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SP
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Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject:
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Hi,
I am looking for a second hand oscilloscope (in Canada), and anybody
helps me where I can buy electronics equipments/components in Canada?
What is the equivalent shop to Maplin Electronics (UK) here in Canada?
Thanks
SP
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Michael Black
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Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject:
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"SP" (prem.sivasamy@gmail.com) writes:
| Quote: | Hi,
I am looking for a second hand oscilloscope (in Canada), and anybody
helps me where I can buy electronics equipments/components in Canada?
The best thing would be to find something local to you, to avoid shipping |
and to give you a chance to check it out before you buy. And I'm sure
many of the major cities here in Canada do have surplus stores of some
sort that would have oscilliscopes. But you need to specify where you
are in order for that to happen.
You could try posting in your local buy and sell newsgroup. Here in
Montreal, people every so often do post ads for oscilliscopes.
While most won't occur till the spring at least, many an amateur radio
club holds a fleamarket where people rent tables to sell their radio
and electronic equipment. That's one way of finding the local hobbyist
scene. There is a list of upcoming fleamarkets (though again winter
tends to be the quiet time with few happening) at the Radio Amateurs
of Canada website at http://www.rac.ca They also have a list of
distributors of amateur radio equipment in Canada at that site, and if
one of those dealers is local to you, you might visit it and see if
they've got a bulletin board for ads. If so, you could try putting
up a note that you were looking for a scope.
There have been various electronic magazines published in Canada over
the years, and when they did, they were an obvious place to look. But
there's nothing now, and not for at least a decade, so I don't have a clue.
I seem to recall one place that advertised in Electronic Now (a US magazine)
was based in Toronto. There has never been much venue for advertising
in Canada, so I suspect many places that would have used scopes aren't
set up for shipping (or at least not without a premium on the cost of
the scope).
| Quote: | What is the equivalent shop to Maplin Electronics (UK) here in Canada?
Future Electronics has outlets in the major cities of Canada. I've not |
checked recently, but they used to do mail order. I'm sure they have
a website, but can't be bothered checking for it. They will be in
your phone book if they've got an outlet local to you.
I guess it is Digikey that has a warehouse in Canada, and issues
a catalog with Canadian prices, making it easier for Canadians.
There may be still an independent electronic parts store or two, depending
on where you are. Most of the old ones have disappeared, but I know
here in Montreal there are still a couple. Toronto is bound to have
them, I suspect Vancouver too. You'd have to find them by looking
in the Yellow Pages, under something like "electronic parts".
There will also be outlets that don't really cater to the hobbyist.
Either they make it hard with a high minimum or requirements on
how many of an item you must buy at a time, or won't deal with hobbyists
at all. Again, asking in your local newsgroup will likely turn up
advice on the local places for hobbyists.
Michael |
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Ryan Weihl
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Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:10 am Post subject:
Re: where to buy 2nd hand scope in Canada? |
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Michael Black wrote:
| Quote: | "SP" (prem.sivasamy@gmail.com) writes:
Hi,
I am looking for a second hand oscilloscope (in Canada), and anybody
helps me where I can buy electronics equipments/components in Canada?
The best thing would be to find something local to you, to avoid shipping
and to give you a chance to check it out before you buy. And I'm sure
many of the major cities here in Canada do have surplus stores of some
sort that would have oscilliscopes. But you need to specify where you
are in order for that to happen.
You could try posting in your local buy and sell newsgroup. Here in
Montreal, people every so often do post ads for oscilliscopes.
While most won't occur till the spring at least, many an amateur radio
club holds a fleamarket where people rent tables to sell their radio
and electronic equipment. That's one way of finding the local hobbyist
scene. There is a list of upcoming fleamarkets (though again winter
tends to be the quiet time with few happening) at the Radio Amateurs
of Canada website at http://www.rac.ca They also have a list of
distributors of amateur radio equipment in Canada at that site, and if
one of those dealers is local to you, you might visit it and see if
they've got a bulletin board for ads. If so, you could try putting
up a note that you were looking for a scope.
