RE: Oscilloscope recommendation

["Basura, Brian" <brian.basura-at-unistudios-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Jon,

The 466 is a great scope and works good for coiling. I picked mine up at the
TRW Swapmeet for $325.00 and it included a 1-year warranty. 

The newer DSO's put any analog storage scope to shame (and will save you
from getting a hernia). If I had the $'s I'd go straight to the DSO. You
won't be disappointed.

That's my free advice (and we all know what that's worth).

Regards,
Brian B.
 

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Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 10:47 AM
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Subject: Re: Oscilliscope recommendation


Original poster: "Robert E. Loeb" <loeb-at-kuentos.guam-dot-net> 

I have heard a Tektronix 466 works perfectly for this kind of work.
I have a used one I could sell you for about 650.

Good Luck



On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Jon Rosenstiel" <jonr-at-pacbell-dot-net> 
> 
> Hello esteemed coilers,
> 
> I have a background in electronics, (Ham radio in high school, radar in
the
> military and so on), but since that time I have not worked in the
> electronics industry and therefore am pretty much out of the electronics
> loop. I still enjoy electronics as a hobby, (Tesla coils, HV experiments,
> simple projects, repairing things, etc).
> 
> I am somewhat familiar with the operation of a scope, (I still have an old
> Heathkit that I use from time to time).  I have tried to use the Heathkit
to
> scope my coil, but the results were not very good. It seems pretty hard to
> watch the scope while the sparks are flying! I see quite a few references
to
> storage scopes on this list, sounds like something that may help me scope
my
> coil.
> 
> Now for the question: Keeping the above in mind, what are your
> recommendations for a decent scope that I could use to further my
knowledge
> about the operation of my coil? I really would like know more about the
> quenching. Earlier today I looked in one of my many electronic catalogues
> and saw some scopes that went for $4500.00!! Holy cow! Hopefully I could
> find a used scope for a lot less!
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jon
> 
> 
> 
>