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{{Instrument Sidebar
|manufacturer=Tektronix
|model=101
|class=Calibrator
|series=
|summary=Calibrator
|image=Tek type 101.jpg
|caption=Tektronix Type 101 at VintageTEK Museum in Beaverton, Oregon
|introduced=1946
|discontinued=(?)
|designers=Howard Vollum
|manuals=
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The '''Tektronix 101 Video Calibrator''' was Tektronix' first product.
Tektronix engineer [[Frank Hood]] recollects:
Tektronix engineer [[Frank Hood]] recollects:


"A point that I might mention here is that the Type 511 was not the first instrument built by Tektronix. Actually the first instrument offered for sale was a calibration standard, designed and built by Howard, and called a Type 101 Calibrator. This instrument was used in the test department for many years to assure the accuracy of all instruments. Every scope was hand calibrated. The person doing the testing put pencil marks on blank dials, John Larson then engraved each dial according to this calibration."
<blockquote>
A point that I might mention here is that the [[511|Type 511]] was not the first instrument built by Tektronix.  
 
Actually the first instrument offered for sale was a calibration standard, designed and built by [[Howard Vollum|Howard]], and called a Type 101 Calibrator.  
 
This instrument was used in the test department for many years to assure the accuracy of all instruments.  
 
Every scope was hand calibrated. The person doing the testing put pencil marks on blank dials, John Larson then engraved each dial according to this calibration.
</blockquote>


==Pictures==
<gallery>
Tek type 101.jpg|Tektronix Type 101 at VintageTEK Museum in Beaverton, Oregon
Tek type 101 schematic.jpg|Tektronix Type 101 Schematic
Howard_Vollum_c1950.jpg | Howard Vollum with a 101 Calibrator, ca. 1950
</gallery>


[[Category:Calibration fixtures]]
[[Category:Calibration fixtures]]
[[Category:Signal generators]]
[[Category:Signal generators]]
[[Category:Introduced in 1946]]

Revision as of 16:04, 25 August 2021

Tektronix 101
Calibrator
Tektronix Type 101 at VintageTEK Museum in Beaverton, Oregon

Produced from 1946 to (?)

Manuals
(All manuals in PDF format unless noted otherwise)
Manuals – Specifications – Links – Pictures

The Tektronix 101 Video Calibrator was Tektronix' first product.

Tektronix engineer Frank Hood recollects:

A point that I might mention here is that the Type 511 was not the first instrument built by Tektronix.

Actually the first instrument offered for sale was a calibration standard, designed and built by Howard, and called a Type 101 Calibrator.

This instrument was used in the test department for many years to assure the accuracy of all instruments.

Every scope was hand calibrated. The person doing the testing put pencil marks on blank dials, John Larson then engraved each dial according to this calibration.

Pictures