Hi Guys,
Since I'm a newbie I thought it might be worth telling you a little about my recent experiences. I bought a DS2102 on the back of Dave's excellent review of the DS2000 series. The DS2072 wasn't in stock and I figured the extra bandwidth would come in handy... I am so incredibly impressed by the capabilities, way way better than the DS1102 I had prior to it. In fact, it amazes me to think that in the early 90's I was paying 20,000 GPB for an HP 1 GHz sampling scope that did a fraction of what the Rigol does (long before Agilent existed). Well ok, the money was not from me personally, it was from the company I was working for at the time, but as a young engineer, getting that scope at the time seemed like someone had given me the keys to Aladdins cave
Unfortunately I quickly discovered the Rigol 'self cal' problem before I could even try the options. It's a great pity that I had not found this extensive thread before trying out my scope; I would have waited before doing any cal. I did talk to my supplier/distributor (here in the UK) - although they are willing to help they have not heard of this issue before, and so the members of this forum are the experts to talk to as far as I can see. I have noticed talk of a 'secret handshake' and if anyone is able to PM me and help me out I would really appreciate it? (** see my added comment below...)
By the way, a significant part of my background is in RF/microwave, I guess I'm one of the 'grey beards' that Dave sometimes mentions in his teardown videos. If anyone wants to know more about the high frequency stuff (more the passives than the actives), I can help!
Regards, Will.
** Many thanks to those who responded via PM - it's great to join a community where people help each other out like that. I hope I find a way to do likewise in the future...