I am well aware that things do go wrong. However, if Fedex or UPS pack the item, they have some incentive to do it well. I take my chances, traveling across the country to pick something up is out of

While this topic is related to the P6245 and repair, I think there is some included information I think is relevant to this post:

When double boxing, I always assume that the outer box will be sacrificial.  The inner box should be well fitted to prevent movement and should be good enough to almost ship the scope by itself. 

My favorite is polyethylene foam planking, but there are different densities and finding a reliable source of used material can be difficult. -Dave

Greetings, I learned the hard way about shipping scopes. Allow me a few recommendations. Over pack! If you are unwilling to toss your boxed scope, or anything else you are preparing to ship, down

Used carpet padding (the kind made from individual bits of dense foam) is very protective, soft enough to form around the packed contents, and FREE. It is a bit heavy, though, but that's somewhat of

If I can, I pack items myself and take them to UPS or FedEx for shipping. Double-wall boxes are available at Home Depot and Lowes. They are usually in the “moving supplies” aisle. If you are

My favorite source of boxes for shipping large/heavy items are bike shops.  Of course, they need to be resized, but with foam planking and double boxes I never had any damage shipping scopes. -Dave

Do look into shipping by bus. -bus station to bus station -sending and receiving parties go to the bus stations - not very expensive -May not be very fast -packages are handled by people not massive

Here's a page on a fabulous, late 570 I sold into Japan in 2000: https://www.pearl-hifi.com/07_Facility_Tour/Tek_570_005580/Tek_570_005580.html and here's a page detailing the crate I made to get

"Apparently even Tektronics was not above a well executed kludge." Please stop this. Bad enough in ebay listings, but here?

I have no idea how they lost it, but apparently it's not unusual for the GSP to lose packages; apparently it arrived in the UK and the courier is still waiting for it (a month since it got to the UK).

Yes, isn't it. Apparently even Tektronics was not above a well executed kludge. Thomas Garson Aural Technology, Ashland, OR By my calculation, the dynamic range of the universe is roughly

Fedex and UPS pack things fairly well, I have not had any damage. It can be pricey, but is usually less then traveling to pick something up. Some people offering equipment demand that you pick it up

Ups , FedEx. At least in the US. Use heavy card board and at minimum 2 inches of loose padding all round for shock. I have gotten them double boxes before and a 576 even in a wooden crate the trick is

Depending on how many boxes you need check out Uline.  They have double wall boxes of all sizes.  Staples have some boxes that are better than the Amazon boxes.   73, Bill, WA2DVUCape May, NJ

Is there a good service to use to ship scopes? The only boxes I have available are from Amazon and they are not very sturdy so I wouldn't trust shipping something heavy and expensive in

You're right - my fingers were typing faster than my brain. SCM

Replacement 5V crystal arrived today. Extremely fast dispatch but its output is only 1.2Vpp and nowhere near the expected TTL level! I modeled satbegginers idea in LTSpice but couldn't get it to work

Colin, I had the afterthought about low voltages since the regulation of the power transistor Q1195 relies on +5V, +15V and +130V being OK. The components I mentioned are all on the low voltage