New Oscilloscope?

[Mark Allen]

I would second what keantoken has said about the Tek 465B. Really, there is no other brand of analog scope in my dictionary except Tektronix, not even H-P/Agilent! The 465B is still THE workhorse of the industry even after all these years. Clean 465B scopes can be had on E-bay for 150 or evehn less if you watch regularly. You don't wanbt the plain ole 465... get the B model because they use LEDs for all indicatoirs and dial illumination and there is much circuit improvement. I captured a like new 2465B scope with three Tektronix probes locally for just 100.00... thats a 350mhz scope!

Mark

[Hurtig]

Originally Posted by fredlock

You might want to check this out, http://cgi.ebay.com/OWON-EDU5022-Dig...d=p3286.c0.m14

I'm not the seller but I think it's a pretty good deal.

I have seen this OWON oscilloscope, and must say that I am impressed. Sure the Tektronix will perform better, but at a totally different price. At this price range, it does ALL that you can expect, and even more. The one I tested had a bunch of mathematical functions as default, like FFT. This is often extra on the expensive models
Only thing is, that it may react a little slow, when using controls.

For DIY use, I would choose the OWON. at $395 you will even get the battery version!! Go for it!

[jackinnj]

Originally Posted by Mark Allen

I would second what keantoken has said about the Tek 465B. Really, there is no other brand of analog scope in my dictionary except Tektronix, not even H-P/Agilent! The 465B is still THE workhorse of the industry even after all these years. Clean 465B scopes can be had on E-bay for 150 or evehn less if you watch regularly. You don't wanbt the plain ole 465... get the B model because they use LEDs for all indicatoirs and dial illumination and there is much circuit improvement. I captured a like new 2465B scope with three Tektronix probes locally for just 100.00... thats a 350mhz scope!

Mark

Second to your comments on the 465B -- I had one, but I now use the 2465B and a 3012B all the time, and a 5223 part of the time. The 5223 has the 5A22n differential plug in which is very nice for making noise measurements.

It used to be said that Tek couldn't make a decent spectrum analyzer, and that HP couldn't make a decent scope -- probably just a personality conflict with the users.

I have heard that the wave-runners are worth a real look...