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Tektronix 465B

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Hello everyone. This is my first post here, though I have been wondering threw the group for a while. So anyway I was wondering what you guy think about the older tek 465b, I have a chance to pick one up for around 100. Would you say it is worth it? I know it is pretty old, but have heard that they were great scopes. I guess what I really want to nknow is if it will last more than a year or two with moderate use?
Thanks alot, Duane
 
Its like buying a used car. Can you tell if any given car with over 100K miles on it will keep going? Tek built good stuff, so I I'd buy a Tek like I would be likely to buy an older Toyota. Like Energizers, they just keep going and going...
 
Hello everyone. This is my first post here, though I have been wondering threw the group for a while. So anyway I was wondering what you guy think about the older tek 465b, I have a chance to pick one up for around 100. Would you say it is worth it? I know it is pretty old, but have heard that they were great scopes. I guess what I really want to nknow is if it will last more than a year or two with moderate use?
Thanks alot, Duane
It is impossible to predict life span when dealing with old equipment, but the old Tek scopes were the best. I currently use a Tek 7904A whose design is decades old and is without question the best analog oscilloscope ever made (I paid about $300 for it used). For $100, if a scope lasts six months you got your moneys worth. Even really junky new scopes cost at least $500+ and they are basically toys.
 
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So it is possible a bad idea to buy something so old. Well I expected as much. The truth is, that I cannot afford a new scope, not even a new junky scope. So I was hopping that this might give me something that I can use, and grow with for a while... Thank's for the input.. _Duane
 
I bought a 465M (military) off Ebay about 4 or 5 years ago, and it works great. I can't remember how much I paid.
 
I'm going to school now at MSU, studying EE. I love it, but always have. I can remmber when I was young, and my mother would get mad at me for taking apart her radio, or really anything I could get me hands on.
 
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