in those years of time.I see the scope had a HAPPY FACE on it lol lol Glad found good home with warm touch lol lol That was Nice of Banggood sending the Counter one thing am needing here so have to keep on tune with your videos on might give away .Yes enjoy it Buddy tks for the Good effort made 73's/GB Was happy to hear storm miss you , was watching the radar thinking of your family , have to say close tho lol lol
Thanks Dale. Yes the scope paired nicely with the 1040. Works perfect. Stayed tuned in because you never know what happens here :). And happy the storm went another route, still have another out there. Take care my friend.
Thanks Terry. you are right, great folks in this world we live in. Amazes me. Got some capacitors on order for this. A few more give a ways coming also. Thanks for stopping in my friend.
I have found the HP5342A to be pretty good, I picked up a couple at different times, both had faults which were easily fixed (you can check out my repair videos on them if you haven't seen them), they are old, BUT they work well, good sensivity, and most things are fixable on them, cover up to 18GHz, I have one on my bench fun time. There is also the racal dana 1992, goes up to over 1.3GHz.
Think I have watched most of your videos, maybe a few I have yet to see. :-) I want to start picking up older HP stuff. We had a racal dana when I worked fo EF Johnson.
Wow buddy i love that test setup. We dont have anything like it in the uk. I have seen them in Mikes videos in the past and always loved the idea of à dedicated cb radio test set. I have thought of building my own dedicated cb test set but its not happened yet lol. Take care buddy hope that storm doesnt cause u to much hastle over there.
Hi Gary. Guess not many of these never found their way across the pond. Lots of these units were sold back in the 70's here. Great piece of gear for working on cb radio. Building one is a good idea. There are a few DDS units on ebay that can be converted to work rather nicely. Thanks for watching.
Hi Buddy, Looking at the face of the 1040, it appeared to be smiling ( meters as eyes, audio gain control as nose, and speaker pad as mouth). I guess it knew it arrived at a good home. Lots of TLC on Buddy's bench !
Love the 2 tone of that BK !! very nice piece of test gear especially when matched with its partner the signal generator... Wlould it be too hard to quickly explain how the Oscilloscope output enables viewing on an Oscilliscope with a 5mhz bandwidth? Much appreciated PeaceN73
Hello Buddy, I've got a 1040 with 240V and stated on back so they must have made some for export. Mine came from near the sea and has corrosion problems. The traces on the pcb are old by now and very sensitive to heat, even with my Pace system you have to be super careful. I haven't finished repairing mine yet but if it's a no go well you know who I will buy one from. The Victor frequency counter is an excellent item for CBs, considering the cost, I've had one for 27MHz for a while. I've got another counter I use for uhf. As always thanks for a great video look forward to the follow up. Cheers from down under mate.
Thanks Peter. I guess they could had exported a few of these units. Very possible, Glad to hear you use the counter, pretty cheap and should be fine for cb work. Hope you can repair your unit my friend. Cheers mate.
@@TheRadioShop i got a 1040 off ebay 2 weeks ago and the guy really took me for a ride on it...said it worked .....yeah right every slide switch is locked up on it and 2 of the long shaft pot need replacing i got the rotary switches working......the board on the back side looks as good as yours but the component side is real dirty .....and has a sand like dust all over it ......i have it all apert trying to fix it if i can find the switches and the pots for it ................eric......
you are very lucky you found one. Ihave looked for a 1040 with no luck. i have the SG 2040 and frek counter 1850 B=K I will keep looking ricks radio shop
Buddy - I know you enjoy building your own test equipment,are you familiar with the T747 Tester for microphones. They work great - but I was wondering how hard it would be to add a modulation meter to show the amount of modulation a microphone is putting out. That way you could see how much increase there is over different microphones,stock,noise canceling,different brand,different element and amplified it is hard to tell just listening. Thanks for any help you can give it will be appreciated.
They are getting hard to find. Had\s taking me a while to get one. Will keep you on the list. Thanks from stopping in all the way from Brazil my friend.
Nice video. I remember it back in the day. Looking forward to the review on the Victor freq counter. I bought one about a year ago, and want to know your opinion on it.
Hi over in the uk and just picked up one of these, i need to get or make the twin banana lead to external speaker jack wire. Could you tell me the makeup of the cable i.e two wires, 1 to each banana plug then assume one wire to center pin of jack plug the other to the outer. But i dont know which wire goes to center pin and which to outer of jack plug.
