I would stay away from early hp digitals, they are nothing but trouble, just take my word on this one, you are better off with a 2430 (might have dyslexic on the number)
The new digital lunchboxes are nice too, and if you know what you are doing you have no problems, I attribute the 'old timers' being wary of them to not knowing how to properly use them. Since I grew up with a infiinium, i've never had a problem seeing and removing aliasing errors and others, but you have to have a decent sense for what to expect to see, and know which way to turn what knobs to make it look right. (like adjusting sample rate etc.) Matt W8ESE Former KD8DAO http://blog.MattIsKichigai.com On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Alan Bloom<n...@cds1.net> wrote: > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 08:13 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > >> I agree with Don, I like analog scopes. Any time a signal is taken to bits >> (literally!) and then reassembled there are display artifacts and some >> accuracy of the waveform is lost but, you're quite right, analog scopes are >> *big* and heavy. > > I also dislike most digital oscilloscopes. On most of them, it is > obvious that the user interface was designed by a software person, hot a > hardware engineer. I hate having to search through multiple layers of > menus to access some simple function. > > However, the HP54600-series oscilloscopes are different. They combine > the advantages of digital with the look and feel of an analog scope. > There are separate knobs for all the most-used functions. The design > team was lead by Bob Witte K0NR who knows a thing or two about what a > hardware engineer wants in an oscilloscope. > > HP/Agilent no longer sells the 546XX, but you can occasionally find one > on the used market. Scanning down the list on Ebay I see an HP54620A > (version with built-in logic analyzer) with a starting bid of $200, two > 54610B's (500 MHz, dual channel) starting at $700 and $725, HP54600A > with optional GPIB module $500, etc. > >> Again, good digital scopes are the more expensive scopes. > > Generally true. I bought mine brand new (with employee discount) some > years ago and have never regretted it. For once in my life, it's nice > to have a no-compromise, reliable piece of test equipment. > > By the way, if you do decide on analog, the HP1740 100 MHz scope is a > very good choice. (Much better than most of the analog scopes HP came > out with over the years.) They often show up on Ebay. > > Al N1AL > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
