Hi guys, I am very partial to the HP Denali 54720D scope which is available on Ebay in varius forms for around $1500. This $50K+ when-new scope is very easy to use, has many low cost plug ins, 8GS/s with up to 2GHz Bandwidth plug ins available, and the amazing 54701A FET probe. Support and spare parts supply are excellent. It's almost instantly on and ready, something I really don't like about the small portable scopes as they seem to take forever to boot up. The plug in I find most useful is the 54721A, with 1.1GHz bandwith, that gives two channels plus triggers. Don't look at the 54720A version, it is about the same price but has less performance (BW, memory etc). It's a bit more than a Rigol, but for around $2200 you can get the mainframe, two 21A plug ins, three FET probes, and as a side-feature the use as a boat anchor.. The only time I needed to use the manual was when using more obscure features such as histogram and FFT features, and then only to get all the details of what's possible. Otherwise it's so much easier to use than the small handheld Tektronix and Lecroy Waveace scopes. One cool feature is to use the 54701A probe as a FET input probe for our RF spectrum analyzer, using the scope as a probe power supply. Works amazingly well, I've used it up to way past 2GHz.Gives the analyzer 0.6pF/100KOhms input impedance. The probe is almost indestrucable. bye, Said In a message dated 4/16/2012 19:54:42 Pacific Daylight Time, hmur...@megapathdsl.net writes:
> To bring this full circle, a friend bought a very clean, working 465 for $50 > at MIT. Did that include probes? :) Good probes are probably worth more than that even without the scope. -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.