[sdiy] Best scopes for the money, 2020?

[Mattias Rickardsson]

Den tis 1 dec. 2020 23:50Jay Schwichtenberg <jschwich53 at comcast.net> skrev:

> With DVSTs (Direct View Storage Tube) I'd go with vintage.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-view_bistable_storage_tube
>
Nice, thanks for the link!

> Do you need to heat the room when they are turned on?
>
Not necessarily. ;-)
The more compact 564 is quite nice because it doesn't have a fan despite
putting out 250 watts. Otoh, the fan in the 549 distributes its even
greater amount of heat more evenly in the room, and the earmuffs helps with
the heat too.

/mr


On 12/1/2020 1:19 PM, Mattias Rickardsson wrote:
>
> Sure, my Tek 549 and 564 are storage oscilloscopes with the novel
> technique of keeping the phosphor glowing and all, but they have some
> vacuum tubes replaced by transistors so I'm not sure I'd call them vintage.
> ;-)
>
> /mr
>
>
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