Re: Tektronics 545B o-scope

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Original poster: "robert heidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com>

Dan: The Tek 545 is a fine scope, but uses a lot of tubes and is quite
large. You also nead plug-in preamps that are expensive and hard to get.
Maintnance is expensive. I recomend you avoid this one. I have 3 and I like
them, but I don't recomend you buy one. To old to be a good investment.
      Robert  H

 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 07:54:16 -0700
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Tektronics 545B  o-scope
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 > Resent-Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 07:56:24 -0700
 >
 > Original poster: "Writeme Now by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <writeme42-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > Hi,
 >
 > Anyone know if this scope is sufficient for coiling?
 > Thanks
 >
 > Dan H.
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 >> Subject: Re: Sig gen and o-scopes
 >> Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 12:09:24 -0700
 >>
 >> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 >> <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >>
 >>
 >> You really don't even need an oscilloscope to find the resonant 
frequency of
 >> your coils.
 >>
 >> I have a couple oscilloscopes (including a beautiful Tektronix 3054B
 >> 4-Channel Phosphor scope which I just bought for $10,000) and i never 
really
 >> use
 >> them much to tune my coils.  I use the dual LED method to find resonant
 >> frequencies.
 >>
 >> If you are looking to get an oscillator, make sure you get a HP 200 series
 >> oscillator.  You can get these from ebay for about $20-30.  These are still
 >> the
 >> best oscillators since they can output almost a 100 VAC ! ! ! !
 >>
 >> Dan
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>> Hi,
 >>>
 >>> I recently watched TCBOR's Tesla Instrumentation video, and a signal
 >> generator
 >>> and o-scope seem like they would be good additions.  My question is
 >> this-how
 >>> many of you guys use them to find the resonant frequency of your coils,
 >> and
 >>> what should one look for in these units?  A quick e-bay search told me
 >> that I
 >>> could hook up with both for about 80 bucks.  In fact, the older units look
 >> a
 >>> lot simpler to operate than some of the more recent machines.  Should age
 >> scare
 >>> me if the units are in good working order?  Also, would I be limited as to
 >> the
 >>> availability of a high voltage probe for an old tube style scope?  I don't
 >>> think that I would need anything fancy to find frequency, but maybe it's
 >> not
 >>> important enough to warrant the money.
 >>>
 >>> Thanks,
 >>>
 >>> John Richardson
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>
 >
 >