There have been various electronic magazines published in Canada over
the years, and when they did, they were an obvious place to look. But
there's nothing now, and not for at least a decade, so I don't have a clue.
I seem to recall one place that advertised in Electronic Now (a US magazine)
was based in Toronto. There has never been much venue for advertising
in Canada, so I suspect many places that would have used scopes aren't
set up for shipping (or at least not without a premium on the cost of
the scope).
What is the equivalent shop to Maplin Electronics (UK) here in Canada?
Future Electronics has outlets in the major cities of Canada. I've not
checked recently, but they used to do mail order. I'm sure they have
a website, but can't be bothered checking for it. They will be in
your phone book if they've got an outlet local to you.
I guess it is Digikey that has a warehouse in Canada, and issues
a catalog with Canadian prices, making it easier for Canadians.
There may be still an independent electronic parts store or two, depending
on where you are. Most of the old ones have disappeared, but I know
here in Montreal there are still a couple. Toronto is bound to have
them, I suspect Vancouver too. You'd have to find them by looking
in the Yellow Pages, under something like "electronic parts".
There will also be outlets that don't really cater to the hobbyist.
Either they make it hard with a high minimum or requirements on
how many of an item you must buy at a time, or won't deal with hobbyists
at all. Again, asking in your local newsgroup will likely turn up
advice on the local places for hobbyists.
Michael
if you are in toronto there are 2 places i remember on victoria park ave |
segal or something like that, and gordon backer rd off vic park, but who
knows maybe elctrosonic has something too.
rw
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Boris Mohar
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Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:35 am Post subject:
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On 23 Nov 2005 06:28:31 -0800, "SP" <prem.sivasamy@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
I am looking for a second hand oscilloscope (in Canada), and anybody
helps me where I can buy electronics equipments/components in Canada?
What is the equivalent shop to Maplin Electronics (UK) here in Canada?
Thanks
SP
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http://www.torontosurplus.com/
Regards,
Boris Mohar
Got Knock? - see:
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things) http://www.viatrack.ca
void _-void-_ in the obvious place |
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quietguy
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Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:35 am Post subject:
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I cannot remember their name, but there is a store that advertises on
eBay, and they are located in Canada - just go to eBay and do a search on
Oscilloscope
Last time I looked they had a number of nice scopes at good prices
David
SP wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
I am looking for a second hand oscilloscope (in Canada), and anybody
helps me where I can buy electronics equipments/components in Canada?
What is the equivalent shop to Maplin Electronics (UK) here in Canada?
Thanks
SP |
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SP
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Thu Nov 24, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject:
Re: where to buy 2nd hand scope in Canada? |
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Thanks a lot for all your help. I have a good idea to look for.
Thanks again,
SP
quietguy wrote:
| Quote: | I cannot remember their name, but there is a store that advertises on
eBay, and they are located in Canada - just go to eBay and do a search on
Oscilloscope
Last time I looked they had a number of nice scopes at good prices
David
SP wrote:
Hi,
I am looking for a second hand oscilloscope (in Canada), and anybody
helps me where I can buy electronics equipments/components in Canada?
What is the equivalent shop to Maplin Electronics (UK) here in Canada?
Thanks
SP |
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Steven Swift
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Thu Nov 24, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject:
Re: where to buy 2nd hand scope in Canada? |
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Try this link:
http://www.sphere.bc.ca/
They're quite good.
"SP" <prem.sivasamy@gmail.com> writes:
| Quote: | Thanks a lot for all your help. I have a good idea to look for.
Thanks again,
SP
quietguy wrote:
I cannot remember their name, but there is a store that advertises on
eBay, and they are located in Canada - just go to eBay and do a search on
Oscilloscope
Last time I looked they had a number of nice scopes at good prices
David
SP wrote:
Hi,
I am looking for a second hand oscilloscope (in Canada), and anybody
helps me where I can buy electronics equipments/components in Canada?
