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So I am over the moon, can't believe I got one of these for only 105 Euros ! ![Cheesy :D](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/xcheesy.gif.pagespeed.ic.KPzuH4J-TG.png)
It's a tremendous update over my old analog Philips. Much better rise time, frequency and amplitude are much more stable, 15MHz vs 1Mhz, GPIB for automation. Extra wave forms like saw tooth. Does noise generation, and arbitrary wave forms. Digital controls to set the frequency in steps, that's convenient for testing stuff and plot frequency responses. The ability to vary the frequency from super low up to the max 15MHz with NO interruption, no decade switch to fuck with, is also incredible, love it.
Time base most likely better too. At the back it says " Option 001 ". I assume it's the crappiest option but still better than the Philips for sure. Plenty good enough for what I do. PLUS, I really don't care anyway because it has an external 10MHz ref input so that's what I plan on using anyway, if I ever want great accuracy.
So that's it... was unexpected, was just pot luck, but here I am modernizing the lab ! ![Grin ;D](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/xgrin.gif.pagespeed.ic.QVVz6XIT20.png)
See Tautech ? Now I don't want to hear you anymore saying I only buy old junk. I am a modern HP guy now. Less vacuum tubes and more CPU's.
Of course I am keeping the old Philips, love it, and was given by my dad, it's sentimental, my first sig gen. I will never part with it.
First attached pic is the one I asked the seller to do. Others are from me.
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Nice score, but maybe you should have made a low ball offer on the scope as well, what did you have to lose?
Zero money ! As cheap as 105 Euros was for that sig gen, I do not have any money. I now need to quickly fix and sell a couple scopes that have been waiting on the shelves for months, to pay for the sig gen.
The scope vaguely tempted me, still for sale BTW been sold now it appears :
https://www.leboncoin.fr/bricolage/2150494690.htm
It's a "Megazoom" version which Dragon is all excited about and am now kinda curious about... and it costs only 50 Euros.
But... it's an Agilent rebrand / facelift. I absolutely despise this industrial design. Looks so cheap and ugly, I absolutely refuse to own these things. It's only 60MHz. It's heavily yellowed. There is a missing button below the CRT.
I DO want an old Megazoom, but a proper HP one, I love those, but also at least 100MHz, not yellowed and no broken/missing knobs.
Buying it to flip it wouldn't have worked either, because I can't afford to buy / spend now, and wait for 6 months to get my money back.
Plus given all I said above, this scope would be very difficult to resell, here anyway... and if it does sell it would be for the same price I paid for it, tops.
This scope makes no sense either for me to use, or to buy to flip. I try now try to be less impulsive and more reasonable, because of lack of space and money.
I admire your resistance, I would have gone out on a limb for that scope personally, even with the missing button, which I think is a rubberised thing with a carbon pad that I'm sure could be bodged or resolved, even it meant sticking a small push button somewhere, its only used via the on-screen menu system, so no real biggy to overcome. As you say, its sold now, that tells you that it was a real bargain if it was listed at 50 Euros, you more than likely would have secured it for a low ball offer of 40 Euros and sold it on for far more ![Face Palm :palm:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/xfacepalm.gif.pagespeed.ic.EBDwh1hCfo.png)
Scopes don't sell here atm. 50 Euros is for a clean working good condition one. Anything above 50 euros is impossible to sell quickly.
Had I bought it, the best I could have gotten for given its condition, would be 75 euros, it I am lucky. Waiting months and month to make 10 or 20 euros profit a 50 Euros or so buy, is not worth the time and initial investment.
I don't have money to burn nor space to buy old clunky stuff hoping to maybe make 10 or 20 Euros profit on them.
Scope sell for dirt cheap, working, and in good nick. So one in not so good shape like this one, either you buy it because like Dragon or you, you like it and are happy using it as is, or, if you want to make a profit on it, then you must get it for free or almost (you have to factor in shipping as well).
for example I bought for 6 Euros SHIPPED, and old brown Philips scope. it's in good shape and dual time base. I know if I can fix it I could get maybe 75 Euros for it. That's about worth me putting a few hours fixing it. Also my 4 channel GOULD 1604 analog+digital scope with built-in printer, I know this one can sell for 75 or 100 Euros maybe (I fixed and sold a 1604 withOUT printer ) for 120 Euros, miracle.
I paid 20 euros for it IIRC, very cheap anyway. So I know I have a reasonable chance of making a few bucks if I can fix it.
But generally speaking, at least here, I don't live else where sorry, it's generally not worth buying with the intent of reselling for a profit. I have eventually realized this an have now stopped wasting my time with this, it's just not worth the trouble and time fixing the things. Return on investment (time, storage, hours spent on it, effort...) is just not worth it, at all.