[Test-Equipment] Advice about used scopes

[Chris Albertson]

I've desided I want a "new to me" scope.  Looking on eBay I find used
scopes are selling for pennies on the dollar.  I want a general purpose
dual trace scope of at least 100Mhz BW  After I've met those minimum
specs the most important thing is reliability.  

So I guess the question is, if I'm looking for a used scope for use on
the bench to build and debug QRP HF band gear (and I like Tektronix)
and my budget is "$100 and up", what is the best value?  The mainframe
types seem nice because I can swap out parts but possibly the portable
ones (like the 454 or 465) are better as they were designed to be
lugged around by field service techs.  

I'm just getting back into electronics.  The last time I had access to
good test equipment was in a University lab in the early 1980's and now
I see all that stuff has become affordable.




Chris Albertson
  Home:   310-376-1029  chrisalbertson90278 at yahoo.com
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