Hi Richard, Just to give you some comfort, I have recently bought a used Oscillescope (Leader Brand; LS 8106). It did not comes with probes. I bought 2 brandless probes from regular electronic store that has a pin, a clip and a x10 switch (x10 is relevant if your scope is 100Mhz). At the other end of the cable is a BNC connector. According to the shop keeper, BNC connector should be universal (since I'm new to EE, I am not sure about this though). Thus, a probe can be used on most brands and types of oscillescope. As I do not know how to use an oscillescope yet, my younger brother performed a simple test (DC voltage) using the probes that I bought and it works ! cheers, Davis "Rick C." wrote: Huh? A probe is just a way of connecting your scope to a point for measuring. Some have needle ends, some have hooks or some do both. Some have a divide by 10 switch for higher impedance measuring. Some have a variable capacitor in the handle to adjust the frequency response. Some are just a straight through wire known as a "times 1" probe. Most all have a BNC connector to the scope. Some of those that have a switch on them may also switch the scale on the scope for the convenience of reading. Since your subject line stated a 60 mhz scope, just about any brand or type of probe will work for the response of your scope. Rick Richard Zinn wrote: > I am trying to buy a general purpose "passive" probe for this scope I bought > off ebay. I want to buy a Tektronix brand probe, but can't find anything > about this scope on the tektronix website. I've never bought a probe > before, I imagine I need to make sure it has the right fitting to attach to > my scope correctly... Does anyone know which kind this scope takes? Or > care to take a guess at it? > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics