Where to buy a secondhand scope at secondhand prices.

[me]

I'm in the market for a scope upgrade, and I kinda like the look of
the Tek DPSO jobs. Havent settled on a spec yet, was looking around to
see what turned up. There are screeds of brokers out there who are
happy to sell me a "refurbished (polish the knobs ?)" one for 80% of
new price, but that seems like a rotten deal -
Q: Where do THEY buy their stock from ?
I'd like to buy at a realistic second hand price.
I know abou EBAY already.
cheers
Mike

 

[JS]

I'm in the market for a scope upgrade, and I kinda like the look of
the Tek DPSO jobs. Havent settled on a spec yet, was looking around to
see what turned up. There are screeds of brokers out there who are
happy to sell me a "refurbished (polish the knobs ?)" one for 80% of
new price, but that seems like a rotten deal -
Q: Where do THEY buy their stock from ?
I'd like to buy at a realistic second hand price.
I know abou EBAY already.
cheers
Mike

The flea markets at hamfests can carry some pretty good deals for
analog scopes. Digital models can be obtained at pretty good prices
from the rental houses - TRS, Electro-Rent, Continental Resources, etc.
where its calibrated and probably warranted for some period of time.

Good probes and enough memory to capture the signals that are
of real interest to you will help keep it from being a rotten deal.

Good luck!

John
http://www.qsl.net/wd1v/scopefaq

 

[Jim Yanik]

from companies selling off no longer needed equipment.


Warning!!!
Certain TEK scope lines are no longer supported by TEK in any manner,parts
,manuals or service by TEK. Check the TEK "Long Term Product Support(LTPS)
list to be certain.

Some TDS scopes may be 'obsolete' (according to TEK)and their manuals
contain NO schematics,and require a PC and cal software (and cal
standards)to calibrate them.They are intended to be serviced by module
exchange and TEK will not have exchange modules for them anymore.