In service to weirdness

Since Halloween is approaching I dug out another one of the items from the 2nd Ebay junk purchase:

https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2025/10/just-because-i-could.html

It is the aptly named Spooky 2 signal generator.  I had my suspicions as soon as I saw the words, Colloidal Silver:

This brings back thoughts of weird stuff like 73 Magazine & W2NSD, people with gray skin, Art Bell - you get the idea.  This was reinforced by looking at the manual:

https://www.spooky2.com/resources/Spooky2_Users_Guide_20250124.pdf

Also there is this accessory:

There is a strong disc magnet under that soft black plastic, magnets + colloidal silver + signal generator = high weirdness !  :)

The Spooky 2 itself is nicely made with a clear sharp display and an extruded aluminum case.  It uses roughly 400 mA at 5 volts so not a micropower unit.

  I did try it out, the TTL output seemed OK:

Also output 2 seemed OK:

But output 1 was a flat line:

I took off the case but didn't see anything obviously wrong, nothing burnt.  There are two orange relays which audibly click but maybe something is up with one of them ?

back of the front panel

main board

Not sure if it's worth pursuing a fix for channel 1.  The generator itself might be useful for audio work.  We'll see.

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm