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Tektronix scopes vs the compitition 1983

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ebastler:

--- Quote from: EPAIII on July 16, 2023, 11:48:48 am ---So what did the rest of the world buy? Phillips? Rohde & Schwarz? HP? Dumont?

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In Germany (and Europe in general?), Philips was probably the biggest seller in the up-market segment. Hameg was very popular as a budget/mid-range solution; not sure how much reach they had into the wider European market? Grundig had a line of scopes, but I have rarely seen these -- maybe they were more common in radio & TV workshops? I am sure there were other "local" European brands which were popular in their home markets outside of Germany.

Among imports, Hitachi was somewhat common (and was the brand of my first 20 MHz, 2-channel scope). And yes, Tektronix had a big presence in Europe, and was probably seen as the most advanced brand.

While Rohde & Schwarz were well-established and highly regarded in T&M equipment (and especially in HF technology) in the 80s, I believe they only started building general-purpose oscilloscopes well after the year 2000.

AVGresponding:

--- Quote from: EPAIII on July 16, 2023, 11:48:48 am ---Sorry, didn't mean to slight anyone.

So what did the rest of the world buy? Phillips? Rohde & Schwarz? HP? Dumont?

The joke about real estate is "Location, Location, and LOCATION". And the joke about scope manufacturers in the 1980s is "Tektronix, Tektronix, and TEKTRONIX". So, what's the European or British or Asian or African version?




--- Quote from: AVGresponding on July 14, 2023, 09:34:15 am ---
--- Quote from: EPAIII on July 10, 2023, 11:26:14 am ---In the 1980s you just bought Tek.

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In the US, perhaps. Not so much, in the rest of the world.

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Philips, Hameg, mostly, maybe Nicolet or Telequipment if you were unlucky...

It would be interesting to know the price points for each of those scopes at the time of review.

vk6zgo:

--- Quote from: EPAIII on July 16, 2023, 11:48:48 am ---Sorry, didn't mean to slight anyone.

So what did the rest of the world buy? Phillips? Rohde & Schwarz? HP? Dumont?


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In Australia, for those organisations that could afford them, it was pretty much Tektronix, with a few HPs.
For lower echelon firms, like those in TV servicing & suchlike, Philips had a good following, along with also-rans, like Hitachi, Telequipment, BWD, etc. (although the latter two also made up-market versions, with BWD producing a full-featured CRO in the Tek 465 class).
In much earlier years, AWA, Cossor, & EMI had a fairly substantial presence.

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