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| precaud:
For me it comes down to capabilities and budget. Find me a new Chinese swept VNA/FRA with isolated inputs, built-in splitter, with more than two input ranges. Find me a new Chinese variable frequency LCR/LCZ meter with that can measure the impedance of in-circuit DC sources up to +-40V. AFAIK, they don't exist. |
| Bud:
--- Quote from: AVGresponding on February 05, 2023, 09:51:19 am --- GPIB and variants are still well supported, and those don't try to phone home when you plug them into your network... --- End quote --- Keysight I/O Libraries do. |
| bdunham7:
--- Quote from: Finderbinder on February 05, 2023, 08:41:32 am ---Exactly. Old communications are useless today. Informative displays are also big advantage of modern equipment (you can see some related parameters at once, no need to fiddle around). --- End quote --- Can you be specific, as in examples? Floppies have faded for sure, but I have "older" equipment that uses things like GPIB, RS232 and CF cards. Some of those give me capabilities that otherwise would be wildly unaffordable. And dealing with those old systems takes an extra step, but once you are set up it just works. As a bonus, some of that old equipment is easier and faster to operate--2 second boot times and 1 button push for any function, things like that. |
| mendip_discovery:
In some cases, the new kit is made by people who interpret the things made by greybeards but with the added issue of sales droids who ask for daft stuff like touch screens and the purchasing department trying to get the price down. So new gear isn't always as good. Old gear suffers from age etc but some of it is just affordable. Also, it is much like the desire for people to own vintage vehicles, the way they work is part of the fun/challenge of owning them. |
| 0culus:
O-scopes? Sure, why not. At the other end of the expense spectrum, how about a microwave network analyzer covering 26.5 GHz? Considering a NEW one likely costs at least twice what my house did, I'll stick with my 8510C...not to mention the far east cheap brands don't even offer something in that space AFAIK. I would also note that 40 and 50 GHz capable test sets for the 8510 are getting hard to find because small shops with low budgets are buying them up to get in on the 5G FR2 bandwagon without blowing a few million yankee bux. |
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