[Elecraft] Oscilloscope Requirements?

[Jack Smith]

Dave Jones at EEV.blog http://www.eevblog.com/episodes/ has done a 
series of video reviews, including tear downs, of many of the new crop 
of inexpensive digital oscilloscopes. The index is chronological, not by 
subject category, but if you scroll through it, you'll find several 
highly informative videos on digital oscilloscopes.

Actually, most all of his videos are worth viewing.

There's also a useful EEV forum (links at the EEV blog page) with lots 
of discussion relevant to low end digital oscilloscopes. Some time spent 
there will be well invested.

I have four oscilloscopes here, two analog (Tek 465 and Tek 2246, both 
100 MHz), and two digital (Tek TDS430A, 500 MHz and a new Agilent 
MSO7304B 350 MHz, 4 channels) and both analog and digital 'scopes have 
their places. A decent Tek 100 MHz dual channel oscilloscope, such as 
the 465, can be purchased at quite reasonable prices and for a beginner 
may be a better starting point than a digital oscilloscope.

Jack K8ZOA


>> There was a company displaying at Dayton this year, called rigol (http://www.rigolna.com/)
>> Looks like they have digital scopes starting in the $329 range.  Spectrum analyzer around $1300.
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