Re: test equipment

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

I would add that one shouldn't buy a scope with a really old CRT because
they cost  a fortune to replace...(at least relative to the cost of the
scope...)  the 2465 (or it's ancestor, the 465 (466, etc.)) are very nice
portable scopes with decent bandwidth, triggering, etc..  Calibration
manuals are readily available, and the user interface is quite simple (it
just doesn't do all the fancy things, so they don't need to have a "shift"
key or such...)


And, my bias is showing, but they are made by the only real oscilloscope
manufacturer: Tektronix. I confess the distinction is less these days with
digitizers, etc., but, for analog scopes, for me, it's Tek, any day.


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Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: test equipment


> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> Oscilloscopes have gone through a revolution the last few years.  Everyone
> wants the new digital computerized ones.  As a result, all the other
scopes
> are hitting the market and going dirt cheap if not free!!  Check out E-Bay
> for the going prices.  I would not buy any old giant ones now that you can
> get really nice newer ones for so little money.
>
> I see someone has a nice four channel Tek 2465 300MHz scope they wanted
> $1300 for.  Hi bid $350...
> http://cgi.ebay-dot-com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1709582267
>
> That is a really nice scope but now days it has the appeal of using a 286
> computer to big hot-dog corporate companies.  but that scope blows away
any
> other analog scope by far...
>
> Many nice scopes are under $100 and many simply are not getting any bids.
> Just sort them by price.  You could probably buy 5 of them in hopes you
get
> one good one and just throw the other four away :o)  "antique behemoths"
> are usually hauled off to the dump because no one will even take them for
> free noways.  Be sure you don't get ripped off there!
>
> Don't get one that has anything broken on it and "I" would not pay over
> $200 for any analog scope these days.  Even the fancy 4 channel is just
> another analog scope...  Doesn't even have an Eithernet port :o)  Drive a
> hard bargain because this is a buyer's market from heaven!!
>
> Of course, any scope is super nice to have so even though they may seem
> outdated, they still do all you need just as well as they did the last 50
> years.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Terry
>
>
> At 02:06 PM 3/9/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >maybe someone would not mind helping with this one.
> >i'm wondering what to look for in an o-scope.
> >i've found an antique behemoth for relatively cheap. also thanks for
posting
> >the link for line filters.
> >
> >and again
> >thanks
> >dan.
> >
>
>