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@jmr.com>
To: "'Pete Smith'" <n4zr@contesting.com>; <amps@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@contesting.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:34 AM
> > To: amps@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
> > The World HF Contest Station Database
> > was updated 20 Oct 2004
> > 2796 contest stations at
> > www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
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