Tektronix 2205 Oscilloscope with flashing trace..

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by Tubejunke

I tried everything mentioned thus far and every other combination of the many (too many) settings and nothing will give me that rock steady trace that I would like to have and have seen on even the oldest of units. Again though I have seen others that do the same thing in YouTube vids, but the videos I have seen it in are not about this particular issue.:

Setting up, I'd choose:

Working, left to right, choose channel 1, norm, alt, mid-to-fast sweep speed (1msec/div or faster), trigger centered (slope switch to either setting for now), sweep mode to PP-Auto, source to channel 1 or vert mode.

Originally Posted by Tubejunke

They say there are a few odd ball guys in the upper echelons of electronics that still use older analog equipment, but supposedly they get a lot of ribbing from their peers. :

Jim Williams, a famous IC designer for both National Semiconductor and Linear Technology, once wrote about his home lab, which consisted of all analog equipment. His book "The Art and Science of Analog Design" had a chapter about his home lab, with a picture of it, and not one piece of digital equipment is to be found. Far from oddball, old-school, or antiquated, and he was esteemed by everyone!

Cheers,