Scope buying advice

[terry michaels]

Message text written by "Phillip L. Harbison"
>Quinton asked for scope recommendations.  I've always had great
luck with Tektronix.  I cut my teeth on a Tek 765.  Nobody else
can beat their triggering and I really love the delayed sweep
feature.  I've used scopes by Kikusui and Hitachi.  They were
OK but I only used them if the Tek scopes were all busy, i.e.
as a last resort.  I've never cared for HP scopes, although
their other test equipment is top notch.  I love the HP 1630,
1631, and 1650 lines of logic analyzers.

I recently purchased a 2247A on the eBay auction site.  It is a
4-channel scope and I believe the bandwidth is 200MHz (not sure,
might be 400). <

Hi Philip:

I have several friends who are electrical engineers, and the opinion among
them is unanimous, Tektronix makes the best oscilloscopes. HP is better for
spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and other RF equipment.   BTW, the
2247A is a 100 MHz scope.

Terry Michaels