Hello, I am looking at possibly buying a scope.
I think it could be useful when working on repairing old equipment and perhaps help me deepen my knowledge of electronics (just from finding new stuff to play with I guess).
I am currently working on things such as cassette decks and amplifiers (for my own use) and I have worked on welders. Mostly older stuff. I admist I have not yet needed a scope to fix them. I understand a scope can be good for audio purposes though, particularly for tuning a cassette player it'd be useful.
I was looking at local 2nd hand ads and found a Hameg 404 for 100€, it's a 40mhz analog scope, would this be a good beginners scope? Is the price decent?
I was also recommended to look at some of the new handheld digital scopes, such as the Mini DSO203 which is in a similar price range, but digital. Though I have read some negative stuff on this on these forums when I googled it.
Hameg seems to be german quality engineering, though it's less capable in terms of features as well as bulky (tho I have the space) and it might be of that age where it needs servicing, but seller claims it's fully functional.
I guess on an emotional l level I like the old analog CRTs (I like old tech in generaö), but I try not to let it affect my decision making.
To be honest I am open to the idea that I don't need a scope yet, maybe I should get an electronics book instead. All feedback is apprecaited though, I know a lot of beginners wanna get the next tool before they have a need for it and I might suffer from that too.