Or look at the new scopes from Owan, Rigol, Atten, etc. Amazing prices on these Chinese scopes.
Brian KB1VBF Sent from my iPad On Sep 24, 2012, at 8:16 AM, Jim Wiley <[email protected]> wrote: > > TAC - > > > You might consider purchasing a used model. I have an older Tektronix > TDS-200 60 MHz digital scope, and it works very well for me with ham > radio related issues. All things being equal, I would have preferred > the 100 MHz version, but 60 MHz was what I could afford at the time (I > purchased the instrument new). However, since then, there has been a > goodly selection of competent instruments available from eBay and > various instrument suppliers, such as Tucker electronics. Do a Google > search for used / reconditioned test equipment. If you make your > purchase from a company that refurbishes such instruments, they will > usually offer a 90 day or longer warranty. > > > 2 channel operation should be enough for whatever you will need. I have > 4-channel capability in a Tek 7603 series analog scope, but have yet to > have a need to use it. Some models of digital scopes include a FFT > (Fast Fourier Transform) function that will allow you to use the > instrument as a spectrum analyzer for signals that are within it's > bandwidth capabilities. Interesting features of digital scopes: The > ability to display a waveform, and simultaneously see frequency, P-P, > RMS, values in digital form. Also the ability to change the sweep speed > after the fact, expanding or compressing the vertical and horizontal > scales after the signal has gone. Very useful for analysis of one-shot > phenomena. > > > Good luck with your purchase. > > > - Jim, KL7CC > > On 9/24/2012 3:40 AM, TAC 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
