Wanted: Free/Cheap oscilloscope for beginner - Germany - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: 0201m
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2013, 08:58:21 pm
content: Hello Forum,as a Student interested in electronic i'm thinking of buying an oscilloscope. Since digital oscilloscope are really expensive and i only got a small budget i'm wondering if someone around Germany has an old analog oscilloscope not in use anymore. Two channel would be great to have. I'm currently living in Bavaria, Germany.My Budget is roughly 50€ ~ 70$Thanks in advance,Marco

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2013, 09:03:01 pm
content: You'll always see some old Hamegs (2ch, >=20 MHz) on Ebay for around 30-50 bucks. But don't fall for the commercial sellers with insane prices.

author: 0201m
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2013, 09:05:19 pm
content: Hi,first thanks for the quick reply, i've already looked on ebay, but all the hameg (and other brand) oscilloscopes are sold at a price higher than 100€, they seem to have quite higher prices here in Germany for analog oscilloscopes

author: KJDS
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2013, 09:24:47 pm
content: I've got these listed on ebay,http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hitachi-V-552-50MHz-analog-dual-channel-oscilloscope-/251275425801PM me if interested, I can do it for £79 delivered to Germany.

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2013, 09:28:35 pm
content: Just checked Ebay.de. Currently there are about 10 Hamegs for €1-30.

author: lindworm
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2013, 12:44:19 am
content: I've been checking scopes on the german ebay for the past week, most <40MHz scopes went for less than 80€.But make sure, that you get a photo of the scope actually showing both traces on the screen.RegardsLindworm

author: 0201m
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2013, 09:49:29 am
content: Thanks guys for all the replies, i will try my luck on an old HM203-4, i read on the Internet that they are good and reliable scopes

author: kripton2035
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2013, 10:03:47 am
content: Quote from: madires on June 07, 2013, 09:28:35 pmnot sure ... they are biddings, so the price can end higherthe buy it now are more than 100€, even 200-300€ for a 20MHz scope ! come on ..

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2013, 12:47:13 pm
content: Quote from: kripton2035 on June 08, 2013, 10:03:47 amSure, they can end at a much higher price. My advise is to determine a maximum price and stop bidding if that threshold is exceeded. Otherwise you'll pay more than you would normally do, pushed by the fun of bidding (it has to be mine :-).QuoteNearly all buy-it-now offers suck. Absolutely insane prices! I looked several times for older network stuff (Cisco, Juniper) and guess what, just buy-it-now offers from professional sellers and totally overpriced. I stopped looking.

author: 0201m
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2013, 02:33:01 pm
content: Damn, got overbidden on 2 auctions by now

author: 0201m
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2013, 09:07:52 pm
content: Thanks for all your adive, got an perfectly good Trio CS1830 for 33€ + 1 probe