[Amps] Advice on instruments for ham use

[Gary Smith]

My turn with a question. 
What would be a good (cheap) analog  (or digital ) scope to use for the sole purpose of observing my transmitted signal?
And being I have zero experience with a scope, what would be the easiest method of hooking it up? Just a simple loop over the coax or... ?
Something that would fit on (or near) the desk with out taking up the entire desk.
Thanks to all,
Gary 
WA6FGI

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Turner 
  To: amps at contesting.com 
  Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 11:06 AM
  Subject: Re: [Amps] Advice on instruments for ham use


  On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:41:01 -0500, bill weinel wrote:

  >As others have stated, I would go for a good quality analog scope over a 
  >  digital scope. Digital scopess tend to be harder to fix. Also I don't 
  >think digital scopes provide as good a picture of whats happening in an 
  >analog signal as an analog scope does. This is due to the 
  >sampling/averaging nature of the digital scope. So unless you can afford 
  >to purchase one with a very high sampling rate, I would go for a good 
  >quality analog scope.

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  To expound a little further on analog vs digital:

  Analog scopes are fine for a repeating waveform such as RF, or one
  which changes relatively slowly such as an audio frequency voice
  trace.

  Digital scopes are best for a one-time event which is either too fast
  or too slow for the human eye to capture well.  One example would be
  capturing a relay or switch contact bounce.  They also (usually) have
  the ability to store and print out individual traces.

  Each has their place, but for amateur radio purposes, an analog type
  is probably adequate, as well as easier to fix and cheaper to buy.

  --
  Bill W6WRT



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