Equipment will be out of calibration within 1 month of purchase date. Noobie hobbyist just purchased my first ever test equipment from Amazon, Received today Feb 21, 2023 the following:
Siglent SDS1104X-E Oscilloscope, calibrated date Sept 16, 2021
Siglent SDG1032X Waveform Generator, Calibrated Date May 26, 2022
Siglent SPD3303X-E Power Supply, calibrated date May 31, 2022.
The Certificate of Calibration states to allow 180 days after the calibrated date + the calibration interval to schedule the next calibration date. So for the Scope, ~March 16 2023 - less than a month from the day I received it.
Although I have virtually no experience with any of this, it doesn't feel right for a piece of equipment to be out of calibration so close to when I get it. I would think purchasing from the Siglent Store on Amazon would be fresh stock with a fairly recent calibrated date. Is more than year old calibrated date typical? Would you question this? Noob trying to learn. Thanks.