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Hi, my name is Peter (who would have guessed?). I was born and live in Austria. Originally an EE, my current day job is in IT, in an international environment. | |||
The first Tek instrument I worked with – around 1982 IIRC – was a [[T912]] "vacuum cleaner" which I must say left me "slightly underimpressed" compared with my favourites at the time, the HP 1740 series. | |||
For budget reasons, the first scope I bought for myself, circa 1986, was a rather pedestrian Kenwood 100 MHz 2-ch portable (a la [[465]]). | |||
It did pay for itself through a consulting engagement (2nd generation products of this effort are still in service), | |||
but I learned only some time later what the difference between a ''passable'' scope like that and a ''good'' scope was, when I compared them side by side in overdrive ... | |||
The first Tek scope in my own possession was the [[7613]] pictured below, which I bought in early 2014. | |||
Looking for manuals (its power supply needed some TLC), I found TekWiki. | |||
The resurrected 7613 did not remain alone for long. | |||
I worked my way up from ''good'' scopes to ''extraordinary'' ones – see below for the current population of ''Vintage Tek Sanctuary Central Europe''. | |||
On this Wiki, [[User:Kurt|Kurt]] created an account for me in May 2014. I started to add a few photos and some data, then began building categories and some templates. | |||
In June of that year, Kurt already gave me admin rights, thanks for the trust! | |||
One thing led to another ... having been familiar with Mediawiki (I set up a corporate Intranet with that software in 2006 that is still in use), I started getting involved in this site's software side as well, and over the years helped expand its coverage a bit. | |||
Feel free to contact me if you have questions about the [[Special:CargoTables|Cargo database module]], for example. | |||
You can also find me [[grwiki:User:Peter|at the brand-new GR Wiki (for General Radio / GenRad instruments)]], and as ''Peter7000'' over at ''[https://www.wellenkino.de/557/ Wellenkino]''. | |||
Cheers | |||
:--Peter | |||
===Scopes=== | ===Scopes=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | ||
Tek-465-front.jpg | 213 compared to 585.jpg | [[213]] | ||
Tek 502 with x-y display.jpg | Tek 310A front.jpg | [[310A]] | ||
Tek-545A-front.jpg | Tek-465-front.jpg | [[465]] − from the estate of a hobbyist | ||
Tek-549-front.jpg | Tek 502 with x-y display.jpg | [[502]] − spent many years in a university lab attached to strain gages watching metal samples being broken, at the end reduced to be a DSO pre-amp | ||
Tek-585-81-ca-front.jpg | 511AD 5600+ front.jpg | [[511AD]] − from a physics institute in Slovenia | ||
Tek 2230 open.jpg | Tek-545A-front.jpg | [[545A]] − from a guy with a remarkable collection of early radios and phonographs | ||
7603-4trace.jpg | Tek-549-front.jpg | [[549]] − looted for tubes by some Bavarian vulture, restored & nursed back to health by [[User:Matt|Matt]], additional minor repairs in my shop | ||
Tek-7613-front.jpg | Tek-585-81-ca-front.jpg | [[585]] − another university retiree | ||
Tek-7623A.jpg | Tek 2230 open.jpg | [[2230]] − this one had been working on the railroad ... | ||
Tek7844-front.jpg | Tektronix_7503_front_in_operation.jpg | [[7503]] − worked in a plasma physics lab, then moved to the physics dept at a smaller university | ||
