Looking for an unwanted oscilloscope - Page 1
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author: theironlefty
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2014, 04:41:49 pm
content: Hello everyone and i am beginner and please someone can give me really low oscilloscope like 1-10mhz? i am just beginner and i am poor too i just had 1$ to get cheap multimeter but looking for unwanted oscilloscope please someone?

author: echen1024
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 12:35:15 am
content: Directly asking here ain't gonna help much. Here's what you should do. Monitor your local version of Craigslist, and look for oscilloscopes that come up. If we had oscilloscopes, shipping to your country would kill it anyways. Ask a local university, maybe they have some surplus, or, try and find a quick job to make yourself a buck or two.

author: theironlefty
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 02:19:56 pm
content: i can't have jobs all live in 1 building and theres only 1 park also theres theifs outside and i can't go

author: theironlefty
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 02:20:29 pm
content: also i got usa adress too

author: echen1024
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 04:13:37 pm
content: Quote from: theironlefty on March 17, 2014, 02:20:29 pmNow then that might work. Sorry pal, but I don't have any unwanted scopes with me. Only have one.

author: theironlefty
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 07:38:21 pm
content: yeah i am waiting someone else

author: Shock
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 09:36:37 pm
content: Quote from: theironlefty on January 05, 2014, 02:43:13 pmQuote from: theironlefty on March 17, 2014, 02:20:29 pmYou say your 11 years old but have a US shipping address?

author: MatCat
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 09:42:07 pm
content: A forum of EEs and hobbyists, EVERYONE wants any oscilloscope that comes around

author: theironlefty
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 18, 2014, 02:19:54 pm
content: Quote from: Shock on March 17, 2014, 09:36:37 pmyh my dad got one

author: electronics man
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 18, 2014, 07:04:42 pm
content: Quote from: theironlefty on March 16, 2014, 04:41:49 pmYour not going to get one with that low bandwidth to may get an analog 10Mhz but not a 10mhz bit low.

author: electronics man
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 18, 2014, 07:10:34 pm
content: im 18 i wanted one when i was 11 but i couldnt afford one, i had to wate a long time until i had enough money so i could buy one, an i have only just got one, a rigol DS1074z

author: bytraper
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 19, 2014, 12:06:02 am
content: To anyone around Sydney, I am also looking for a working unwanted scope! So if you have an unwanted old scope that is gathering dust I will gladly take it off your hands!I'm only a small child of 8, so I can only afford to pay $5 (that's my pocket money each week)Being 8, I'm too young to drive so I'll need you to deliver it to me.I burned my hands badly last week when my $1 multimeter failed so you may need to carry it in for me too.Anything between 500Mhz-1Ghz will be fine. It should be in good working order, clean and come from a smoke free environment. It should be supplied with a full set of probes (with preferably a spare set) cables and full user documentation. I'd prefer one less than 2 years old but 3 years is OK too!PS I would have bought one myself, but I usually give my $5 per week pocket money to charity's so I haven't been able to save money for a scope because I've been too busy saving the other kids.

author: SPRX
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2014, 01:20:55 am
content: Quote from: bytraper on March 19, 2014, 12:06:02 amDo you also need the valid/ current calibration certificates etc.

author: echen1024
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2014, 02:09:26 am
content: Quote from: SPRX on March 19, 2014, 01:20:55 amAnd maybe a 10 year warranty with full technical support? I think he is trolling. In another post, he says he has a DSO1102B Hantek.Quote

author: Shock
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2014, 03:37:58 am
content: He might just want to upgrade. He is only 8, toys go out of style so quick when your young.Reminds me of this story...Quote

