FREE Analog Tektronix 2213A 60MHz BW Dual Channel Scope - Bay Area - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: tree
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 09, 2015, 08:02:16 pm
content: Hi folks,As the title says, I'm giving away a WORKING 60MHz analog scope. I'd prefer to give it to someone who really needs it and is willing to pick it up, so this means local only. I will not ship even if you pay for it. I live in the east bay and work in Mountain View, so you come pick up the scope if you really need it. Give  me a good reason why I should give it to you.P.S. Probes not included.As an addition: YOU MUST HAVE BEEN REGISTERED ON THE EEVBLOG FOR A WHILE AND HAVE HAD A FAIR AMOUNT OF 'USEFUL' POSTS. THERE'S NO SPECIFIC NUMBER FOR EITHER REQUIREMENT, SO YOU BE YOUR OWN JUDGE.

author: dmalley
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 07:38:37 pm
content: I am not an engineer but am enamored by this stuff. I have been a audiophile since college and prefer analog tubed based hifi. I would like to use this scope for audio applications - to learn about and test audio signals and to develop my knowledge of electronics including ohms laws and the relationships between amplitude and frequencies - that kind of stuff. I have given away lots of old electronics to young people who have a passion for things I used to be "into". I think I am in the opposite situation now. I will care for the unit and learn from it and appreciate it. That my story.Whatever the outcome thanks for making it available - very cool.

author: Xion
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 13, 2015, 05:10:24 pm
content: I want it so bad I could burst... But its probably gone haha.

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 13, 2015, 08:20:37 pm
content: Tree, I commend you for what you are doing. It's nice to see someone trying to help out someone on the forum who has a very tight budget and can't afford a scope. Saying that, and I don't mean to whack the hornet's nest, but the second post makes my teeth itch. There is something about someone joining the EEVBlog just to, apparently, try to score free test equipment. I'm sure that dmalley is a nice person and has only the best intentions but it just doesn't look good from my seat. Tree, if I might make a suggestion, anyone who is trying to score your scope should have a minimum number ofrealposts, not filler to run their count up, and purely at your discretion what that number is, as part of the criteria to be considered. Plus a good story as to why you should give it to them.Of course, this is all predicated on you still having it. For all I know, you have given it away already and haven't had the chance to update the thread yet.

author: tree
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 13, 2015, 08:39:31 pm
content: GreyWoolfe, don't worry. I'm not giving the scope to someone who joined the forum a minute before asking me for it. That being said, I still have it.

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2015, 12:53:25 am
content: Good on ya, I hope it finds a proper home.

author: tree
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 16, 2015, 04:03:33 am
content: Boy, I'm finding it super difficult to GIVE away a working analog scope.

author: Electro Fan
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 16, 2015, 04:43:40 am
content: Maybe set out your criteria again, or reconsider your criteria - seems like you had people express interest/ask - are you giving it away or looking for people to beg and plead? Why does someone need to be a regular poster or even a vested forum member to be worthy of a donated scope? I could see not wanting to give the scope to someone who has a bunch of scopes but maybe someone who has no scope might be sufficiently qualified. Or you could say "must have no income" or "must be an enrolled student" or whatever makes a person eligible to have this scope bestowed upon them. Sounds like the criteria are has no scope, wants to learn, and promises not to sell it (and must pick it up/no shipment).

author: tree
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 16, 2015, 04:54:11 am
content: I'm giving it away. I don't want to give it to someone who does a quick google search for free scopes and lands on the page. Don't know if they're going to sell it or not and would much rather give it to someone who wants to learn and not make money off of it. I could sell it as well.I had 2 people express interest, one of whom wanted me to ship, when I clearly said I will not ship.

author: tree
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2015, 10:43:10 pm
content: Bump!

author: tree
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2015, 11:46:55 pm
content: Bump once more

author: linux-works
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2015, 12:20:42 am
content: (pm sent, asking for a friend)