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author: WattsUp
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 12:23:35 am
content: I want to get into repairing old test gear. However, I now need a scope with a decent bandwidth (>= 20MHz) to help me with this. I am forced to ask for help from the people on this website, since I can not afford one off eBay or Amazon.Thanks,Ben

author: philpem
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 12:47:06 am
content: I'll start the ball rolling:Where in the country are you?What's your budget?There may well be someone on your doorstep with a spare old analog oscilloscope, but unless we know the answers to the above, we really can't tell!Cheers,Phil.

author: WattsUp
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 12:57:18 am
content: OK thanks for the help. I'm in East Anglia (Cambridgeshire, St. Neots). And can only really afford about £50, although I would be willing to pay a little more if necessary. I can also pay for shipping if the need arises.

author: TopLoser
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 01:40:02 am
content: I've got a new boxed Tenma 2 channel analogue 20MHz scope with signal generator and probes you can have for that £50 including shipping.

author: WattsUp
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 01:40:40 am
content: Sorry is that standalone or PC basedEDIT: Sorry I didn't see the analogue part, I would love that, thank you very much

author: TopLoser
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 01:44:35 am
content: Standalone glass screen scope with knobs and buttons.

author: WattsUp
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 01:46:25 am
content: Should I PM you with my address and details

author: TopLoser
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 01:49:37 am
content: Yes please, address and phone number and I'll ship it UPS in the morning and you should have it wednesday. We'll sort out payment later.

author: Mr.B
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 01:57:24 am
content: Quote from: TopLoser on December 30, 2014, 01:49:37 amAbsolutely "Top".Good on you for helping him out.

author: TopLoser
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 02:11:17 am
content: Quote from: Mr.B on December 30, 2014, 01:57:24 amHaha I've just seen your username! Most people have known ME as Mr B for years!

author: TopLoser
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 02:19:08 am
content: Quote from: WattsUp on December 30, 2014, 01:40:40 amhttp://uk.farnell.com/tenma/72-6805/oscilloscope-2-channel-20mhz/dp/4283958

author: Lightages
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 02:24:27 am
content: That was very nice of you Toploser.

author: Mr.B
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 02:25:05 am
content: Quote from: TopLoser on December 30, 2014, 02:11:17 amThat is what my wife affectionately calls me… Unless it is said Mr.B!!!

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 10:21:05 am
content: Consider trying to get to your local hackspace,http://www.hackspace.org.uk/view/Main_PageThey will have a wide range of equipment and also people with a wealth of experience. While it is very nice and convenient to have equipment at home, sometimes being able to take your kit to use with better/different test equipment is necessary.Speaking as someone that, when I was about your age, had mains neutral on one hand and mains live on the other, please be careful! If you haven't already done so, have a look athttp://www.eevblog.com/2012/05/18/eevblog-279-how-not-to-blow-up-your-oscilloscope/My motto which is common amongst glider pilots, which I've tried to instill in my daughter, "have fun, safely".(Totally off-topic, but you are now old enough to be a solo pilot, provided you are safe enough. Wonderfully fun, great "soft-skills" experience for your CV - as my daughter found out. Find a club athttps://www.gliding.co.uk/about-gliding#wherecanyouglideand nag your parents; they might enjoy learning too)

author: Yago
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 12:26:58 pm
content: Was that the EEVBlog's very own Christmas Carol?Nice of you to help there Top!:)

author: WattsUp
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 12:47:11 pm
content: I am very grateful to him, I can gliding with air cadets

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 01:25:45 pm
content: Quote from: WattsUp on December 30, 2014, 12:47:11 pmGood! On your CV you will be able to put "team working", "individual working", "safety conscious", "deals with stressful situations", "responsibility". Sure everyone puts those because it gives HR droids a warm fuzzy feeling -but you can put "demonstrable" in front of every one of those, and then talk about it. The HR droids probably won't believe you until you given them a convincing spiel.BTW if your air cadets is with the military, then you might like to consider going to a civilian club. My understanding is that you would get more flying and more interesting flying there, and it is still remarkably inexpensive. (None of this "turn left at the hangars, and ignore the thermals" that I'veheardabout at military ATC).

author: WattsUp
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 01:36:23 pm
content: We are lucky we get a fair bit of gliding.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 02:46:33 pm
content: Quote from: WattsUp on December 30, 2014, 01:36:23 pmMy daughter had a pre-booked aerotow in a DG505 on a day like today, and didn't dislike it. Then, on the same day we dropped in on the other local club, and she had a winch in a K13 - that hooked herHave fun with spins; you never forget your first!

author: Howardlong
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 08:35:36 pm
content: Quote from: tggzzz on December 30, 2014, 02:46:33 pmPerhaps it's in the blood: as Elliott 803 users like yourself, both me and the curator of the 803 at Bletchley Park have PPL(A)s, although he'll be well out of practice, having gained his when aged 16 with the school's CCF. I waited 30 years to get mine, and I now run a Cherokee out of Fairoaks.