author: Maj. Timothy Banya
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 30, 2014, 12:09:39 am
content: Hello,I am Maj. Tmothy Banya, the commander and head of the Secret Unit in charge of Electronics for the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) of Sierra-Leone. I was working directly with the former Rebel Leader Foday Sankoh who is languishing in government custody. They want to prosecute him for illegal oscilloscope dealing and the killings of 21 multimeters during a public demonstration outside his home in May this year, which I would be prosecuted alongside.The RUF is now headed by Gen. Issa Sessey who is determined in bringing peace to Sierra Leone, he signed cease-fire agreement with the government on Friday 10th Nov., 2000 and instructed us that peace must returned to our fatherland after nine-years conflict, pledging to allow U.N. electrical inspectors unhindered access throughout the Sierra-Leone. My fear is that the government will try most of us and all our test equipment would be confiscated why all traceable calibration certificates to our name and families would also be frozen.In view of this development, I am trapped with large quantity of oscilloscope and some million of Fluke multimeters specially preserved and well packed in trunk boxes of which only Foday Sankoh and I knew about. It is these oscilloscope that I seek your assistance to get out of Sierra Leone as soon as possible before the present civilian government finds out about it and confiscate it just like they have done to all our frequency counters. My situation is very desperate, as I cannot desert my profession at this point in my life with all that I have acquired.If you can assist me to legitimize this oscilloscopes by transferring through your US shipping address, I am ready to concede some percentage for your logistic and material involvement. Contact me for more details.Yours faithfully.Maj. Tmothy Banya

author: Shock
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 30, 2014, 03:22:06 am
content: Maj. Tmothy Banya,I just read your post and it sounds a terrible situation to be in. I'm not normally affected, but felt moved by your hardship as I could imagine no situation worse than yours.Though I'm not in the USA myself, we here in Australia can get calibrations anytime we need them.You normally just need to pay several hundred dollars for what is otherwise a 5 min job and you will be readily supplied with a new cal cert by the end of the week.I would like to help in any way I can and have spare lab/garage space where I can hold and store many oscilloscopes and fit approx 65 cubic meters of Fluke multimeters throughout my house in hallways, the dining room table and spare toilet (where we can probably pack another 2 cubic meters of Fluke).I could use about 5 new scopes and a few dozen Fluke (only what you can spare) and will gladly store the rest for you until such time as Foday Sankoh is released and you once again have the freedom of displaying your test and measurement equipment in public without fear of persecution.Looking forward to helping you out.

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 30, 2014, 09:19:47 am
content: Does Nigeria close to Sierra-Leone geographically ?

author: Shock
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 30, 2014, 12:24:20 pm
content: Thinking of picking up a shipment?

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 30, 2014, 12:31:55 pm
content: I can drive there, should only take about a week. How big a truck will I have to bring, will it all fit on a superlink, I know one going there Wednesday with 2 containers of "Motor vehicles for export only" that will be coming back empty, and will it fit in the 2 20TEU containers it will have on it? Fuel is paid for, but I will need to have some "incentive" for the Zim border to "enhance" the customs documentation there, otherwise the truck will have to wait a week at each crossing.Awaiting your favourable reply...

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 30, 2014, 12:38:03 pm
content: Sean, maybe I could get a hand here ? I have a business with one of the Prince Mobo Flutu Seseko to excavate their ancestor King Solomon's gold bars buried deep down at the place only the Prince knows. Already invested heavily for the excavation fee, bribe for local officials and etc. Its just the matter of time for me to get filthy rich.Your cut will be 10% worth of gold in weight once they're loaded on ship, we're talking metric tons here, interested ?If you're interested, I will need 1% in advance to proof that you're trustworthy so we can talk and proceed the next serious steps.

author: theironlefty
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 30, 2014, 01:24:50 pm
content: wait i dont get it whats happening

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 30, 2014, 02:02:39 pm
content: Quote from: BravoV on March 30, 2014, 12:38:03 pmNo problem, I can arrange for the right shipping contacts to load it as "Tractor Parts" in containers to go on a ship to your nearest port. Just not New York, as there the customs agents have been known to be awake, and I nearly got caught there last time with my 30 containers of " Paint powder" and lost my entire shipment. That was a problem, as I had to pay the growers for it and did not get my sale. How do you want payment, I have a contact with some Zimbabwe dollars that he needs to get rid of before tax season, and has lent me a few tons of cash. How would you like delivery of this to your address, Tessa Beetge is available again as courier.

author: echen1024
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 30, 2014, 03:55:50 pm
content: Maj. Tmothy Banya,I am Sgt. Wang of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Logistics, Division 128. As such, I possess control over the nations logistical network. I will gladly provide my assistance to you, and arrange upwards of sixteen (16) containers to your port of choice in Africa. I will also arrange for the customs officials to enjoy themselves in one of Beijing's many fine hotels and restaurants. After all your items are loaded into the containers, they will depart from that port and dock direct Shanghai. I may arrange for them to be stored in military depots throughout China, or you can choose to have them forwarded to the port of your choice. All I request from this is your parties acknowledgement of the PRC and not the ROC, as well as many Fluke multimeters and Agilent oscilloscopes.

