[Elecraft] Oscilloscope Requirements?

[Jose Deschapelles]

By the way, one thing I liked about the Owon vs. Rigol is that it has an 8"
screen. I think the inside electronics is the same. One thing is that it 's
more expensive.
73,
Jose-W2JD
On Sep 24, 2012 7:00 PM, "Brian Denley" <b.denley at comcast.net> wrote:

> Or look at the new scopes from Owan, Rigol, Atten, etc.  Amazing prices on
> these Chinese scopes.
>
>
> Brian KB1VBF
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Sep 24, 2012, at 8:16 AM, Jim Wiley <jwiley at gci.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > TAC -
> >
> >
> > You might consider purchasing a used model.  I have an older Tektronix
> > TDS-200  60 MHz digital scope, and it works very well for me with ham
> > radio related issues.  All things being equal, I would have preferred
> > the 100 MHz version, but 60 MHz was what I could afford at the time (I
> > purchased the instrument new).  However, since then, there has been a
> > goodly selection of competent instruments available from eBay and
> > various instrument suppliers, such as Tucker electronics.  Do a Google
> > search for used / reconditioned test equipment.   If you make your
> > purchase from a company that refurbishes such instruments, they will
> > usually offer a 90 day or longer warranty.
> >
> >
> > 2 channel operation should be enough for whatever you will need.  I have
> > 4-channel capability in a Tek 7603 series analog scope, but have yet to
> > have a need to use it.  Some models of digital scopes include a FFT
> > (Fast Fourier Transform) function that will allow you to use the
> > instrument as a spectrum analyzer for signals that are within it's
> > bandwidth capabilities.  Interesting features of digital scopes:  The
> > ability to display a waveform, and simultaneously see frequency, P-P,
> > RMS, values in digital form. Also the ability to change the sweep speed
> > after the fact, expanding or compressing the vertical and horizontal
> > scales after the signal has gone.  Very useful for analysis of one-shot
> > phenomena.
> >
> >
> > Good luck with your purchase.
> >
> >
> > - Jim, KL7CC
> >
> > On 9/24/2012 3:40 AM, TAC wrote:
> >> I've decided to spring for a new digital storage oscilloscope and
> thought I'd
> >> solicit some opinions on how much scope I really need for general
> >> electronics and ham radio. 2 or 4 channel, 100 or 200 Mhz, memory buffer
> >> size, etc?Anyone using the PicoScope?  At work we have 500 Mhz, 4 GSa/s
> >> Agilent scopes and unfortunately that's a little out of my budget.  I
> was
> >> looking at the PicoScope line (http://www.picotech.com/) which look
> pretty
> >> interesting.  Looks like there are a number of cheap knock offs out of
> >> China. Thnx,-TAC
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> View this message in context:
> http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Oscilloscope-Requirements-tp7563195.html
> >> Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
> >> ______________________________________________________________
> >> Elecraft mailing list
> >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> >> Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> >>
> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________
> > Elecraft mailing list
> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> > Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> >
> > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>