Free to good home (US) Tektronix 531A oscilloscope

[james_s]

Hey all, I've been lurking here and watching Dave's videos for quite some time, finally thought this may be a good place to offer something. I have a classic beast of an oscilloscope, a Tektronix 531A complete with two plugins, dual trace and differential amplifier as well as the manuals. I haven't powered it up in more than a decade and it's just taking up space but I can't bring myself to scrap this beautiful piece of engineering. The leather handles have deteriorated but it otherwise is in good shape. CRT is bright and sharp and last I tried all the major stuff works. I recall noting a problem with the delayed sweep function and finding one dead tube in that circuit but I never got around to fixing it.

I'm located in a suburb just outside of Seattle WA, I'm willing to give this thing away for free on the condition that it goes to a loving home, not just harvested for parts. I mean the engineering and build quality that went into this scope is an artistic masterpiece. I can take a picture if anyone is interested but there are a few of them on ebay (at extremely optimistic prices) and mine looks just like those. It's bulky and heavy, I do not want to try shipping it anywhere.

[bitseeker]

The old Tek scopes are so cool. I'm not in the area, but I hope you find a good home for it.

[capsicum]

I'm tempted, but I really shouldn't.... hmmmm

[james_s]

Well I still have it if you change your mind. I know some people collect these things.

[Brumby]

I would get shot (even though our gun laws would make that difficult).

Thank you for being in the USA.

[PaulAm]

You could try posting the offer on the Tekscopes yahoo group.  I've had some success getting a number of 500 series scopes adopted through them.

[james_s]

I can give it a try. I used to use a lot of Yahoo groups but then they revamped everything a few years ago and made the groups completely unusable, all the ones I was on died.

[PaulAm]

Neo made the web interface unusable, but most of the serious members just use the email feed.  If you're a group member, just email to
the group address.

[worsthorse]

I am in Portland... and that's a scope I used back in the day. I'd love to have it for my bench here if it is still available. send me a message! Thx - Bill

[Kalin]

Hey all, I've been lurking here and watching Dave's videos for quite some time, finally thought this may be a good place to offer something. I have a classic beast of an oscilloscope, a Tektronix 531A complete with two plugins, dual trace and differential amplifier as well as the manuals. I haven't powered it up in more than a decade and it's just taking up space but I can't bring myself to scrap this beautiful piece of engineering. The leather handles have deteriorated but it otherwise is in good shape. CRT is bright and sharp and last I tried all the major stuff works. I recall noting a problem with the delayed sweep function and finding one dead tube in that circuit but I never got around to fixing it.

I'm located in a suburb just outside of Seattle WA, I'm willing to give this thing away for free on the condition that it goes to a loving home, not just harvested for parts. I mean the engineering and build quality that went into this scope is an artistic masterpiece. I can take a picture if anyone is interested but there are a few of them on ebay (at extremely optimistic prices) and mine looks just like those. It's bulky and heavy, I do not want to try shipping it anywhere.

Is this still available?

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[james_s]

Well it's been promised to wch but we are still trying to work out a time and place to connect and transfer it over so I'm going to wait a bit before offering it to someone else.

[Nightmare4u2c]

I'll get in line and see if I have a chance. Live down here in Shelton would be a quick drive if it gets to me.