Thread: Gould DSO4064
View Single Post
Old 7th Dec 2011, 11:32 pm   #5
Marconi_MPT4
Heptode
 
Marconi_MPT4's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Dorset, UK.
Posts: 519
Default Re: Gould DSO4064

I recall using a 4 channel Gould analogue oscilloscope some 20 years ago for R&D work on tape drives. Although it performed to spec, it suffered from excessive Y axis dc drift that took 20 minutes to settle down from switch on. It was returned to Gould for repair but they declared it was within spec! The equivalent Tek and HP oscilloscopes by comparison had negligible drift.

Some five years later at another company, the engineering dept had one of the first digital Gould scopes with a built-in printer. That was painful to use as often the trace print out was misaligned with the graticule.

In my experience most Tek 'scopes were among the best, you got what you paid for with first class support. But there are also some good cheaper alternatives. In my own workshop, although old I use a Telequipment D83, Hameg HM203-4 for general look-see measurements and hope to repair and add a Tek 5441 storage scope with 5A48 and 5B42 plug ins.

Cheers

Rich
Marconi_MPT4 is offline