Good Morning John,
I got mine from Welectron after asking all the german distributors for their special price via Mail.
After a nice mail exchange with the owner I bought it there with 5% off and Paypal payment.
The device arrived two days later. With the reduced VAT in Germany (16%) as Martin mentioned
it should be worth a try.
Yesterday I ordered a SDG2042 there and noticed that they now offer a free financing via Paypal with
6 or 12 monthly payments (of course you loose the other discounts) but may be it helps someone.
(I stopped my efforts with the FY6900 and decided to invest now in a tool that fulfill better my needs but
that‘s a story for the other board)
Good evening to you, Bad_Driver,
Apologies for the delay in responding but I've been rather busy sorting out a discount deal with telonic.co.uk for an SDS2104X+. I've ordered mine from them just this afternoon with a nice discount. I'm expecting delivery sometime the end of this week or else the middle of next barring any unforeseen delays.
I'd have gotten a discount out of Labtronix if I'd enquired a week sooner to catch their last bulk order on these models (they're not usually a stocked item) and it would likely be another 8 weeks to the next bulk order opportunity to get a discounted price, otherwise I'd have placed my order with them (on the "Better the Devil You Know" principle - they've never once let me down but then I've only ordered just the one item from them 18 months ago, namely an SDS1202X-E ).
I realise this is off topic but I'm curious about why you didn't choose the slightly cheaper SDG1062X over the SDG2042 which only goes to 40MHz versus the 60MHz (both sine and square waves) of the former as an upgrade over the FY6900. Presumably, you were more attracted by the 16 bit resolution and the touch screen interface than an upper frequency limit to match that of the FY6900.
I've been looking at the specifications in detail (again!) on both the SDG1000X and the SDG2000X series function generators (the only model ranges within reach of my wallet that aren't a complete joke novelty item compared to even an FY6600-60M for more than twice its price (eg the SDG805 and SDG810 single channel 5 and 10MHz models).
The SDG1062 to my mind, looks a little more attractive as an upmarket replacement for my much improved FY6600-60M but I won't be making a purchasing decision right away until I've concluded my upgrade efforts with the FY6600 (upgrading those 85 ohm 20dB attenuators to 50 ohm pads and, maybe a PSU upgrade if testing with battery power and a 7805 validates the benefit of such). OTOH, like you, I might just have done with my toy FG and treat myself to a brand spanking new SDG1062 - I think I can manage without the additional 2 bits of resolution and a touch screen .
JBG
Good Morning John,
I got mine from Welectron after asking all the german distributors for their special price via Mail.
After a nice mail exchange with the owner I bought it there with 5% off and Paypal payment.
The device arrived two days later. With the reduced VAT in Germany (16%) as Martin mentioned
it should be worth a try.
Yesterday I ordered a SDG2042 there and noticed that they now offer a free financing via Paypal with
6 or 12 monthly payments (of course you loose the other discounts) but may be it helps someone.
(I stopped my efforts with the FY6900 and decided to invest now in a tool that fulfill better my needs but
that‘s a story for the other board)
Good evening to you, Bad_Driver,
Apologies for the delay in responding but I've been rather busy sorting out a discount deal with telonic.co.uk for an SDS2104X+. I've ordered mine from them just this afternoon with a nice discount. I'm expecting delivery sometime the end of this week or else the middle of next barring any unforeseen delays.
I'd have gotten a discount out of Labtronix if I'd enquired a week sooner to catch their last bulk order on these models (they're not usually a stocked item) and it would likely be another 8 weeks to the next bulk order opportunity to get a discounted price, otherwise I'd have placed my order with them (on the "Better the Devil You Know" principle - they've never once let me down but then I've only ordered just the one item from them 18 months ago, namely an SDS1202X-E ).
I realise this is off topic but I'm curious about why you didn't choose the slightly cheaper SDG1062X over the SDG2042 which only goes to 40MHz versus the 60MHz (both sine and square waves) of the former as an upgrade over the FY6900. Presumably, you were more attracted by the 16 bit resolution and the touch screen interface than an upper frequency limit to match that of the FY6900.
I've been looking at the specifications in detail (again!) on both the SDG1000X and the SDG2000X series function generators (the only model ranges within reach of my wallet that aren't a complete joke novelty item compared to even an FY6600-60M for more than twice its price (eg the SDG805 and SDG810 single channel 5 and 10MHz models).
The SDG1062 to my mind, looks a little more attractive as an upmarket replacement for my much improved FY6600-60M but I won't be making a purchasing decision right away until I've concluded my upgrade efforts with the FY6600 (upgrading those 85 ohm 20dB attenuators to 50 ohm pads and, maybe a PSU upgrade if testing with battery power and a 7805 validates the benefit of such). OTOH, like you, I might just have done with my toy FG and treat myself to a brand spanking new SDG1062 - I think I can manage without the additional 2 bits of resolution and a touch screen .
JBG
Beyond these spec differences which are huge.. 1.2 GSa/s 16-bit 8 pts to 8 Mpts vs 150 MSa/s 14-bit 16 kpts
The 2k can be unlocked to 120MHz, the 1k only goes to 60MHz.. extra 200 is worth it for arbing all day long
Still no deskew fixture in my hands...
Martin
You really still not have this fixture cripes I have had six deliveries from the USA, andvone from Greece since last Thursday that is poor service.
Mind UPS here in the UK have been experiencing big issues here lately with a total overloading over there capabilities with upto 7bdays on a next day service
It all takes time but the real problem for Martin has been lack of good communication from his supplier.
QuoteIt all takes time but the real problem for Martin has been lack of good communication from his supplier.
Exactly the point plus I don´t like to get screwed ( they marked the item as "shipped" on june 13th).
having faceless and difficult to contact companies via non transparent websites should result in the directors being whipped with a lightly salted slug on a cold November morning on the Isle of Skye
Many years ago the UK was the world's envy for quality manufacturing goods ...
Yes like their 60/70/80 cars with 'engineered in' oil leaks.
Then along came the Japanese but they rusted even faster than English cars.
Corporates not held to account by Gubbermints are mostly at fault for todays imbalances.
At last, it has arrived....
Hi Rob,
Yes but it shouldn´t matter so much that the current waveform will be deformed as it is.
I think it´s because of the limited bandwith of the clamp, will check this with bode plot later in the evening.
Now that you have fully tested you clamp you can move on.