I have one of these and for the lif of me cant think of the plugs that plug into the reciever audio and audio output jacks. I was thinking bannana plugs?
i know this is an old video but .....will that banggood frequency counter work good for working on cb radios ? im trying to get into this to fix some radios i have...since there are no shops close to me that repairs anything electronic .....and im not one to ship my stuff off and wait for it to come back if it even comes back at all .......too many scammers and rip offs in the cb world these days ..thanks for the videos .......eric...........
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In watching a lot of your videos, it makes me think we have a lot in common. One of the things, is the fact that you take pride in your work. I too have done this for years. I have always preached to my Son that whatever he does, it has to look good. Don't put a lot into the repairs, for we will make it work, but it has to look good. When he was in his teens, he use to help me install satellite systems, and this was one thing I always preached. The cabling had to be ran properly and stappled in place and hidden, etc. I guess in sunk in, for he is preaching the same thing to his boys today. Fixing the scratches with the felt tipped marked is one of the tricks I used too. Great videos, keep them coming. Jim WA5WRE
Thanks for that awesome comment.
Very nice, Buddy. Looks like you did it again with this one. In typical fashion you nailed the problem right off. I got lucky yesterday. Went to a hamfest in Mena, AR and picked up an old Heathkit IG-42 signal generator for 20 bucks. I gave her a bath while watching your video. Cleaned the pots and checked the insides. Caps look like new. So I fired her up and she works perfect. Thanks again for all your videos, Buddy. They have been a tremendous help. 73 DE K7RMJ Frank
Great score on the IG-42 Frank. Yep, like to go straight to the problem, makes for a faster repair. Thanks for watching my friend.
You are charmed for sure. This the second time that things magically fixed themselves lol👍
It's amazing when you think about all the different industries that made products during the CB craze of the 1970's and 80's. Everything from the radios themselves and all the antennas and accessories that went with them as well as the test equipment to repair them. Not to mention all the retailers and little local CB shops that sold all the goodies. Must have been hundreds of millions of dollars spent over the years just on CB related stuff. I have that same counter Buddy and it works just fine for making quick bench measurements. As you say, the sensitivity is not great at low signal levels but it's good enough for most things. If I need high accuracy I wheel over my cart with the HP-5340A 18 GHZ counter and the HP-8650B signal generator. They are just too big and heavy and take up too much bench room. Looking forward to your take on the Victor. 73 Doug.
Oh the memories. So much stuff made back then. Some of it was pretty cool. I miss those days. Seems every manufacture got on board with cb radio stuff. I really need to find me a good HP counter for high frequency. I will give the Victor a once over and see how it looks. Thanks for the comment.
The HP-5340A is a great counter Buddy. They are still in the $500 to $600 dollar range even though they are getting a bit old now. It's a workhorse and very reliable. I got one maybe 15 years ago when I was playing with 10 GHZ ham band stuff. It still works just fine. Just too big for the bench being a rack mount design and weighing in at 25 lbs. 73 Doug.
I really enjoyed this video Buddy. You are an artist. Thanks for the fun👍
You are becoming one of my favorite You Tube electronics repair channels. Can't wait to see that B&K 1040 be brought back to it's full function and also the review on the frequency counter. Looking forward to seeing how you repair the broken foil on the circuit board.
Thanks for that very nice comment. Most appreciated and always like to hear this. I will actually replace the missing circuit traces. Stay tuned.
Nice to have good friends. I do have a VC3165 victor frequency counter from a flea market here around Regina ,Sask. Can't wait for your review on the counter. Also pickup a DAK 10 CB transceiver that needs work. I always learn something from each show Buddy, please keep up the great work.
Thank you Lyle. Do you like the counter? Dak 10. Nice radio when they work correctly. Thanks for stopping in.
Love the test gear testing and repair videos. I have repaired several vintage meters and other gear for my on going test bench setup. I still have to troubleshoot my Sencore Cb 42. I have followed your videos and website for tips, hints and answers. Thanks again for your time and trouble in making quality videos.
Thanks for taking the time to watch the videos. Good luck on you cb 42 repair.
Freebies are always great. You will find the 1040 and 2040 hooked to a scope and counter makes a superb test setup. You can do a surprising amount of test with the combo.
I love free stuff. I agree, after looking over the manual there are so many useful features on this combination. I will be using this in my upcoming RF troubleshooting series.
