Hi I'm probably not the first one to ask for a free oscilloscope. I'm from Pol= and and here oscilloscopes are rare and expensive. I'm keen to learn electr= onics and I just can't continue without an oscilloscope in my lab. I obviou= sly can't afford one. So, to all engineers out there : if someone has an oscilloscope leftover an= d would like to donate it I would gladly accept it. I can pay for the shipp= ing, which is still going to be very expensive but it's still much cheaper = than an oscilloscope. I think I can only accept an oscilloscope from someon= e from Europe, escpecially from Poland or from a nearby coutry, because it = would cost over 150USD to ship it from USA to Poland. I guess I could accep= t one out of Europe if the postage is under 50 bucks but I doubt it would b= e that cheap. It would be best if the scope was over 20MHz bandwidth. Best regards Jakub (fenclu)
Oscilloscope donation for a beginner - request
Started by ●July 14, 2012
Reply by ●July 14, 20122012-07-14
On Jul 14, 11:48=A0am, Fenclu <jakubf2...@gmail.com> wrote:> Hi > > I'm probably not the first one to ask for a free oscilloscope. I'm from P=oland and here oscilloscopes are rare and expensive. I'm keen to learn elec= tronics and I just can't continue without an oscilloscope in my lab. I obvi= ously can't afford one.> > So, to all engineers out there : if someone has an oscilloscope leftover =and would like to donate it I would gladly accept it. I can pay for the shi= pping, which is still going to be very expensive but it's still much cheape= r than an oscilloscope. I think I can only accept an oscilloscope from some= one from Europe, escpecially from Poland or from a nearby coutry, because i= t would cost over 150USD to ship it from USA to Poland. I guess I could acc= ept one out of Europe if the postage is under 50 bucks but I doubt it would= be that cheap.> > It would be best if the scope was over 20MHz bandwidth.No ex-Soviet oscilloscopes in your area? Have you tried eBay? http://www.ebay.pl/sch/i.html?_from=3DR40&_trksid=3Dm570&_nkw=3Doscilloscop= e&_sacat=3DSee-All-Categories Further, this request would be a lot more appealing if the o'scope were going to an educational institution where many people could use it, rather than for one person's exclusive use.
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There are no scopes from Poland available on Ebay. You can buy a scope in Poland but, mainly due to the currency, they're expensive. I have been looking even for soviet scopes but the only two I could find were unteseted and still expensive. I guess it would be more appealing if the scope was going to an educational institution but I'm just a hoobyst and I'm not going to lie.
Reply by ●July 14, 20122012-07-14
"Fenclu" wrote in message news:f323eea5-a04a-46ea-9643-7fbf6c8b5536@googlegroups.com... Hi I'm probably not the first one to ask for a free oscilloscope. I'm from Poland and here oscilloscopes are rare and expensive. I'm keen to learn electronics and I just can't continue without an oscilloscope in my lab. I obviously can't afford one. So, to all engineers out there : if someone has an oscilloscope leftover and would like to donate it I would gladly accept it. I can pay for the shipping, which is still going to be very expensive but it's still much cheaper than an oscilloscope. I think I can only accept an oscilloscope from someone from Europe, escpecially from Poland or from a nearby coutry, because it would cost over 150USD to ship it from USA to Poland. I guess I could accept one out of Europe if the postage is under 50 bucks but I doubt it would be that cheap. It would be best if the scope was over 20MHz bandwidth. Best regards Jakub (fenclu) ***Is there Freecycle or Freegle groups in your region? ***A strict rule is that anyone who answers your WANTED: post must be offering the item free, but usually you have to collect it from them. ***A scope is a bit outside run of the mill stuff that people offer, but I've asked for and got some pretty obscure items.
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Reply by ●July 14, 20122012-07-14
"Fenclu" wrote in message news:9bfc6e9b-0217-440d-b46e-32c4f3031d31@googlegroups.com... As I said, I am able to pay for the shipping if it's under 50USD. ***In that case sign up for Freecycle and cast your net wider than your immediate area. Strictly speaking, group rules state that money should never change hands - but on a number of occasions I've negotiated "petrol money" for people to drop off items I was unable to collect. ***Does Gumtree operate where you are? There are various groups aimed at diverting useful items that people would otherwise toss into landfill.
