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From: Johnson on 11 Jan 2010 22:57
Dear all,

I would like to find a link or place for 2nd hand electronic devices and
tools such as oscilliscope, network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, logic
analyzer, multimeters, etc. The price must be right. Could you help?

I remember I once had a website, which gave me a very good price on the
2nd hand electronic tools, since most of the devices came from the
bankcrupted high-tech companies. Unfortunately I lost the link to it.
Anybody has a hint?

Thank you in advance!

Johnson

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From: John McGaw on 12 Jan 2010 15:15
On 1/11/2010 10:57 PM, Johnson wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I would like to find a link or place for 2nd hand electronic devices and
> tools such as oscilliscope, network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, logic
> analyzer, multimeters, etc. The price must be right. Could you help?
>
> I remember I once had a website, which gave me a very good price on the
> 2nd hand electronic tools, since most of the devices came from the
> bankcrupted high-tech companies. Unfortunately I lost the link to it.
> Anybody has a hint?
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Johnson
>
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If you will google or Bing for "surplus electronic test equipment" you will
find more sellers that you can possibly use. Probably best to find one
close enough to allow you to inspect the equipment before buying.
From: VanguardLH on 12 Jan 2010 20:27
Johnson wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I would like to find a link or place for 2nd hand electronic devices and
> tools such as oscilliscope, network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, logic
> analyzer, multimeters, etc. The price must be right. Could you help?
>
> I remember I once had a website, which gave me a very good price on the
> 2nd hand electronic tools, since most of the devices came from the
> bankcrupted high-tech companies. Unfortunately I lost the link to it.
> Anybody has a hint?
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Johnson
>
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Have you called around some instrument calibration companies to find out how
much it will cost you to get those used devices calibrated? Most users
never calibrate their test gear, so you're getting old stuff that isn't
calibrated so who knows if what you measure is accurate. I suppose if all
you're doing is *comparative* measurements than used is okay.
From: kony on 13 Jan 2010 23:26
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:27:30 -0600, VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH>
wrote:

>Johnson wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I would like to find a link or place for 2nd hand electronic devices and
>> tools such as oscilliscope, network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, logic
>> analyzer, multimeters, etc. The price must be right. Could you help?
>>
>> I remember I once had a website, which gave me a very good price on the
>> 2nd hand electronic tools, since most of the devices came from the
>> bankcrupted high-tech companies. Unfortunately I lost the link to it.
>> Anybody has a hint?
>>
>> Thank you in advance!
>>
>> Johnson
>>
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>
>Have you called around some instrument calibration companies to find out how
>much it will cost you to get those used devices calibrated? Most users
>never calibrate their test gear, so you're getting old stuff that isn't
>calibrated so who knows if what you measure is accurate. I suppose if all
>you're doing is *comparative* measurements than used is okay.


.... but cost of recalibration is still incurred later if you
buy new equipment, there is still potentially hundreds of
dollars to be saved, EXCEPT if someone is getting rid of
this stuff they will often do so because it has a fault, or
be oblivious as to how to determine if it is 100%
functional... such testing raises prices too.

Unless these special 'sites are found, I suspect the
remaining alternatives will be auctions or local online
listings (like Craigslist in the US for example, though that
site doesn't seem to list such tech testing equipment much).
From: VanguardLH on 14 Jan 2010 01:11
kony wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:27:30 -0600, VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH>
> wrote:
>
>>Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I would like to find a link or place for 2nd hand electronic devices and
>>> tools such as oscilliscope, network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, logic
>>> analyzer, multimeters, etc. The price must be right. Could you help?
>>>
>>> I remember I once had a website, which gave me a very good price on the
>>> 2nd hand electronic tools, since most of the devices came from the
>>> bankcrupted high-tech companies. Unfortunately I lost the link to it.
>>> Anybody has a hint?
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance!
>>>
>>> Johnson
>>>
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>>
>>Have you called around some instrument calibration companies to find out how
>>much it will cost you to get those used devices calibrated? Most users
>>never calibrate their test gear, so you're getting old stuff that isn't
>>calibrated so who knows if what you measure is accurate. I suppose if all
>>you're doing is *comparative* measurements than used is okay.
>
> ... but cost of recalibration is still incurred later if you
> buy new equipment, there is still potentially hundreds of
> dollars to be saved, EXCEPT if someone is getting rid of
> this stuff they will often do so because it has a fault, or
> be oblivious as to how to determine if it is 100%
> functional... such testing raises prices too.

Yes, for an instrument to be accurate means it needs to be calibrated,
including new instruments that should be calibrated every few years.
However, since few instruments outside of use in corporate environments get
scheduled for calibration, it's a good bet that the used gear that you buy
is not and has never been calibrated. What good is a DVM, if you haven't a
clue how far off is its measurements? For comparative measurements, sure,
it's still usable.


Side note (off-topic):
Tis a pity the NNTP provider used by Johnson, netfront.net (Hong Kong), will
spamify all his posts with their appended promotional signature (which is
NOT even a signature due to the absence of the "-- \n" sigdash line).
Johnson spams because his NNTP provider turns his posts into spam.
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