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Originally Posted by zeno
In the tube days 95% of sets were fixed with a Simpsom 260 or
RCA Volt - Ohmist. Once in a while the ringer came out to check
a FBT or yoke.
73 Zeno 
LFOD |
Ding, ding, ding.
And in that order too. Plus, we had a Buzzit signal inector pen. Ran on two AA cells and put out a square wave with gobs of harmonics. Quick and dirty for pinpointing any dead stage from audio on up past the video IF range. Then there was the 'cattle prod' - a handheld Oudin coil zapper for cleaning rebuilt CRTs before installation.
Our most infrequently used stuff was the B&K Analyst, Sweep genny and scope.