Tek_7854_rise_time.jpg | 7603-4trace.jpg | [[7603]] (2) − one [[Media:7603mod36005.pdf|cured of GHz oscillations]] but infested with cabling gremlins, the other [https://wellenkino.de/557/viewtopic.php?p=3673 barely survived rough handling] | ||
Tek-7904-front.jpg | Tek-7613-front.jpg | [[7613]] − my first 7k Tek | ||
Tek-7623A.jpg | [[7623A]] | |||
Tek 7633 front.jpg | [[7633]] − supposedly from a private museum | |||
Tek-sc504-am503.jpg | Tek7844-front.jpg | [[7844]] − my #1 go-to scope | ||
Tek_7854_rise_time.jpg | [[7854]] − in great shape | |||
Tek-7904-front.jpg | [[7904]] (2) - worked for some time, [[Media:Servicing the Tek 7904 Power Supply.pdf|SMPS to be repaired]] | |||
Tek7104-front.jpg | [[7104]] − tube worn but in decent shape overall | |||
Tek-sc504-am503.jpg | [[SC504]] | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Other Instruments=== | ===Other Instruments=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | ||
308-timing.jpg | 308-timing.jpg | [[308]] (~1980) – nobody else would pick it up at that hamfest | ||
SonyTek AFG320 front.jpg | Sony/Tek-branded [[AFG320]] | |||
Keithley 195A front.jpg | [[Keithley 195A]] | |||
Keithley 485 front.jpg | [[Keithley 485]] – my best-ever eBay deal (don't ask) | |||
Keithley 610C front.jpg | [[Keithley 610C]] | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
... and some more at [[grwiki:User:Peter|GRWiki]] | |||
===Carts, Cameras etc.=== | ===Carts, Cameras etc.=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | ||
Tek 201-2 model e.jpg | Tek 201-2 model e.jpg | [[201]] | ||
202-1 scope cart.jpg | [[202-1]] | |||
K205 7623 7613.jpg | 204-2 scope cart.jpg | [[204-2]] | ||
C-5.jpg | [[C- | K205 7623 7613.jpg | [[205]] | ||
C- | K213_with_7854_and_TM504.jpg | [[K213]] | ||
Tek C-5 camera.jpg | [[C-5C]] | |||
Tek C-50 camera.jpg | [[C-50]] | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Plugins=== | ===Plugins=== | ||
====500==== | |||
<gallery> | ====500 series==== | ||
Tek 1A1 front.jpg | [[1A1]] | <gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | ||
Tek CA front.jpg | [[CA]] | Tek 1A1 front Peter.jpg | [[1A1|Type 1A1]] | ||
Tek 80 front.jpg | [[80]] | Tek_1a5_front2.jpeg | [[1A5|Type 1A5]] | ||
Tek 81 front.jpg | [[81]] | Tek Type CA front Peter.jpg| [[CA|Type CA]] | ||
Tek_82_early_front.jpg | [[82]] | Tek Type O front Peter.jpg | [[O|Type O]] | ||
Tek Type Z front.jpg | [[Z|Type Z]] | |||
Tek TU-2 front.jpg | [[TU-2]] | |||
Tek 067-0521-00 front.jpg | [[067-0521-00]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
====580 series==== | |||
<gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | |||
Tek 80 front.jpg | [[80|Type 80]] | |||
Tek 81 front.jpg | [[81|Type 81]] | |||
Tek_82_early_front.jpg | [[82|Type 82]] | |||
Tek 067-0523-00 front.jpg | [[067-0523-00]] aka [[84|Type 84]] | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
====7000==== | |||
<gallery> | ====7000 series==== | ||
<gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | |||
Tek-7a11-front.jpg | [[7A11]] | Tek-7a11-front.jpg | [[7A11]] | ||
Tek 7A12 front.jpg | [[7A12]] | |||
Tek 7a13 front.jpg | [[7A13]] | Tek 7a13 front.jpg | [[7A13]] | ||
7a13a-front.jpg | [[7A13]] "A" | 7a13a-front.jpg | [[7A13]] "A" | ||
7a14 front.jpg | [[7A14]] | 7a14 front.jpg | [[7A14]] | ||
7a16a front.jpg | [[7A16A]] | |||
7a17-front.jpg | [[7A17]] | 7a17-front.jpg | [[7A17]] | ||
Tek-7a18a-front.jpg | [[7A18]] | Tek-7a18a-front.jpg | [[7A18]] | ||
