Sencore SM158 Speed Aligner

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I have wanted one of these for the longest time, I've seen them in TV repair magazines and electronics magazines of the late 60's/early 70's. It seems like a very simple and practical unit for IF alignment. I mainly wanted to find one that was MIB so that way, it would have the cables and manuals. After literally years of searching "Sencore" on ebay, I finally found one that was complete. They are either missing the cables or the manuals and have never found a MIB one before.
Does anyone else own one of these? Your thoughts? I assume its top notch, I've always been a fan of sencore. Their stuff is the best for TV repair in my opinion. I have the B+K 1515 marker generator, but the SM158 seems to be a much better unit. The marker frequencies are crystal controlled with the push of a button, so it should make alignment dead on. I want to complete IF and Chroma alignment quickly and easily and I think I can finally do it now with one of these. I have my 1968 tektronix model 564B with the factory "Scope Mobile" cart, my favorite oscilloscope. This was a lucky estate sale find from years ago. I think the two will make a great set up for TV alignment.

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