It all depends on what you're trying to do. Truthfully, since you're asking for suggestions, I wouldn't spend too much on it unless you have a specific application in mind. In the almost 20 years I've been a ham (and tinkerer), I've owned three scopes. Two of them were freebies (10 and 40 MHz bandwidth, respectively) and the third, which I still have, is a Tektronix 464 100-MHz analog storage model that I bought for a reasonable sum. I didn't need the 464, but I had money burning a hole in my pocket and one came along. I really can't imagine a ham application where you would *need* a more than 100-MHz scope. So, pick the 100ish-MHz scope with the portability, number of channels, brand reputation, etc, that you want. If I can't afford nice things new, I usually choose to buy used things that were good when they were new.
Just one opinion, though... 73, --Ethan, K8GU/3. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:40 AM, TAC <[email protected]> wrote: > I've decided to spring for a new digital storage oscilloscope and thought I'd > solicit some opinions on how much scope I really need for general > electronics and ham radio. 2 or 4 channel, 100 or 200 Mhz, memory buffer > size, etc?Anyone using the PicoScope? At work we have 500 Mhz, 4 GSa/s > Agilent scopes and unfortunately that's a little out of my budget. I was > looking at the PicoScope line (http://www.picotech.com/) which look pretty > interesting. Looks like there are a number of cheap knock offs out of > China. Thnx,-TAC > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Oscilloscope-Requirements-tp7563195.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- http://www.k8gu.com/ Repair. Re-use. Re-purpose. Recycle. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
