I used one from 1973 or so until 1995. Great scope...on 8 hours a day for 22
years...not triggered unless being used...somewhere along the way, the fan quit
and ran that way for at least a year...didn't seem to matter...and I burned out
a 50 ohm input termination once and some indicator bulbs. I could see a single
3 ns pulse when I was looking for a digital design startup problem if I set the
single sweep, pull down the shade and turn of the ceiling lights at the
lab...put my face into the screen. I had a storage scope (466 I think) but the
485 worked too well to bother. As far as I know it is still doing fine. I
didn't care for HP scopes. Not enough anode voltage to see that single sweep
pulse if needed. It's a 350 MHz scope and Tek was always conservative with
their ratings.
Chuck, KE9UW
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of Brad Pioveson W9FX
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 13:56 PM
> To: amps@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Re: [Amps] Advice on instruments for ham use
>
>
> Comments on the Tek 485, anyone?
>
> 73
>
>
> Brad, W9FX
>
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