What would be a good scope to have???

5150loveeddie · Post by **5150loveeddie** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 1:57 am

What brand, model, etc............??

5150loveeddie · Post by **5150loveeddie** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:13 pm

Allo, anyone??

novosibir · Post by **novosibir** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:11 pm

You didn't mention, what you'd like to do with an oscilloscope, but...

... maybe this link can help you:

http://www.tone-lizard.com/Oscilloscopes.htm

Larry G

Dude · Post by **Dude** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:30 am

Tektronix is the 'Marshall' of the oscilloscope world, you can't beat em! The Tektronix Type 453 has the crispest trace of any scope ever built and @ 50MHz with dual channel and triggering you can't go wrong. As I speak there is one on ebay going for $199.99 with 1 hour 50 mins to go, no bids. Anyone looking for their first scope should have a look at one of these. Internally they are a work of art and repairable, not like the surface mount crap they sell these days that costs you $$$$ for module changes.
If you want something more modern but still affordable, have a look at the 7000 series with plug-ins, theres a plug-in for every test you might ever want to make, even spectrum analyzers. My 7854 will do up to 400MHz and with a high speed sampler plug-in up to 1GHz.

Man its sweltering here... 00:27 hours and its still 27C

I guess having this toaster of a computer on and my 100w Marshall glowing away is adding a bit to the ambient temperature in here.
Time for a shower..............