Carl (M0ICR ex 2E0TEC) saved the day with my Tek 465 — he sent the replacement HV multiplier that put the ‘scope back in action. (Ace Tek repairman Tad WA1FQO made the repair. Tad sells Tek scopes on E-bay — check out his products: Search for fqo63 on ebay.)
Carl notes a number of similarities between our workbenches and recent projects. All he needs now is a Drake 2-B!
Alan Wolke said he’d be interested in my reactions to having both a digi scope and an analog scope on the bench. I can already see areas where one might be a bit better than the other. The Tek is better at watching a fast moving audio or SSB waveform. But the Rigol doea all kinds of math tricks. Check out the FFT function shown on Carl’s page: http://iqrp.net/
I am very pleased that you finally got it working with the help of brothers from the fraternity. Having listened to your latest Podcast I think that must be your alter ego! I have A Tek 465, Rigol 100MHz DS1102E and have built 2 Bitx, one for 20m and the other for right bands- using a DDS VFO (3 if you include the 80m version by Steve Drury G6ALU – look up MKARS80) …I also have 2 copies of SSD!
My website is here: www.iqrp.net where you can see both scopes in my shack and images of my Bitx and my Hans Summers WSPR beacon!
I have just returned from my local radio club social meeting (the Radio Society of Harrow) and took great pleasure in listening to Soldersmoke 158 whilst driving there … half on the way there and the other half on the way back.
Very best wishes from London (where it is cold, wet and miserable !)
72/73 de Carl M0ICR (ex 2E0TEC from Nov 13)
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Hi Bill Please be mindful that you are comparing a 5+ year old, entry-level digital oscilloscope to your old analog Tek oscilloscope. New and better model digital scopes might be a different story and with a deep memory can show more of the stuff you miss with the old 465 Rondo