And I envy you guys in the UK and the US as over here in New Zealand there is little to be had and anything that comes up costs an arm and a leg. My Mother is just emigrating over here and so I bought a few items (all I could afford) and had them sent to her so they can come over in the container with her furniture etc as there is no way I could afford the shipping otherwise. At least shipping via surface was a workable option with heavy items like scopes, even with the 3 month wait, but that is now gone :(
The other thing that really gets my goat is the habit of a lot of US eBay sellers who won't ship outside of the country. What really rubs is that it's usually the really hard to locate items or the ones that are going really cheap that will not ship. They always say that you can bid if you have a US address to ship to but that is hopeless for me. Still, I have a great lifestyle over here and wouldn't swap it for the US or going back home to Blighty anytime soon. 73 Steve 2008/11/27 David C. Partridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I envy you guys over in the US - test gear on the 2nd hand market seems so > much cheaper than here in the UK. Current shipping costs from USA seem to > wipe out the difference most of the time - I wish they'd bring back the USPS > Surface Mail service. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Robert Darlington > Sent: 27 November 2008 07:17 > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] huntron tracker advice & troubleshooting > withoutschematic advise > > I picked up a Tektronix 7000 series mainframe scope and a curve tracer > plugin for under $200, and I bet you can too if you look around on eBay. I > have a Tek 7854 digital storage analog scope (400MHz analog with digital > sampling capabilities, GPIB port, and 4 mainframe slots). The cart was > another $40 though! > > -Bob > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD Omnium finis imminet _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