author: HighVoltage
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 30, 2014, 07:05:35 pm
content: Actually, anyone that wants an oscilloscope these days, can pick them up almost for free.Just look on ebay, some old old scopes go away for less than $ 10I wish that would have been the case, when I grew up.I started with a really old Leybold School scope, something like this attachment.It did not even have a real scale, but it worked.May kids these days are just too spoiled.

author: theironlefty
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2014, 01:16:05 pm
content: Quote from: HighVoltage on March 30, 2014, 07:05:35 pmi told u i nearly afford 1 $ multimeter

author: dr.diesel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2014, 01:27:22 pm
content: If you can hardly afford $1, then you can't afford parts to build stuff or electricity to power the free scope.

author: theironlefty
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2014, 07:04:17 pm
content: Quote from: dr.diesel on March 31, 2014, 01:27:22 pmi can power the oscilloscope because i dont pay for electriccy bill

author: HighVoltage
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2014, 10:14:32 pm
content: Quote from: theironlefty on March 31, 2014, 01:16:05 pmHow will you pay for the probes, they might be more expensive than the scope.Really, you can be happy that places like ebay and others exist.We are all getting access to low cost equipment.

author: SL4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2014, 11:00:13 pm
content: I'd go with selling the multimeter, and putting that toward funding the low-cost scope.Hit up your dad with his overseas shiiping contacts to cover the difference (possibly cents), and the shipping.You can measure most things with a scope that you can perform with a multimeter - and you'll learn more about electricity that way too!However - as a newcomer to modern electronics you should be aware that unscrupulous people install viruses on some scopes, that can in turn jump across to your electronic devices under test. If you ask your dad to cover USD225 nett, I will ship you the latest version of CRO-METE to protect your systems. (Caution do not handle CRO-METE without gloves).

author: theironlefty
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2014, 02:03:56 pm
content: Quote from: HighVoltage on April 01, 2014, 10:14:32 pmit costs cents in our electronics store

author: tjb1
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2014, 03:27:14 pm
content: Quote from: theironlefty on April 04, 2014, 02:03:56 pmSounds like some high quality stuff.

author: linux-works
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2014, 04:09:09 pm
content: Quote from: theironlefty on March 31, 2014, 01:16:05 pmmaybe, for now, until you get a job or get some income, you should restrict yourself to reading and doing software? software has nearly no costs (no hardware other than the pc itself).hardware is, by nature, not a poor man's game. its a 'pay to play' game, totally unlike software. if you are still very young, you have plenty of time in your life to buy hardware, later.we were all your age once and we had to live within our limits, too.for now, do lots of reading and I do suggest turning your attention to software instead of hardware. if money is that tight for you right now, being in a hardware hobby is just not going to work out; soon you'll need this thing or that part or the other test gear box. with no money, you run out of ability to do things in the hardware world.you won't be income-less forever. enjoy being a kid while you are still a kid. go outside and play ball, etc

author: HighVoltage
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2014, 04:52:08 pm
content: Another idea to start with a free oscilloscope is to download a free PC scope software that works with your audio input to your PC audio card.For slow signals, its actually kind of amazing what you can do with it.Here is one example:There are many different software packages around for a sound card oscilloscopeAnd since scope probes only cost cents in your electronic store, this might be a good way to start

author: theironlefty
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2014, 01:51:17 pm
content: Quote from: HighVoltage on April 04, 2014, 04:52:08 pmthank u for giving this vid i will try it out hope it works

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2014, 03:21:01 pm
content: No need to be mean. This is an international site and people come from a wide range of economic realities. Nothing wrong with asking.

author: HighVoltage
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2014, 10:07:48 am
content: I am totally serious with the audio (microphone) analog input oscilloscope.It is much better than nothing!In 2007 I had a client that just needed to watch a 5 kHz signal and he did not want to buy an oscilloscope.The details of the signal I do not remember, but it worked at the end.Enclosed is a small interface box, which I built at the time.It had a simple voltage divider and a zener to protect the audio input and a frequency filter.