[sdiy] Oscilloscopes on eBay

[Harry Bissell Jr]

I would recommend against buying used probes. They are
a 'wear item'... they do go bad with time. Nothing
(well, short of an ex-wife) is more annoying than a
scope probe that has benug to get flakey.

I always use 10X probes. 1Xprobes give a bigger
signal, but load the circuit so much they usually
interfere with normal operation.  Most signals that
are 'too small' to see with a 10X probe would be
loaded too much with a 1X probe anyway !

H^) harry  (who has two ex-wives... allowing me to
speak freely and blame the 'other' one. otoh a class
action lawsuit might not be out of the question :^)


--- James Howe <jwh at allencreek.com> wrote:

> I've been looking for one and most seem to come
> without probes.  Having  
> never owned a scope before, is there any particular
> type of probe which is  
> useful for synth work?  I see a couple auctions for
> a 100mhz (1x, 10x)  
> probe.  Would that sort of probe be fine for scopes
> up to 100mhz?
> 
> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:10:30 -0500, Metzger, Michael
> A  
> <MAMETZGER at partners.org> wrote:
> 
> > Since there've been a few inquiries lately about
> oscilloscopes, I  
> > thought I'd let everyone that there are over 700
> on eBay right now.[...]
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> James Howe
> 
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