No one buys a damn $8000 oscilloscope for Christmas
December 18, 2008 at 10:44 am | kendall | hardware, science and the publicWhy, I ask you, does it seem that every vendor I’ve even thought about soliciting a quote from has decided to flood my email with “Holiday Specials” on highly specialized scientific equipment? There’s a reason that O. Henry tells not of Jim selling his oscilloscope to buy Della a phototube cryocooler, while Della sells her monochromator to buy Jim a signal generator. That reason is because it’s moronic.
- A little subtle sexism, anyone?
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Does anyone know where to buy good analog oscilloscopes? I don’t trust digital scopes for picking up features in the nanosecond regime.
Comment by Mitch — December 18, 2008 #
wait, that’s not how the story goes? what the hell is a magi??
Comment by sam — December 18, 2008 #
I’ve actually got something of a post on this topic that I’ve been putting off for a while. I guess I should actually finish putting it together. (We have the same problem looking at fast photodiode outputs).
Comment by Kendall — December 18, 2008 #
Fry’s??????
Comment by Scott — December 18, 2008 #
try Test Equipment Connection they have a great selection of new and used analog scopes
http://www.testequipmentconnection.com
Comment by phil — December 19, 2008 #
I’ve had good luck with Ebay scopes — 400 MHz for $500 seems pretty reasonable. They usually last a few years …or more.
Comment by A2Z — December 19, 2008 #