[Elecraft] Test equipment recommendations

Thu Mar 20 09:48:00 2003

I'd highly recommend the HP 5328A or B model for a frequency counter. You
can find them for under $50 on the aution sites and have a .1Hz resolution.
-rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Brown" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 6:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Test equipment recommendations


> Hi
>
> There are a lot of old Tektronix scopes at very cheap prices. Be very
> careful on some of these as they are not supported by Tek any more and
they
> have proprietary parts no longer available. As a former Tektronix employee
I
> would never think I would say this but you may be better off buying one of
> the import analog scopes than an old Tek scope off of ebay. Of coarse if
you
> are looking for a digital scope and you have a large bank account you may
> want to look at a new or couple of year old Tek scope. The old scopes like
> the 453, 454, 465, 475 and the 7000 series I would avoid. The CRT's,
> attenuator parts and many of the IC's and semiconductors are no longer
> around for repair of these scopes.
>
> Don Brown
> KD5NDB
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 6:01 AM
> Subject: [Elecraft] Test equipment recommendations
>
>
> > Hi all:
> >
> > I'm looking to purchase a decent old-silly-scope (oscilloscope) and
> > frequency counter for alignment and testing my smoke generators
> > (I mean homebrew projects).  Cost isn't a big factor, but I'd prefer
> > not to have to get a second mortgage.  Any recommendations?
>
> SNIP
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