Getting started in repair

[maxhifi]

Originally Posted by xargos

A decent oscilloscope (and a signal generator) would be very handy to have. With so many different brands and models of oscilloscope, some of them quite expensive, I'm not sure where to start, though. I'm guessing something like a used 20 MHz might be a decent start, but I don't want to end up with something that isn't workable, either. Any recommendations?

Get something cheap but new enough it doesn't become a project of its own. Honestly the one I use is an early 60s Stark Instruments tube based scope which originally belonged to a high school electronics lab. I got it for free 20 years ago and it's been fine ever since for my needs. It has limitations but allows me to view waveforms and troubleshoot electronic equipment