Re: TDS-1002b Any good? Comments?

Jim Yanik wrote:

Joerg <notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:X_3Fh.2396$BE2.899@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:


Anthony Fremont wrote:

Joerg wrote:




I currently have the "pleasure" to work with similar (but older)
scopes at a client. TDS220, one of the big TDSes, etc. Long story
short I am not too enthused. The 220 even spits out noise that
bothers us so has to be turned off at times. The bandwidth gets


Do you mean like down the probe cable, out the probe tip and into your circuit, or do you mean accoustical noise?


Nope, it look like EMI from a switcher or something like that in there.


Yes,that scope has a purchased switcher PS.


Aha...

Well, it got to the point where I just had to turn it off. Of course, a scope becomes quite useless when in that operational status ;-)


It was pretty loud and messing up some analog circuitry on a breadboard. The good old Tektronix 2465 did not do that at all.


"loud" infers an audible noise,"strong" noise would not infer audio.


Sorry, that was local slang. Out here, loud is also used for things like shirts when they are of some extremely bright color.

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