I have used a 465 for many years -Cut my teeth in the Navy with one. They were very fine scopes. The issue is that they used a lot of custom parts that are now made of un-obtanium as far as I know. A couple of years ago, Tektronix had a $200 trade in offer on their TDS series. At the time, I was repairing guitar amps on the side, so I took the plunge and got a TDS 2012 100 Mhz. Those guys have never lost the art of making a good scope.
-Pete wd4lst > Now to stir up the controversy, I used to have a Tek 465. This is a venerable > 100 Mhz scope, but frankly the 2246s that I have had worked better and were > much easier to use. So, I would recommend a scope more recent than the > 465/475 series. But there are lots of these still out there and are very > much liked by some. My one experience repairing a 465 may have colored my > view. > > Howard W. Ashcraft, Jr. W1WF _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
