VHS no longer has a decent digital scope. The last one broke literally three days after the last discussion on buying one.
Generously, @tdwebste has donated $200 or $250 (I don’t remember - Sorry! - will check) towards buying a decent one.
I’ll kick in $30 + some time / duty costs / overflow / whatever.
According to the subsidized equipment purchase policy, VHS will kick in 33% if 10 people or more also kick in, assuming no one vetoes. But if we have ten people, VHS probably won’t need to contribute, in all likelihood.
The exchange rate hurts right now, but I’m looking at possibly this:
It’s $400 USD / $600 CAD.
That’s the go-to cheap hobbyist scope, but I’ve never used that model so I’m not married to it or anything.
There’s also a cheaper one on craigslist:
http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/rds/ele/5363164059.html
I’m not a huge fan of only two channels, and the logo looks familiar, but I can’t recall anything about the brand.
Here is a Tilt:
http://tilt.tc/FTId
I’m happy to discuss pros and cons of Tilt with anyone offline
So:
What do we want to buy? And where? This is important. Craigslist is pretty dry, I don’t know anything about local resellers, and eBay is mostly American.