Why does everyone have twenty oscilliscopes?

[nanofrog]

Currently I only have 2, but my lab's always open to future adoptions. 

Because as in Peter Pan with fairies every time you say siglent another oscilloscope dies.

Brilliant! 

I may have to steal borrow this for a signature. 

[Vgkid]

Just one scope, and 6 (make that 3 currently fully function multimeters).

[Deathwish]

Currently I only have 2, but my lab's always open to future adoptions. 

Because as in Peter Pan with fairies every time you say siglent another oscilloscope dies.

Brilliant! 

I may have to steal borrow this for a signature. 

feel free.

[VK5RC]

I feel inadequate,  I only have 2, I will tell myself,  I must do better. 
@DeathWish, great Riglent comment!

[GreyWoolfe]

I feel inadequate,  I only have 2, I will tell myself,  I must do better. 
@DeathWish, great Riglent comment!

2 here plus a hollow state Tektronics 535A as a conversation piece.  I am secure enough in my manhood to only have 2.

[OldSchoolTechCorner]

Only have 3 and one of them is a handheld one. Use to have quite a few of them, decided to sell most the others that I don't need, or I repaired over the years as no point in sitting around collecting dust and rather it go to someone that has a use for it. Actually to come think about it, make that 4 if you count the USB PC based one as a oscilloscope.

[free_electron]

mm let's see

mso7104
54831a
54831a ( yes two )
54832d
54645d
54622a
54622d

not quite 20

[mrpackethead]

abc123 ( figment of my imagination )
mso8890-1 ( very rare model )
kammakooza 30  ( you get them on alibaba )
thingy-17  ( top secrect )
Rigol 8710  ( pre-release )

[SLJ]

I only have two that I use. The other five or six are for historical value. 
This one's my favorite:


Not sure what I'm doing with 150 tube testers though  , again, I only use two of them.

WOW, that is seriously cool. 

Does it work?
Shit, stuff like that MUST be preserved.

Yes it does.  Here's the signal generator that goes with it:


Both are from around 1938/1939.

[tautech]

I only have two that I use. The other five or six are for historical value. 
This one's my favorite:


Not sure what I'm doing with 150 tube testers though  , again, I only use two of them.

WOW, that is seriously cool. 

Does it work?
Shit, stuff like that MUST be preserved.

Yes it does.  Here's the signal generator that goes with it:


Both are from around 1938/1939.

2 WOW's SLJ.   

[John_ITIC]

Personally, I have five scopes, ranging from 500 MHz to some 50 GHz. When busy doing projects, older scopes are mostly gathering dust and are not worth enough to be bothered sold off. Also, one might need an extra for some unknown future reason. However, I just bought a new 13 GHz Agilent Infiniuum so I will sell my older 6 GHz 54855A Infiniuum since too valuable as dust collector.

I suppose one collects things one doesn't need when one has more money than time (to sell).

Whozzo.. can i ask what you use a 50Ghz Scope for, and how many gold bars you needed to pay for it?

Well, it is an equivalent time oscilloscopes so has an analog bandwidth of 50 GHz; however, only samples with 200 Ksamples/s!
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Oscilloscopes-/104247/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=11801B&_sop=15

However, the SD-50 (50 GHz) sampling heads are hard to find; the SD-24 TDR sampling heads (20 Ghz) are much easier to find and will turn the unit into a 17.5 ps differential TDR: http://www.ebay.com/sch/Test-Equipment-/4676/i.html?_sop=15&_from=R40&_nkw=SD-24&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

Edit: The 50 Ghz sampling heads are actually called SD-32 and *are* available on Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/sch/Test-Equipment-/4676/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=tektronix+SD-32&_sop=15

[helius]

I only have 3 oscilloscopes (2 analog, 1 digital), and 4 multimeters, which is adequate for my needs. But getting into more specialized projects takes specialized tools. The scopes range in age from 1971 to 1991, and still work. I think I spent a total of $175 for them.

[joeqsmith]

Are electronicists hoarders, or is there another reason why everyone seems to have a room full of test equipment?

I guess start young, stick with it and die old.    I did give away the first scope I ever bought brand new last summer to a guy just getting started.   

[tec5c]

Because they can't ebay their used Siglent?

 

[crispy_tofu]

LOL, I wish   

[Macbeth]

Yes it does.  Here's the signal generator that goes with it:


Both are from around 1938/1939.

Haha. That looks much classier than the Advance E2 that we used back in college (late 80's early 90's).



Art Deco styling vs World War 2 styling I think.

http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=56666


As for scopes. I have a Hantek MSO5102D (with the 200MHz bw hack), and an old 20MHz boat anchor Kenwood CS1025.

[xrunner]

Are electronicists hoarders, or is there another reason why everyone seems to have a room full of test equipment?

BECAUSE I LIKE IT!     

[tec5c]

Not sure how many I speak for here, however, it's not as though we go out and spend tens of thousands of dollars buying scopes. Sometimes you come across a scope that is destined for the dumpster/a bargin on eBay/faulty scope from friend/colleague etc

Much like how you accumulate components and such over time, you also accumulate test gear.

[AF6LJ]

I don't know; define so many?

Lets see...
My Tek-466, my main squeeze.
My Tek-321 It's portable.....
My Navy surplus scope in the garge.... Use to be my main Squeeze. it is also 100MHZ BW.
There is this B&K sitting on the floor that is good to 5MHZ (on a good dry day when the line voltage is high).
There are two Tek-475s in the garage waiting for me to make one working one....

Oh if you count them as scopes there are the two Heathkit SB-620 pan adapters.
The scope on my IFR doesn't count even though it is a fairly capable scope....

[Electro Fan]

Yes it does.  Here's the signal generator that goes with it:


Both are from around 1938/1939.

Haha. That looks much classier than the Advance E2 that we used back in college (late 80's early 90's).



Art Deco styling vs World War 2 styling I think.

http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=56666


As for scopes. I have a Hantek MSO5102D (with the 200MHz bw hack), and an old 20MHz boat anchor Kenwood CS1025.

Similar meter designs

[AF6LJ]

I love the old gear, it has class, the design of much of that stuff was easy on the eyes. 

[OldSchoolTechCorner]

Yes it does.  Here's the signal generator that goes with it:


Both are from around 1938/1939.

Haha. That looks much classier than the Advance E2 that we used back in college (late 80's early 90's).



Art Deco styling vs World War 2 styling I think.

http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=56666


As for scopes. I have a Hantek MSO5102D (with the 200MHz bw hack), and an old 20MHz boat anchor Kenwood CS1025.

Similar meter designs

Wow I have that same advance signal generator that I restored to working order a while ago. I love old gear. 

[fivefish]

 I bought the Rigol 1054Z to help me fix my Tek 2445A, when it develop weird problems on Channel A (readings wrong by several factor sometimes)....   Now the 2445A is fixed, and I have an extra Rigol. Between these 2 scopes, I have ( available channels.

I really do like the one-shot capture and digital readouts of the digital scope.

[xrunner]

What if you need to fix your scope? 

Well, if you go back far enough in time - there were no oscilloscopes. If you then go forward in time, at some point there was the first oscilloscope. So, how did they fix the first oscilloscope without another oscilloscope

[BravoV]

What if you need to fix your scope? 

Well, if you go back far enough in time - there were no oscilloscopes. If you then go forward in time, at some point there was the first oscilloscope. So, how did they fix the first oscilloscope without another oscilloscope

Build the 2nd one.