[Elecraft] Oscilloscopes

[Wingkeel at aol.com]

Hi all,

     When I first researched buying an oscilloscope, I tried EBAY.  I found a 
nice 50-MHz Tektronix's and bought it.  Unfortunately, it must have fallen 
off the truck because it was pretty much beat-up too badly to work.  My next 
stop was the local instrument rental shop.  They had o-scopes of every make and 
model.  I bought a Tektronix 2335, 100Mhz scope that looks like it just came 
out of the box for $200.  It works like a charm.  A trip to the local 
electronics shop and I had a couple Probemaster 1x/10x probes for $37 each.  Is it the 
best product?  I doubt it but it does beat using a DMM alone.  Try your local 
instrument rental shop...you might be pleasantly surprised.  They regularly 
sell off gear as they get newer gear in.

The o-scope allowed me to troubleshoot my not-yet completed K2 and find a 
miss-wired toroidal transformer by allowing me to "see" problems with my 
waveform.  Each day I learn a little more about the scope...mostly from reading 
messages on the Elecraft Reflector...Better than going back to school.

                     73's de Terry Southern - KC0QZX

In a message dated 6/23/2004 2:10:23 AM Mountain Standard Time, 
elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net writes:
Thanks Ron for your clear answer. I understand, I think this is will be fine
for me for now. You know higher they can take, higher will be the price
also. This scope is actually around 500$ CDN.... That the maximum I can
affort for a scope for now... But maybe in the futur, I could get a hand on
a better scope (maybe a used one) for a good price.

Anyway, for now, I think it will be very handy, at least for my
understanding of a scope and for basic readings I need.

Another good message I will keep in my files !!!

Thanks again.