Great video and a nice piece of older equipment. I'll be looking forward to the next video on this one.
Thanks. Got toget the capacitors ordered for this and a few more pieces. Want be long.
I Like this old stuff and this B&K units was really quality devices at its time..Thanks for sharing Buddy 73
Thanks Peter. I am partial to the old stuff myself. And B&K made great stuff back in the day. 73
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Great video Buddy and yes That was nice of Joe to set you on your way to a complete CB repair bench., yes I remember seeing a lot of them in those years of time.I see the scope had a HAPPY FACE on it lol lol Glad found good home with warm touch lol lol That was Nice of Banggood sending the Counter one thing am needing here so have to keep on tune with your videos on might give away .Yes enjoy it Buddy tks for the Good effort made 73's/GB Was happy to hear storm miss you , was watching the radar thinking of your family , have to say close tho lol lol
Thanks Dale. Yes the scope paired nicely with the 1040. Works perfect. Stayed tuned in because you never know what happens here :). And happy the storm went another route, still have another out there. Take care my friend.
A very nice gift. Still nice people out there! Have fun with the new toy!
Love your give away vids
Thanks Terry. you are right, great folks in this world we live in. Amazes me. Got some capacitors on order for this. A few more give a ways coming also. Thanks for stopping in my friend.
Great video. I havn't seen a CB test set like that in what must be 20 plus years. Look forwaed to seeing it when you have it running 100%.
Thanks. Got to order some capacitors so as soon as they are in hand I will go through it. Nice old test gear.
Hey buddy: Nice looking bit of kit, the older stuff is usually much better made than the modern kit.
I agree with that!. Thanks
Super interesting Buddy, I like the Marker camouflage technique. Thank u for sharing....
Thank you for watching Angelo.
I have found the HP5342A to be pretty good, I picked up a couple at different times, both had faults which were easily fixed (you can check out my repair videos on them if you haven't seen them), they are old, BUT they work well, good sensivity, and most things are fixable on them, cover up to 18GHz, I have one on my bench fun time. There is also the racal dana 1992, goes up to over 1.3GHz.
Think I have watched most of your videos, maybe a few I have yet to see. :-) I want to start picking up older HP stuff. We had a racal dana when I worked fo EF Johnson.
Wow buddy i love that test setup. We dont have anything like it in the uk. I have seen them in Mikes videos in the past and always loved the idea of à dedicated cb radio test set. I have thought of building my own dedicated cb test set but its not happened yet lol. Take care buddy hope that storm doesnt cause u to much hastle over there.
Hi Gary. Guess not many of these never found their way across the pond. Lots of these units were sold back in the 70's here. Great piece of gear for working on cb radio. Building one is a good idea. There are a few DDS units on ebay that can be converted to work rather nicely. Thanks for watching.
Hi Buddy, Looking at the face of the 1040, it appeared to be smiling ( meters as eyes, audio gain control as nose, and speaker pad as mouth). I guess it knew it arrived at a good home. Lots of TLC on Buddy's bench !
LOL. You are right Todd. I did not notice that until you mentioned it. Now it is staring at me :-)
Good on you Joel! 73 - Dino KL0S
Agreed!
Wow, very neat Buddy!
I really enjoyed this, thanks again!
And thanks for stopping in old friend. Always good to see you.
Very interesting buddy, learned a lot.
Thanks Pierre.
I can see a crack in the joint at 23:08, the lowest one in the group of three just to the lower left of the trimmer.
That was the culprit that caused the failure. Good eye!
Do you have an electronic versions of that service manual ? if you do it would be good to upload it to my site for everyone to get.
Yep, I will upload it by the week end. Thanks
Love the 2 tone of that BK !! very nice piece of test gear especially when matched with its partner the signal generator...
Wlould it be too hard to quickly explain how the Oscilloscope output enables viewing on an Oscilliscope with a 5mhz bandwidth?
Much appreciated
PeaceN73
Excellent!
Thanks
Hello Buddy, I've got a 1040 with 240V and stated on back so they must have made some for export. Mine came from near the sea and has corrosion problems. The traces on the pcb are old by now and very sensitive to heat, even with my Pace system you have to be super careful. I haven't finished repairing mine yet but if it's a no go well you know who I will buy one from.
The Victor frequency counter is an excellent item for CBs, considering the cost, I've had one for 27MHz for a while.
