[sdiy] digital oscope kit

[cyborgzero at comcast.net]

At the hamfests, the scopes are going for next to nothing these days
since we have basically sent every last bit of tronics work to China
and every place is closing down.

The last hamfest in Dayton looked like a test gear playground, and the
prices were rock bottom.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Schwichtenberg" <jays at aracnet.com>
To: "Dan Gendreau" <gendreau at rochester.rr.com>;
<synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 7:48 PM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] digital oscope kit


> Dan,
>
> IMHO this would only be good enought for real low end work. Nothing
serious,
> especially in the analog relm. I'd save my money and look for a used
analog
> scope. Check out e-bay for an old Tek or HP scope that has been
> refurbished/calibrated recently. I scored big time and got a 100 mHz
B&K
> dual channel for $90. I'm pretty bigited about digital scopes and
don't like
> to use even good ones on audio. Most are 8 bits, some are getting
into the
> 10 bit range. So when you're doing signal to noise or dynamic range
> measurements you don't have a lot to work with.
>
> Thanks for the soap box.
> Jay
>
>