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Old 08-22-2018, 06:11 AM
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Well I was hoping to get a consensus but it looks like people are are all over the place on this one.

I'd prefer an older CRT scope I think. What's everyone's opinion on the Fluke 3082? Will that do what I need it to? https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/tes...082/datasheet/
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Old 08-22-2018, 11:42 AM
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Well I was hoping to get a consensus but it looks like people are are all over the place on this one.

I'd prefer an older CRT scope I think. What's everyone's opinion on the Fluke 3082? Will that do what I need it to? https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/tes...082/datasheet/
I would think that is much more than you need for TVs and radios. Two channels would be enough. You could troubleshoot a computer with that. Fluke is certainly one of the best test equipment companies. I'm surprised that it affordable for you.
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Old 08-22-2018, 05:19 PM
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Yeah, while I was piddling around thinking about it someone else bought it. 220 smackaroonies, looked like brand new with probes. Back to the drawing board.
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Old 08-23-2018, 11:49 AM
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Yeah, while I was piddling around thinking about it someone else bought it. 220 smackaroonies, looked like brand new with probes. Back to the drawing board.
Oh, somehow I thought you were buying it new.
Remember that the more complicated something is, the more likely something will go wrong.
As far as my experience, unless I was working on digital electronics (and then a logic analyzer is better) two channels on a scope is enough. Two channels allows you to compare the timing of two signals, you really don't do that very often on a TV. On some scopes the second channel is used for the X axis when displaying in the X-Y mode. For TV use a bandwidth in the 5 to 50 MHz is fine.
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Old 10-11-2018, 08:27 AM
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Just updating this to say I was patient and found a Tektronix TAS220 (the last of the analog scopes) with the readout function for 85 GBP. With shipping it cost me around 120€ total, plus 10€ for some new probes on Amazon and I'm all set. It seems to work perfectly, though I'm gonna check calibration before using it for anything important.
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My workhorse bench scope is a Tektronix 454. It's old, but does a nice job.
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