On Wednesday, 3 June 2015 12:13:00 UTC-7, Channel Jumper wrote:
;840280 Wrote:
Hello All,

I am a long-time collector of vacuum-tube based Tektronix equipment and
am in the mood to expand my collection. I am wondering if anyone has any
Tektronix 500-series oscilloscopes or associated calibration equipment
that they would like to either give away or sell cheap? I'd also be
interested in early transistor-based Tek equipment.

I am located up in British Columbia, Canada, but am willing to travel.
I'm also interested in early HP test equipment as well (especially
digital counters, etc.)

Let me know what you have, where it's located and what you'd like for it
and perhaps we can make a deal.

Regards,

Chris

So instead of having to pay top dollar for a part you need to resurrect
your old Tektronix Sillyscope, you figure that if you say you are a
collector, someone might give you a couple - for the cost of shipping
and then you can fix your scopes at a reduced cost.
Now I have seen it all!




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Channel Jumper

Hello Channel Jumper,

I actually am indeed a collector of Tek scopes (and am often called crazy for doing so) --- I'm actually up to about 200 instruments now, which - as far as I'm aware- counts for one of the largest collections in the world. This has been my hobby for almost 15 years and I've saved a number of these scopes from various landfills, or people who just want to dismantle them for parts that are all individually sold on eBay as "Audiophile" tube amp components.

Anyway -- I enjoy restoring these scopes back to operational condition and cleaning them up. It's a passion of mine --- everyone's got a hobby right?

Regards,

Chris