Tek 465 is excellent. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Ussery" To: Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 6:31 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: budget oscilloscope? > The late model Tek 453's are supposed to be pretty decent scopes. 50MHz, > two-channel, built throughout the 70's. All solid state - no tubes > except the display tube (watch out for some early models - they had > tubes). I just got one off of Ebay, recently calibrated (2001), one > probe, lots of accessories, works fine, decent cosmetic shape, seems to > work fine, for $80. It seems like the 453's come up on Ebay pretty often > for really cheap. Just watch out for dogs/lemons. > > TTYL! > > - Robert > > Michael O'Donnell wrote: > > Lots of talk about really nice oscilloscopes on the list, but they are all > > out of my range. I'd like to get a very basic scope to use for fairly > > simple electronics projects, perhaps something in the ~$100 price (on > > eBay)... > > > > Scopes sell for that price, but I'm sure that there were some great scopes > > as well as a few dogs built back in the 80s. > > > > Without intending to set off a religious battle, what are some of the > > classic scopes that might be going for low prices now? There seem to be > > lots of Tektronix out there, but are other brands (Hitachi?) good? What > > about well-regarded model numbers? I'd like to have a few models to search > > for and then just look until I find a good one. > > > > Any thoughts or considerations would be greatly appreciated. > > > > cheers, > > mike > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu