[Test-Equipment] O-Scopes

[Jim Atkins]

I really like my 2213A. It is a fine piece of equipment. Does most 
everything I want to do. The only thing that is a negative is it is a 60 MHZ 
scope but it gets me by in most cases. What I really wish it had is a 
built-in freq counter.

Jim W4UX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Parker" <parkjv1 at comcast.net>
To: "'Discussion of Electronic Test Equipment'" 
<test-equipment at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 9:41 AM
Subject: RE: [Test-Equipment] O-Scopes


> Thanks to all for their input.  But, what is everyone's feeling about the
> Tektronix 2213 scope?
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: test-equipment-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:test-equipment-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Steve 
> Harrison
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 6:48 PM
> To: test-equipment at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: RE: [Test-Equipment] O-Scopes
>
> At 06:51 PM 12/2/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>>On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, John Parker wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to figure out which is the best general type of O-Scope to
>>> purchase without breaking my wallet.
>>
>>My opinion, which probably isn't worth much would be to try and get
>>something like a Tek 465. I think scope prices have come down with the
>>advent of digital scopes with screens other than CRT's.
>>
>>I use a Tek 2236 which has a built-in DVM/counter which is handy.
>
> Go to eBay and do a search on search terms such as tektronix, tekt*, etc.
> You'll get several hundred listings. Many will be from fly-by-night
> equipment brokers, some of whom will have warranties, some won't. For your
> application, a 60 MHz scope will be adequate but a 100 MHz will be really
> good. You can find all sorts of things like 465s, 475s, 7603s, 7633s, etc.
> Make certain the seller claims it works and that you can return it if not.
> Shipping won't be cheap so take that into account. You can generally get
> one of the above for less than $150. Many of the dealers will have
> Buy-It-Now prices several times that but usually, if it works, at least a
> 30-day warranty. Many even offer 7-day "Right-Of-Refusal" or the ability 
> to
> immediately return it if you don't like it, even if it works properly.
>
> Remember you also need probes and those aren't cheap; you won't usually
> find a pair of 100+MHz probes complete with tip clamps and grounding wires
> for less than $40.... EACH.
>
> To get an idea of a dealer's price structure, be sure to look at other
> things they've got listed. You may, as I did, find them listing a scope at
> what looks like a low BIN price but when I checked their other listings of
> other equipment, most had higher prices than I thought reasonable. While
> checking with buddies who knew the companies, they said the companies
> weren't their own first choice when they ran across them at swap meets; 
> the
> equipment generally was in pretty crummy shape. Going back to eBay, I then
> looked further at other listings of these companies and discovered they
> were using the same photograph of one model, for ALL listings they had of
> that model. In other words, they weren't showing exactly what the 
> equipment
> really looked like. Further, both of the two companies I was looking at,
> had only a few dozen feedbacks, despite having nearly a hundred listings.
> That likely means they recently changed user IDs, probably to get away 
> from
> numerous complaints/poor feedback.
>
> Steve, K0XP
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