FS Tektronix R7704 200MHz Quad Trace Scope with BJT/FET curve tracer USA 98503 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: AlienRelics
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 26, 2021, 04:42:26 am
content: Tektronix R7704 Quad trace 200MHz rack mountMany modules included:Two 7A26 Dual Trace Amplifier, 200MHz.One 7B80 Time Base .One 7B85 Delaying Time Base.One 7A22 Differential Amplifier.One 7CT1N Transistor Curve Tracer, BJT and JFET.One adapter to the curve tracer so you can just plug small transistors in.Rack mount adapter brings all the rear mounted connectors out to the frontRack mount shell (crude, but it works).The curve tracer alone is going for twice what I'm asking for the entire setup. I simply don't have room.With printed manuals. On screen display of voltage and timebase.The bezel around the screen is missing. I'm reluctant to ship because I'll have to build two crates with foam inserts to ship, and it is heavy. It will probably double the cost.$200 USD OBOSold As Is. I am not familiar with this scope. If I spend the time to learn how to set it up and use it, I'm sure I'll decide to keep it.

author: PaulAm
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2021, 08:46:58 pm
content: That's a great price, the 7ct1n alone goes for more than that on ebay.

author: AlienRelics
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 26, 2021, 09:39:21 pm
content: I'm reluctant to sell. I'm trying to get my lab cleaned out and organized, if I can make room for this, I'm keeping this. I'd rather see this go to someone who can use this now.My other scope is a 50MHz not yet hacked to 100MHz quad trace. Somewhere around here I have a Tektronix 350MHz dual trace but it needs some parts for the rotary switches that had crumbled.

author: Xtremexp
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2021, 05:37:27 am
content: I would love to take it and make good use of it. but I believe shipping it to canada will be nightmare.

author: AlienRelics
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 27, 2021, 04:19:47 pm
content: It is big and heavy. I'd have to build a wooden crate with foam inserts. I've done this before, back when I was selling on eBay. I shipped an old tube tape delay to Australia. The box weighed 70 pounds 1.25 ounces, which is 1.25 ounces over the limit.I told the post office employee I could go outside and rub it on the sidewalk to reduce it by that much. She looked at me and deadpan said, "More than that will wear off during shipping" and marked it 70 pounds.The whole thing turned into a nightmare. The buyer, whom I had let pay through an online payment system similar to PayPal, waited 2 days and then contested the charge, saying it hadn't arrived yet. This was in October 2001, so everything in the mail was delayed due to increased security after 9/11/01. And it was traveling literally to the other side of the globe, so he was trying to rip me off.Sadly, he did manage it, because he had also filed it with his credit card company. So 90 days after, even after he had given me positive feedback, his credit card company took the money back and the online payment system took it back from me. But I had sold it for someone else and I had no intention of taking the money back from them. So I was out 400 USD in shipping, plus what I'd paid the client. In the end, it cost me nearly 1000 USD.I would have to ask a lot more for the wood and foam, and labor building a crate. And you'll pay through either Western Union or a postal money order in US funds, only if you live in a country where your post office and the US post office have an agreement so I can cash it in a USPS office. I know Canada and Japan do, not sure who else does. No money orders, no cashier's checks. Those can have payment stopped. Checks don't actually "clear", they just release the funds. The banks can take that money back up to 90 days later.I'd much rather have someone pick up and pay cash.

author: Zenwizard
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2021, 01:36:37 pm
content: I would be interested and I don't mind paying for shipping. I would like things to arrive safely. Lab reference is in my signature. It will be well taken care of If you desire to sell.Zen

author: AlienRelics
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 28, 2021, 08:59:10 pm
content: This site can’t be reached%7Byoutube%20channel%20-%20https’s DNS address could not be found. Diagnosing the problem.

author: AlienRelics
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 29, 2021, 02:52:53 am
content: I found your channel. The link in your signature is messed up. Perhaps the missing colon is what did it.I'm really, really not excited about the idea of shipping this. I started chemo last week, so I have little extra energy beyond work.

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2021, 04:40:25 am
content: Quote from: AlienRelics on November 27, 2021, 04:19:47 pmThat's potentially not only theft but wire fraud. You should absolutely contact the authorities in the destination city and explain the situation. The fact that he left positive feedback is very strange and would seem to be an admission of guilt.I would have done that right away, and if it failed I would post his name and address along with the details of the situation all over the internet. When you let stuff like this slide it emboldens criminals and encourages more crime.

author: AlienRelics
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 29, 2021, 04:48:07 am
content: 20 years ago, I think I waited too long.

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2021, 06:52:45 am
content: Quote from: AlienRelics on November 29, 2021, 04:48:07 amOh I read that as 2021, not 2001, dang.