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From: David L. Jones on 10 Dec 2009 00:39 Phil Hobbs wrote: > David L. Jones wrote: >> Too_Many_Tools wrote: >>> Looking for suggestions for a good used oscilloscope. >>> >>> Also looking for opinions as to how viable Ebay is today for a >>> source of good used oscilloscopes. >> >> Very viable, you just have to know what you are buying, and willing >> to accept the risk that it might have a problem. >> >> You pay a lot more for a scope from a reputable test equipment >> dealer who has checked the scope and offer a right of return, than >> if you get it from someone who says "know nothing about these >> things, I plugged it in and it lights up, sold as-is". >> >> If it's shown displaying basic waveforms OK then your odds are much >> higher you'll get a winner. >> >> You can often get two "dodgy" ones for the price of one guaranteed >> one, you feeling luck, punk? :-> >> >> People will usually bid like crazy on Tek gear, a bit less so on HP, >> and much less again on say a Philips or other brand. You might bet >> better band-per-buck with a lesser brand. >> >> Dave. >> > > You just have to be willing to be patient. I got a beautiful TDS744 > for $850 including shipping earlier this year. You Yanks have it so good. We have buckleys chance of getting good old gear off Ebay in Oz, the freight is a killer. And hardly any good gear comes up for sale within Oz anyway, and when it does it's insanely priced compared to US based prices. Dave. -- ================================================ Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast: http://www.eevblog.com
From: JW on 10 Dec 2009 06:32
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:34:05 -0800 (PST) Too_Many_Tools <too_many_tools(a)yahoo.com> wrote in Message id: <130b987d-94c8-43d0-b9be-a41aba1883e0(a)g4g2000pri.googlegroups.com>: >Looking for suggestions for a good used oscilloscope. > >Also looking for opinions as to how viable Ebay is today for a source >of good used oscilloscopes. Analog or digital? Number of channels? Bandwidth required? If digital, sampling rate? That being said, I have a few scopes for sale: HP 54542C with a full set of manuals (programming, service, and user) and two 10441 passive probes $1400 Tek TDS540 $800 Tek TDS524A $900 Lecroy 9374M with built in printer and WP01 and WP02 soft options $1400 If interested, shoot me an email at 66gtojayw AT comcast.net |