I've got another counter I use for uhf. As always thanks for a great video look forward to the follow up. Cheers from down under mate.
Thanks Peter. I guess they could had exported a few of these units. Very possible, Glad to hear you use the counter, pretty cheap and should be fine for cb work. Hope you can repair your unit my friend. Cheers mate.
@@TheRadioShop i got a 1040 off ebay 2 weeks ago and the guy really took me for a ride on it...said it worked .....yeah right every slide switch is locked up on it and 2 of the long shaft pot need replacing i got the rotary switches working......the board on the back side looks as good as yours but the component side is real dirty .....and has a sand like dust all over it ......i have it all apert trying to fix it if i can find the switches and the pots for it ................eric......
I seen one of those on mikes desk from 2016 where he was testing a Robyn SB540D CB Radio.
Mike loves these units,
Are you familiar with the Lafayette CB Tester - I have one but cannot find any information on it.
Have not seen one of those in many years
Adquiri um equipamento semelhante, B&K 1020 e 1040 , eles são precisos?
you are very lucky you found one. Ihave looked for a 1040 with no luck. i have the SG 2040 and frek counter 1850 B=K I will keep looking ricks radio shop
Getting harder to find these unit. If I run into another will let you know.
Hi Rick, I have a 1040 if you're still looking for one, thanks!
@@ericwardell6639 if he is not interested i might be if the price is right ............
Buddy - I know you enjoy building your own test equipment,are you familiar with the T747 Tester for microphones. They work great - but I was wondering how hard it would be to add a modulation meter to show the amount of modulation a microphone is putting out. That way you could see how much increase there is over different microphones,stock,noise canceling,different brand,different element and amplified it is hard to tell just listening. Thanks for any help you can give it will be appreciated.
And a rare equipment until today I look for a unit of these, I'm always watching on ebay ... hugs from brazil
They are getting hard to find. Had\s taking me a while to get one. Will keep you on the list. Thanks from stopping in all the way from Brazil my friend.
Thank you friend !!
Nice video. I remember it back in the day. Looking forward to the review on the Victor freq counter. I bought one about a year ago, and want to know your opinion on it.
Thanks Larry. Like to hear you take on it after the review.
Hi over in the uk and just picked up one of these, i need to get or make the twin banana lead to external speaker jack wire. Could you tell me the makeup of the cable i.e two wires, 1 to each banana plug then assume one wire to center pin of jack plug the other to the outer. But i dont know which wire goes to center pin and which to outer of jack plug.
Thank you Buddy! Interesting and informative video again! I watch them all! Dr. Stan KZ8G
Most appreciated Dr. Stan. Glad to have you riding along.
I have one of these and for the lif of me cant think of the plugs that plug into the reciever audio and audio output jacks. I was thinking bannana plugs?
Yep, that's the ones
i know this is an old video but .....will that banggood frequency counter work good for working on cb radios ? im trying to get into this to fix some radios i have...since there are no shops close to me that repairs anything electronic .....and im not one to ship my stuff off and wait for it to come back if it even comes back at all .......too many scammers and rip offs in the cb world these days ..thanks for the videos .......eric...........
I hope you do a video of disassembly of the 1040
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If he doesn't do one I did a video on one about a year ago. I had it completely disassembled for repair.
What is a fair price to pay for one of these test units.
With them getting so rare these days it is hard to say. I seen them go anywhere for 1 to 3 hundred.
Thank you very much I man in Shreveport said he had several of them and claimed they were in working condition for 189 dollars each.
I would like to have a copy of that manual if possible...
I posted a link in the show more tab. Thanks
I can't find it.
Nice....
Thanks Aaron
sweet..
Thanks for the video. Never won a giveaway so iam do.lol
Thanks you and good luck my friend.
LMAO!!! Is it just me, or does your neighbor seem to mow his lawn every time you make a video?
I think he sits outside waiting for me to go in the shop!
I know Im kind of randomly asking but do anyone know of a good place to watch newly released series online?
@Zavier Levi i watch on FlixZone. You can find it by googling =)
@Aidan Marley yup, have been using FlixZone for years myself :)
@Aidan Marley thank you, I went there and it seems to work :) I really appreciate it !!
Wish I had friends that sent me free stuff .... :-(
Stuff is nice but friends are forever :-)
Do you want a 138xlr .has no transmit. 👎