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Jurgen:
Hello everybody!

I am a beginner when it comes to this kind of things, so please be patient with me  ;D. I have been looking to get a cheap oscilloscope (analog!) for about 60-70$, however, I live in Tirana, Albania and there is nothing local here. Almost everything on ebay takes like 80-100$ to ship here! (Btw I watched Dave's guide on how to get an analog oscilloscope and I just wanted to say that I loved it!).  So I wanted to ask if it is worth getting one of those USB scopes (if you have any suggestions!), Maybe one of you guys wants to get rid of an old analog scope, I would greatly appreciate it  :D (I will, of course, pay for the shipping!).

Kind regards,
Jurgen
rstofer:
Without knowing what you want to see, it's a little difficult to comment on a solution.  A price range is also helpful, it filters out possible, but overpriced, solutions.

I don't know a lot about USB scopes, search over in the Test Equipment forum

A PC sound card with suitable software makes a decent audio scope.  I wouldn't use my best laptop for this kind of thing.  A small mistake and the PC is toast.



I don't know your price range but the Digilent Analog Discovery 2 is a serious piece of equipment:
https://store.digilentinc.com/analog-discovery-2-100msps-usb-oscilloscope-logic-analyzer-and-variable-power-supply/

This idea of coming up with an inexpensive scope is discussed all the time.  The Search feature may help.
Jurgen:
Thanks for the fast reply! I was looking to pick up an analog scope for about 60-70 bucks, with like 20Mhz bandwidth or something like that. That usb scope looks cool :D. I will give the sound card and the test equipment forum a look!

Jurgen
tggzzz:
Whatever you decide, make sure 

* you know which class of probe (voltage/frequency/impedance/isolation/etc) you will need, and factor in the cost
* how to use a scope safely; different classes (analogue/digital/storage/isolated/etc) have different tradeoffs
Both require that you define what you want to measure.
Jurgen:
I have had the chance to use a dso before, I think it was Gw Instek GDS 1000-U series (of course it was in the university lab! It is not much but it works for my country :D), the 100 MHz bandwidth one. Never used a analog one before though. I just want to do some small projects maybe around medium frequency, high frequency or cb stuff.

Jurgen
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