[soundray]

I have to agree with you David, scopes have always seemed scary to me.

I’m sure you’re right about their usefulness Ted. Not so sure about the learning curve though for someone like me with little experience or knowledge.

When I was working in professional situations the maintenance guys used them all the time of course, but I’ve always thought them out of my league without a more in depth knowledge of circuits and electronics, and probably a lot of instruction. I can handle a mixing desk with more knobs, buttons, routings and options than you can shake the proverbial at, but the few on the front of a scope always appeared beyond my understanding.

Perhaps though, as you say David, thinking of them with a different mindset may be all I need to try one, though I’m not sure the little bit of hobby work I do would justify it. I’ll give it some thought and see if I can persuade myself to get a basic one, and a good instruction manual!

Ray