Tek-7a18a-opt06-front.jpg | [[7A18A]] Opt. 06 | Tek-7a18a-opt06-front.jpg | [[7A18A]] Opt. 06 | ||
7a19-front.jpg | [[7A19]] | 7a19-front.jpg | [[7A19]] | ||
7A19 Opt.4 front 1.jpg | [[7A19]] Opt. 04 | |||
Tek-7a22-front.jpg | [[7A22]] | Tek-7a22-front.jpg | [[7A22]] | ||
Tek 7a26 front | Tek 7A24 front 2.jpg | [[7A24]] | ||
Tek 7a26 front.jpg | [[7A26]] | |||
Tek 7A29 front 1.jpg | [[7A29]] | |||
Tektronix 7A42 front.jpg | [[7A42]] (~1984) | |||
Tek-7b10-front.jpg | [[7B10]] | Tek-7b10-front.jpg | [[7B10]] | ||
7b15-front.jpg | [[7B15]] | 7b15-front.jpg | [[7B15]] | ||
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Tek 7b87 front.jpg | [[7B87]] | Tek 7b87 front.jpg | [[7B87]] | ||
7b92a-front.jpg | [[7B92A]] | 7b92a-front.jpg | [[7B92A]] | ||
Tek-7ct1n-front.jpg | [[7CT1N]] | |||
Tek-7d11-front.jpg | [[7D11]] | Tek 7D01 DF1.jpg | [[7D01]] + [[DF1]] (~1977) | ||
7d14-front.jpg | [[7D14]] | Tek-7d11-front.jpg | [[7D11]] (~1973) | ||
Tek-7d15-front.jpg | [[7D15]] | 7d12-m2-front.jpg | [[7D12]] (~1980) | ||
7d14-front.jpg | [[7D14]] (~1975) | |||
Tek-7d15-front.jpg | [[7D15]] (~1985) | |||
Tek-7l12-led-front.jpg | [[7L12]] | Tek-7l12-led-front.jpg | [[7L12]] | ||
Tek 7L13 B110xxx front.jpg | [[7L13]] | |||
7s11-s4.jpg | [[7S11]] | 7s11-s4.jpg | [[7S11]] | ||
7s12-front.jpg | [[7S12]] | 7s12-front.jpg | [[7S12]] | ||
7t11a.jpg | [[ | 7t11a.jpg | [[7T11A]] | ||
Tek-7s14-front.jpg | [[7S14]] | Tek-7s14-front.jpg | [[7S14]] | ||
Tek-7m11-front.jpg | [[7M11]] | Tek-7m11-front.jpg | [[7M11]] | ||
Tek-7m13-front.jpg | [[7M13]] | Tek-7m13-front.jpg | [[7M13]] | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
====S==== | ====S-series heads==== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | ||
Tek-s-4.jpg | [[S-4]] | Tek-s-4.jpg | [[S-4]] | ||
Tek-s6-front.jpg | [[S-6]] | Tek-s6-front.jpg | [[S-6]] | ||
Tek-s52-front.jpg | [[S-52]] | Tek-s52-front.jpg | [[S-52]] | ||
Tek-s53.jpg | [[S-53]] | Tek-s53.jpg | [[S-53]] | ||
Tek-012-0125.jpg | [[012-0125-00]] | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
====TM500==== | ====TM500 series==== | ||
<gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | |||
<gallery> | |||
TM503 open1.jpg | [[TM503]] | TM503 open1.jpg | [[TM503]] | ||
TM504 front.jpg | [[TM504]] | TM504 front.jpg | [[TM504]] | ||
TM506 open1.jpg | [[TM506]] | |||
TM515 front1.jpg | [[TM515]] | |||
Tek AM501 front panel.jpg | [[AM501]] | |||
Am503 front.jpg | [[AM503]] | Am503 front.jpg | [[AM503]] | ||
Tek_FG504_front_1.jpg | [[FG504]] | |||
Tek_PG501_front_1.jpg | [[PG501]] | |||
PG502-front.jpg | [[PG502]] | PG502-front.jpg | [[PG502]] | ||
Tek PG508 front.jpg | [[PG508]] | |||
Tek PS501-1 front.jpg | [[PS501-1]] | |||
Ps503a-front.jpg | [[PS503A]] | Ps503a-front.jpg | [[PS503A]] | ||
Tek-sc504-am503.jpg | [[SC504]] | Tek-sc504-am503.jpg | [[SC504]] | ||
Tek SG503 early front.jpg | [[SG503]] | |||
Tek SW503 front 1.jpg | [[SW503]] | |||
PI451A_front.jpg | [[Pulse Instruments PI-451A]] (~1985) | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Probes | ===Probes=== | ||
<gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | |||
Tek134-front-2.jpg | [[134]] | |||
Tek P6008 early version.jpg | [[P6008]] | |||
Tek P6015 box closed.jpg | [[P6015]] | |||
P6021-bat41-1.jpg | [[P6021]] | |||
P6022+term.jpg | [[P6022]] | |||
P6046 - 1.jpg | [[P6046]] | |||
Tek_P6053B.jpg | [[P6053B]] | |||
P6056.jpg | [[P6056]] | |||
Tek_P6131.jpg | [[P6131]] | |||
Tek_P6136.jpg | [[P6136]] | |||
