[BULK] - [Amps] Advice on instruments for ham use

[Karl-Arne Markström]

Pete,

If you are willing to include a certain amount of "gambling" in the 'scope purchase,
something to look for is the Tek 465 100 MHz unit.

These are quite common, reasonably priced, and a well-kept specimen can last virtually "forever".
The down side is that the switches and controls are subject to wear, and may be
difficult to repair.

73/

Karl-Arne
SM0AOM





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Katz" <stevek at jmr.com>
To: "'Pete Smith'" <n4zr at contesting.com>; <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 7:38 PM
Subject: RE: [BULK] - [Amps] Advice on instruments for ham use


> If you know how to use an oscilloscope, you definitely know what features to
> look for.  I'd recommend the local "Trader" papers rather than the 'net,
> since used 'scopes are extremely common items sold by lots of non-hams.  All
> three of my 'scopes, which include a 500 MHz dual-trace digital storage
> scope (Tektronix), were purchased used, locally, from people's garages.  The
> Tek cost me $150 and still had lab calibration tags from Northrup, with the
> calibration still current....-WB2WIK/6
> 
> "Nobody needs more than 640k!" -Bill Gates, 1982
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pete Smith [SMTP:n4zr at contesting.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:34 AM
> > To: amps at contesting.com
> > Subject: [BULK] - [Amps] Advice on instruments for ham use
> > 
> > I'm interested in acquiring a used solid-state oscilloscope for ham use.
> > I 
> > know this isn't the place to ask, but hope that people who hang out here 
> > can point me to a ham radio homebrew or similar mailing list where people 
> > would have good advice on which models, what to pay, etc.  There are 
> > skillions of Google results based on searching for the above topics but 
> > nothing, so far, that looks like the right answer.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > 73, Pete N4ZR
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