I almost always buy equipment that isn't working. It's fixing it that makes it interesting. What would I do with all the testgear if I didn't use it to fix the next bit ?
On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Michael Prescott MSc < [email protected]> wrote: > I second Clint’s statement, most of the test equipment I’ve brought have > worked on switch on. I did buy a R&S CRTU with no LCD display and paid £400 > for something which didn’t work I had a lot of deep thoughts. It turns out > CRTU was only nine years old and two months out of calibration, the issue > was an LCD back light anyway it still used using a separate display -hence > the price. > > I often look at the equipment brokers pieces than decide to return to the > ‘auction site and take the risk, I’ve only had a couple of issues and I > always had my money returned > > 73’s > > Mike G4WYZ > > > Experience has shown me that you can reasonably purchase good, working > test > > equipment that's well within calibration tolerances if you are buying the > > more 'common' equipment, 6.5 digit meters, frequency counters, even a > > Stanford SR620... > > > > I've been very lucky with those, two spectrum analysers and various other > > bits of test gear I'd never have been able to afford any other way, > saving > > thousands over what even tatty examples from equipment brokers would have > > cost. > > > > Yes, you can get bitten and buy a complete POS but you can also take > > sensible precautions and get bargains. > > > > On 14 Sep 2017 18:01, "Scott McGrath" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Its an unrealistic expectation that equipment from the well known > auction > >> site will work and be 'in-cal' > >> > >> Its realistic to anticipate several the purchase cost to get well priced > >> instruments back 'in-cal'. But hey if i spend 2 k on a sweeper 3 k to > fix > >> and cal it and BlahTest is charging 10k for a ready to go unit im Still > 5 k > >> ahead of the game > >> > >> Content by Scott > >> Typos by Siri > >> > >>> On Sep 12, 2017, at 12:10 PM, Dan Rae <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 9/12/2017 5:58 AM, GandalfG8--- via time-nuts wrote: > >>>> A friend of mine has bought a just out of calibration R & S XSRM > >> Rubidium > >>>> standard from one of the so called "recyclers" on Ebay. > >>> Nigel / David, > >>> > >>> Sorry to hear of your "bargain". However I doubt very much that the > >> lamp was made by R&S themselves, like with the Racal 9475 unit it was > >> probably sourced either as a module or as parts from someone like > Efratom > >> and one of those lamps will be found to fit. I'm not in a position to > help > >> much at present (just coming out of Chemo). My Racal which was in a > >> similar or worse state when I got that, now comes to life when needed. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Dan > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > >>> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > >> mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > >>> and follow the instructions there. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > >> mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > >> and follow the instructions there. > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
