Im in the process of purchasing a scope i have a choice of the hantek brand new 70 mhz 2 channel for 210 bucks. or tektronics used for 189 2channels without probes just power plug? thanks
Ha Ha! Project pile. I got one of those.... add it to the "project" pile.
Your question begs my own: Analog or Digital? with a PC or standalone... I love analog 'scopes; give me a cathode ray tube for examining/monitoring AM radios over the digital stuff any day of the week. On many (if not most) of the digital scopes, you will not be able to see everything that matters... A better way to say that is "You can miss things on a digital 'scope, that you would see on an analog one."Im in the process of purchasing a scope i have a choice of the hantek brand new 70 mhz 2 channel for 210 bucks. or tektronics used for 189 2channels without probes just power plug? thanks
Your question begs my own: Analog or Digital? with a PC or standalone... I love analog 'scopes; give me a cathode ray tube for AM radios over the digital stuff any day of the week. On many (if not most) of the digital scopes, you will not be able to see everything that matters... A better way to say that is "You can miss things on a digital 'scope, that you would see on an analog one."
I believe a fellow forum member mentioned "cycle by cycle", here is a demo.A friend bought a digital scope a few years ago and I did not care for it at all. I have not saw one with an LCD in action but I hope it's better.
I believe a fellow forum member mentioned "cycle by cycle", if I wanted to examine an (F.M.) 27 MHz signal with a 20 MHz 'scope, I don't believe the 20 MHz 'scope would perform the same as a 150 MHz scope.. {try examining a 27 MHz F.M. signal with a 20 MHz 'scope}
My apologies for the 720p upload, my camera can not perform 4K capture..
(Cobra 25 LTD, mostly carrier in this demo)
Very true, I agree; buy what u can afford at the time and upgrade later, I got a hel-uv-a good deal on my analog 'scope, I got lucky!I just don't know how that would help me or most people. I use my scope to adjust AM modulation, to make sure an amplifier is not oscillating and to do the occasional RX alignment. I'm not opposed to buying a better scope when mine fails, I know I will, but the only FM work I do is on vhf & uhf.