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On 2012-07-14, Ian Field <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com> wrote:> I'm probably not the first one to ask for a free oscilloscope. I'm from > Poland and here oscilloscopes are rare and expensive. I'm keen to learn > electronics and I just can't continue without an oscilloscope in my lab. I > obviously can't afford one.Do like the rest of us who also can't afford an o-scope. Save yer money! Until then, go piss up a rope. nb -- vi --the heart of evil!
Reply by ●July 14, 20122012-07-14
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:48:51 -0700 (PDT), Fenclu <jakubf2007@gmail.com> wrote:>Hi > >I'm probably not the first one to ask for a free oscilloscope. I'm from Poland and here oscilloscopes are rare and expensive. I'm keen to learn electronics and I just can't continue without an oscilloscope in my lab. I obviously can't afford one. > >So, to all engineers out there : if someone has an oscilloscope leftover and would like to donate it I would gladly accept it. I can pay for the shipping, which is still going to be very expensive but it's still much cheaper than an oscilloscope. I think I can only accept an oscilloscope from someone from Europe, escpecially from Poland or from a nearby coutry, because it would cost over 150USD to ship it from USA to Poland. I guess I could accept one out of Europe if the postage is under 50 bucks but I doubt it would be that cheap. > >It would be best if the scope was over 20MHz bandwidth. > >Best regards >Jakub (fenclu)Are any of the low-end digital scopes (Rigol, Saleg, like that) available there? Some of them are below $300 here. Do any of the european distributors (Farnell and such) have presence in Poland? Ummmm... yes! http://pl.farnell.com/oscilloscopes What sort of electronics are you interested in? -- John Larkin Highland Technology Inc www.highlandtechnology.com jlarkin at highlandtechnology dot com Precision electronic instrumentation Picosecond-resolution Digital Delay and Pulse generators Custom timing and laser controllers Photonics and fiberoptic TTL data links VME analog, thermocouple, LVDT, synchro, tachometer Multichannel arbitrary waveform generators
Reply by ●July 14, 20122012-07-14
Fenclu wrote:> > I'm probably not the first one to ask for a free oscilloscope. I'm from Poland and here oscilloscopes are rare and expensive. I'm keen to learn electronics and I just can't continue without an oscilloscope in my lab. I obviously can't afford one. > > So, to all engineers out there : if someone has an oscilloscope leftover and would like to donate it I would gladly accept it. I can pay for the shipping, which is still going to be very expensive but it's still much cheaper than an oscilloscope. I think I can only accept an oscilloscope from someone from Europe, escpecially from Poland or from a nearby coutry, because it would cost over 150USD to ship it from USA to Poland. I guess I could accept one out of Europe if the postage is under 50 bucks but I doubt it would be that cheap. > > It would be best if the scope was over 20MHz bandwidth.If you don't need it daily, maybe you can find a hackerspace, school or university, where you can use a scope. -- Frank Buss, http://www.frank-buss.de electronics and more: http://www.youtube.com/user/frankbuss
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"John Larkin" wrote in message news:uho308leu13km2tqrkbh4kr2tgme72vvkr@4ax.com... On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:48:51 -0700 (PDT), Fenclu <jakubf2007@gmail.com> wrote:>Hi > >I'm probably not the first one to ask for a free oscilloscope. I'm from >Poland and here oscilloscopes are rare and expensive. I'm keen to learn >electronics and I just can't continue without an oscilloscope in my lab. I >obviously can't afford one. > >So, to all engineers out there : if someone has an oscilloscope leftover >and would like to donate it I would gladly accept it. I can pay for the >shipping, which is still going to be very expensive but it's still much >cheaper than an oscilloscope. I think I can only accept an oscilloscope >from someone from Europe, escpecially from Poland or from a nearby coutry, >because it would cost over 150USD to ship it from USA to Poland. I guess I >could accept one out of Europe if the postage is under 50 bucks but I doubt >it would be that cheap. > >It would be best if the scope was over 20MHz bandwidth. > >Best regards >Jakub (fenclu)Are any of the low-end digital scopes (Rigol, Saleg, like that) available there? Some of them are below $300 here. ***In that ball-park is the Pico scope - a little box that connects to PC or laptop, you just have the BNC inputs on the front panel and GUI controls & display on your screen. ***Prices range from not too bad to *OUCH*!!! BTW: any idea how to fix quoted text indentation in Win7/Live Mail ?
