First post, by MaxWar
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- Oldbie
My father had a small repair shop in the early 80s and had bought this Oscilloscope for his technician.
It ended up in storage for years and he recently gave it to me as he knows i've taken electronics as a hobby of late.
So It is about 30 years old.
I am really a total noob at using these things, but fortunately I have the operating manual!
I hope some of the more seasoned techies here might give me some insights or starter tips about this machine.
I also would like your opinions on this particular oscilloscope. Is it good, bad ? Missing some key features?
( its dusty )
It has all kinds of connections, some of which I am not sure about what they do ( I havent read the manual yet but i will )
I tried powering it up and It shows this line, does not seem totally normal, maybe it will require some calibration. ( Just noticed the trace rotate knob on the back, thats probably it! )
Main problem It has is that it came with only one probe, which is broken...
It must have come with 2 probes initially but the other one is lost in the abyss of the ages.
I need to shop for probes first thing I guess, Or repair the one I have, it is broken on the connector. Does not seem to be possible to use the original connector but I think they sell connectors like that at my local store.
Another question is, do I really need 2 probes? ( for monitoring reference voltage or something? ) Or I can do pretty well with one for now?
Anyway, pretty excited about this machine. Any input to help me start up with it is appreciated 😀
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