What is the equivalent shop to Maplin Electronics (UK) here in Canada?
Thanks
SP
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NOVATECH INSTRUMENTS, INC. P.O. Box 55997
206.301.8986, fax 206.363.4367 Seattle, Washington 98155 USA |
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roma
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Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:35 am Post subject:
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"SP" <prem.sivasamy@gmail.com> wrote in news:1132756111.166348.106380
@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
| Quote: | Hi,
I am looking for a second hand oscilloscope (in Canada), and anybody
helps me where I can buy electronics equipments/components in Canada?
What is the equivalent shop to Maplin Electronics (UK) here in
Canada?
Thanks
SP
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I bought a nice dual 20mHz Itachi from Mr Ford a couples years ago with
warranty for about $200 plus PST and chipping . An excellent unit and
good buy , Try it = http://www.testequipmentcanada.com/
roma |
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Dr. Anton T. Squeegee
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Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject:
Re: where to buy 2nd hand scope in Canada? |
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In article <1132756111.166348.106380@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
prem.sivasamy@gmail.com says...
| Quote: | Hi,
I am looking for a second hand oscilloscope (in Canada), and anybody
helps me where I can buy electronics equipments/components in Canada?
What is the equivalent shop to Maplin Electronics (UK) here in Canada?
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Which part of Canada?
Good sources for O-scopes in the surplus arena tend to be at ham
radio swap meets. There are also surplus electronic dealers, such as
Sphere Research in BC, or Toronto Surplus and Scientific, that sell such
(though TS & S is, in my opinion, somewhat overpriced).
Also, you didn't mention anything about your bandwidth
requirements. Pretty hard to suggest a 'scope without more info. In
general, though, it's hard to beat the Tektronix 7000 series for being
lab-bench workhorses.
Happy hunting.
--
Dr. Anton T. Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute.
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, ARS KC7GR,
kyrrin (a/t) bluefeathertech[d=o=t]calm -- www.bluefeathertech.com
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped
with surreal ports?" |
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Dr. Anton T. Squeegee
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Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject:
Re: where to buy 2nd hand scope in Canada? |
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In article <Xns9719DEC58D143roma@64.59.144.76>, john-p@shaw.ca says...
<snippety>
| Quote: | What is the equivalent shop to Maplin Electronics (UK) here in
Canada?
Thanks
SP
I bought a nice dual 20mHz Itachi from Mr Ford a couples years ago with
warranty for about $200 plus PST and chipping . An excellent unit and
good buy , Try it = http://www.testequipmentcanada.com/
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20MHz bandwidth for $200? And not Tek-built?
If you're happy with a deal like that, great, but I've seen Tek
465's and 475's go in about the same price range, and you get at least
100MHz bandwidth.
Keep the peace(es).
--
Dr. Anton T. Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute.
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, ARS KC7GR,
kyrrin (a/t) bluefeathertech[d=o=t]calm -- www.bluefeathertech.com
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped
with surreal ports?" |
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:-)
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Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:35 am Post subject:
Re: where to buy 2nd hand scope in Canada? |
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I have a vintage BK 1470 ;-)
if you are interested :-)
roma wrote:
| Quote: | "SP" <prem.sivasamy@gmail.com> wrote in news:1132756111.166348.106380
@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
Hi,
I am looking for a second hand oscilloscope (in Canada), and anybody
helps me where I can buy electronics equipments/components in Canada?
What is the equivalent shop to Maplin Electronics (UK) here in
Canada?
Thanks
SP
I bought a nice dual 20mHz Itachi from Mr Ford a couples years ago with
warranty for about $200 plus PST and chipping . An excellent unit and
good buy , Try it = http://www.testequipmentcanada.com/
roma |
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