[Test-Equipment] Re: Test-Equipment Digest, Vol 23, Issue 7

[Phil Barnes-Roberts WA6DZS]

test-equipment-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:

> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 00:13:45 -0800
> From: DaveC <davec2468 at aim.com>
> Subject: [Test-Equipment] Hand-held scopes?
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> I've widened my search for a portable scope to possibly include 
> hand-held scopes.
> 
> My requirements are pretty modest: a few MHz, 1 channel. It would be 
> nice to see spikes and in-rush currents to show customers. (Does this 
> mean storage capability?)
> 
> Has anyone had experience with any hand-held model? I'd like to know 
> anything you have to offer.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave

Take a look at both Tektronix < 
http://www.tek.com/products/oscilloscopes/battery_powered.html > and 
Fluke < http://www.fluke.com/ >; they both now have handheld units that 
almost look like fancy overgrown graphing calculators, but should do the 
trick.  Other vendors may also be working into this market...

One (or a family) of Fluke's handheld meters can also be set up as a 
data-logger, monitoring a power line, then download (via InfraRed port 
to a laptop for make a spreadsheet and chart of the data collected.)

Good Hunting!
-- 
73, Phil Barnes-Roberts WA6DZS mailto:wa6dzs at arrl dot net
All else aside, RF to the other fellow's antenna is what counts.