[KB6NU] 6 essential tips for getting the most out of your oscilloscope
 

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6 essential tips for getting the most out of your oscilloscope

Posted: 03 Aug 2017 01:14 PM PDT
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The price of oscilloscopes has gotten so low that any amateur radio
operator can now afford one. And, these are great scopes, too, packed with
lots of features that earlier generations of analog scopes just couldnt
provide.

To Â*help new scope users take advantage of these features, Keysight, which
used to be Agilent, which used to be Hewlett Packard, just published an app
note, 6 essential tips for getting the most out of your oscillocope. You
have to fill out a form to get this app note, but its worth it.



The six tips a

Get started with basic triggering.
Remember probing matters.
Scale signals correctly.
Use the right acquisition mode.
See more detail using advanced triggering.
Use integrated protocol decoders for advanced serial busses.


Aside from perhaps the last one, these tips will help ham radio operators
make better measurements, even if you dont have a Keysight scope.

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