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I can’t compensate my probe
SteveRosenlund:
--- Quote from: rf+tech on October 24, 2018, 06:39:34 pm ---Steve,
Remove the probe tip hybrid. According to https://www.tek.com/accessories/oscilloscope-probes/replacement-parts, the tip hybrid should should have a black tip and natural tail insulator color. Also, measure the cable length to ensure it is 1.5 meters.
Based on prior experience, there is a strong possibility someone has interchanged parts. The sum of the current components may no longer be as Tektronix originally shipped, creating this compensation problem.
RF+ Tech
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You are a genius and I am an idiot. I got my replacement probe today and before reading your response figured out the same thing as the new probe compensates just fine. Turns out one of my p6156 probes has a black tip and I wanted it to have a blue tip. Swapped them over and it works just fine and dandy. Great call on your part and boy do I feel sheepish. Oh well, at least I now have 2 x p6137 probes.
Here are the probe tips. Offending probe in blue and new probe in black.
And here is my new comp from the old probe after switching for a black tip from a p6156.
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