Having worked for HP/Agilent, you'd think I'd be pushing one of them...or a Tek
version. If you can find a nice one...great! But I gotta tell 'ya....the cheap
Chinese ones are now lookin pretty darn good. LCD displays, and ability to save
an image as a .jpg on a thumb drive! If I was suddenly scope- less, (and
every ham needs a scope)....I'd be looking at one!
...Dave
Sent from my iPad
On Feb 18, 2012, at 2:14 PM, "Hulett, Russell" <rhulett1@consolidated.net>
wrote:
> I've avoided owning a scope, but the recent discussion about troubleshooting
> low power from an Omni D has me rethinking. Most of the gear I own now old,
> have managed to diagnose problems without owning a scope. In one case, the
> problem with an old hollow-state receiver was found by poking around with a
> wooden dowel to expose a poor solder joint. My main concern is spending more
> money on a scope than my shack is worth, or alternately spending more time
> fixing a used scope than is warranted.
>
> Would be curious about thoghts from others who repair their own gear about
> what minimum-required scope would be.
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