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Huuuuge lot of test gear, should I nab it?

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joshhunsaker:
http://medford.craigslist.org/ele/4545113336.html

I'm really leaning toward taking a chunk out of my savings account to pick this up.  I'm not sure what to do.  Looks like some fantastic pieces of kit in there and parts and components like you wouldn't believe.  Ugh.  I'm totally torn.  I need someone to talk me into it or out of it lol.

Talked to the guy on the phone already to get a general idea of his angle.  He's a nice enough guy.  He was totally adamant that it would take 2 people an entire day to move all this stuff into a huge trailer or moving truck.   :o

Vgkid:
That is a huge amount of test gear, you could easily make your money back on the test gear alone, not familiar on the ham gear. You would need alot of space to store it though.

joshhunsaker:

--- Quote from: Vgkid on July 19, 2014, 06:23:38 pm ---That is a huge amount of test gear, you could easily make your money back on the test gear alone, not familiar on the ham gear. You would need alot of space to store it though.

--- End quote ---

I could totally stash it both at my work and massive spare bedroom that's basically empty (tons of the pieces I would put into immediate use in my R&D lab).  There are some very interesting pieces in there.  And the antennas...!  Man, I'm still having trouble putting up that kind of cash though (not that it's not worth it, just I want to make sure I have a fair amount in savings all the time).

gaijin:
If I was in the area I would already be there with a truck.

dfnr2:
Josh,

At one time, perhaps up until about 10 years ago, about the golden age for buyers at internet auctions, for a lower price, this would be the start of a nice lab setup. However, today, you can take that $2900 and put together a very capable, very nice lab setup that will have exactly what you want in it, and will take up much no more space than you need.

I do love those Tek mainframe scopes--they are superbly engineered.  They are also obsolete.  I have two, and keep them in running condition, only out of love.  They take up too much space, and I never use them.  For those who argue that analog scopes are somehow less tricky or reveal more information than digital scopes, I would say that if you don't know how to look at the signal on a digital scope, then you probably aren't fit to interpret one on an analog scope either. 

I say don't do it.

Dave

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