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Richard984 · 20th Mar 2011, 1:59 pm

Certainly, initially HP scopes were not close to Tek however, the two USM 281 scopes I have are excellent and are my workhorses. The documentation is also up to Tek standards. As I understand it, there was a period (70's) where the performance of HP scopes was a challenge to Tek. I have Marshall Lee's book on Tek "Winning with People", hard to find but worthwhile if, like me, you are as interested in the way companies (used to) interact with people as in the technology. Tek was interested in their people having great lives and as far as I can tell, that was true of HP also.
I also have the HP 339A AF distortion analyser and HP 3580A AF spectrum analyser and they are completely excellent.

20th Mar 2011, 1:59 pm	#4
Richard984 Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA. Posts: 51	Re: Oscilloscope Collection / Junky Certainly, initially HP scopes were not close to Tek however, the two USM 281 scopes I have are excellent and are my workhorses. The documentation is also up to Tek standards. As I understand it, there was a period (70's) where the performance of HP scopes was a challenge to Tek. I have Marshall Lee's book on Tek "Winning with People", hard to find but worthwhile if, like me, you are as interested in the way companies (used to) interact with people as in the technology. Tek was interested in their people having great lives and as far as I can tell, that was true of HP also. I also have the HP 339A AF distortion analyser and HP 3580A AF spectrum analyser and they are completely excellent.