By the way, one thing I liked about the Owon vs. Rigol is that it has an 8" screen. I think the inside electronics is the same. One thing is that it 's more expensive. 73, Jose-W2JD On Sep 24, 2012 7:00 PM, "Brian Denley" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
