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Originally Posted by Electronic M
Another option is to get an analog scope and a separate digital frequency counter, maybe a sin wave generator with a wide frequency range too... That is what I do since I basically never sink more than $50 into any single piece of test gear. For clean sin waves or square you can feed the counter directly, but on complex waveforms like synchroguide h osc waveforms one can match an outboard sin osc to the number of divisions on the scope (dual channel makes it easier) and feed the matched sin osc to the counter.
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Some good tips here.
To blazes with a fortune in test gear, most of which won't get a lot of use, push what you have right to the edge.
What would be considered a wide frequency range in a sine wave generator? I picked up a Hewlett-Packard 652A a couple of months ago for free, apparently in working condition, the only catch being the meter is loose and slapping about in there. Its frequency range is 10Hz to 10MHz. I had no idea what I might be able to do with the thing, I just thought it was kind of neat.