US: Donate Old Test Equipment?(DFW TX USA) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: zerorisers
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 11, 2015, 04:52:02 pm
content: Hello everybody, zerorisers here. I was wondering if anybody had any old test equipment that they where willing to part with? I am 17 years of age, Still a noobie, Hopefully going to get the scholarships I need so I can go to UTD when i finish high school. I want to learn all I can about electronics and the physics behind them. Any old books on the subject would be nice aswell.Thanks in advance,zerorisers

author: zerorisers
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2015, 08:39:51 pm
content: Update: after extensive searching on Craig's list I still can not find an oscilloscope For cheap enough. All I have in my name is a measly $21 that I can use to maybe cover shipping costs If necessary.

author: dr.diesel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2015, 09:17:36 pm
content: When I was 16 I got a winter weekend job, and mowed lawns all summer to buy gear and parts. (actually started mowing lawns when I was ~13)Might be an option for you.

author: PaulAm
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2015, 09:31:56 pm
content: Also look for ham radio operators in your area. They often have lots of junk and will help a deserving kid.Seems like everyone's in VHF or UHF these days, but you can still spot the odd 40 or 80 meter beam antenna (pretty hard to miss, actually). Look for one of those and go introduce yourself!

author: dr.diesel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2015, 09:40:20 pm
content: To add to that. In the 80s my parents lived in a subdivision that each year had a "anything goes" garbage day. I found countless old radios, meters, washing machines, etc to tear motors, boards etc from.

author: edavid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2015, 09:47:57 pm
content: Is there a local Makerspace you could get to? E.g.http://dallasmakerspace.org/

author: zerorisers
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2015, 10:14:58 pm
content: I wish there was one near me. In Plano there isn't too much going on and I only talk to 3 of my niegbors because the rest are so shut in and quite frankly not the kind of people I'd like to be around. To answer another poster there aren't many ham radio operators in my immediate area. Only one is my dad but he is kinda selfish. He never taught me anything. All I learned from him was that I shouldn't trust people Or depend on them or I'm screwed. One day I go to help him in the garage two years ago and he sends me to get a ratchet. Sadly I didn't even know what that was. I never learned tools and recently I have been trying to learn all I can for the time I have missed my entire life unable to learn these things. It's still hard for me. Ok I'm going on too much of a rant here. Ummmm. I can't really get a job either because I don't have means of transportation besides walking and I have multiple disabilities that make it very difficult for me to hold a job. Got to the point I couldn't stand for 20 minutes my back was hurting so bad. Hope I answered plenty of responses there. And if anybody has feedback to anything let me know.