[TenTec] more oscilloscope questions

[J. W. (Dub) Thornton]

Jerry:

Is the HP 1745 a good'un then?  I have had a 1745, with two TEK P6131 10X
passive probes for a few years, but was unable to find a manual for 
it when first
bought it, and have not tried for a while now.  Never used a scope enough to
even know HOW to use one, but enjoy reading postings from you particularly,
along with a few of the other guys that seem to know what they are 
talking about.
I have been a big fan of Ten Tec for a lotta years, and have a stable 
of 7 of their
rigs dating from the Omni VI Option 3, back thru the Triton IV 
digital.  I am also a
big fan of Elecraft, and built the K2 #317 and K3 # 833.

Appreciate your opinion on the 1745.

Thanks,  73  Dub K5DUB

At 09:30 AM 7/11/2010, you wrote:
>If its not Tek or HP and if its HP before the 1740, its not really a
>scope that works well and reliably. Yes there were pretenders but their
>products tended to be poor with poor bandwidths and lousy sweep
>triggering. The Tek 465 except for the delayed sweep switch and the HP
>1740 or 1742 have been reliable tools that work well and are FLAT to
>their bandwidth spec, not 3 dB down a the bandwidth spec. These are 200
>MHz and most logic glitches will be seen by them. A 30 MHz scope can
>miss glitches that logic can make. With my 475 on the bench I used it
>for DC through UHF measurements and set the VTVM on the back test
>equipment shelf. I quit using a meter with a GOOD DC scope available.

-- 
J. W.  (Dub) Thornton  K5DUB
Minco, OK.