Tek_P6138.jpg | [[P6138]] | |||
Tek-p6202-case-open.jpg | [[P6202]] | |||
P6230-1.jpg | [[P6230]] | |||
P6230-6.jpg | [[P6230]] | |||
P6302 all.jpg | [[P6302]] | |||
P6303 all.jpg | [[P6303]] | |||
P6406-3.jpg | [[P6406]] | |||
P6451-int-1.jpg | [[P6451|P6451 probe]] internal, PCB front | |||
P6451-int-2.jpg | [[P6451|P6451 probe]] internal, PCB back | |||
Tek P5210 set.jpg | [[P5210|P5210 HV differential probe]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
<gallery> | ===Other=== | ||
Tek- | <gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | ||
Tek-1103-front.jpg | [[1103|1103 Probe power supply]], front panel | |||
7CT1 homemade AB adapter 1.jpg | home-made A/B adapter for [[7CT1N]] | |||
7CT1 homemade AB adapter 2.jpg | home-made A/B adapter for [[7CT1N]] | |||
7CT1 homemade AB adapter 4.jpg | home-made A/B adapter version 2 with added slide switch to additionally test 4-pin or 6-pin optocouplers | |||
Tek-017-067.jpg | [[109|017-067]] | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== | ===Measurements=== | ||
====7104 speed==== | |||
<gallery> | <gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | ||
Tek7104-superluminal-beam.jpg | [https://web.archive.org/web/20110926020847/http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2011/09/a_tektronix_oscilloscope_that.html Faster-than-light] beam on [[7104]]? Using a [[067-0587-02]] calibration fixture at maximum amplitude produces this trace spanning 1.2 Div horizontally at 200 ps/Div and 8 Div vertically. Trace length is (1.2² + 8²)<sup>½</sup> × 8.5 mm = 68.8 mm, travelled in 1.2 × 200 ps = 240 ps. Apparent speed is therefore 68.8×10<sup>-3</sup> / 240×10<sup>-12</sup> m/s or 2.86×10<sup>8</sup> m/s. '''Very''' near miss ... | Tek7104-superluminal-beam.jpg | [https://web.archive.org/web/20110926020847/http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2011/09/a_tektronix_oscilloscope_that.html Faster-than-light] beam on [[7104]]? Using a [[067-0587-02]] calibration fixture at maximum amplitude produces this trace spanning 1.2 Div horizontally at 200 ps/Div and 8 Div vertically. Trace length is (1.2² + 8²)<sup>½</sup> × 8.5 mm = 68.8 mm, travelled in 1.2 × 200 ps = 240 ps. Apparent speed is therefore 68.8×10<sup>-3</sup> / 240×10<sup>-12</sup> m/s or 2.86×10<sup>8</sup> m/s. '''Very''' near miss ... | ||
Tek7104-ristetime-100hz.jpg | [[7104]] rise time measurement. 150 ps risetime pulse from [[067-0587-02]] at 100 Hz repetition rate. Measured 240 ps (corrected for 150 ps fixture rise time: 190 ns = 1.8 GHz) | Tek7104-ristetime-100hz.jpg | [[7104]] rise time measurement. 150 ps risetime pulse from [[067-0587-02]] at 100 Hz repetition rate. Measured 240 ps (corrected for 150 ps fixture rise time: 190 ns = 1.8 GHz) | ||
Tek7104-ristetime-1000hz.jpg | [[7104]] rise time measurement as before, 1000 Hz repetition rate at same brightness settings. | Tek7104-ristetime-1000hz.jpg | [[7104]] rise time measurement as before, 1000 Hz repetition rate at same brightness settings. | ||
Tek7104-200ps-singleshot.jpg | Tek7104-200ps-singleshot.jpg | [[7104]] recording a single shot pulse (from [[067-0587-02]]) at 200 ps/Div. Camera: Nikon D7000, 50 mm f/1.4, ISO 3200, 1/2 s. CRT filter not removed. | ||
Tek7104-200ps-singleshot-sin1-1g.jpg | [[7104]] recording 1 GHz sine, single shot at 500 ps/Div. Camera: Nikon D7000, 50 mm f/1.4, ISO 3200, 1/2 s. CRT filter not removed. CRT amplification loss is evident around the center line. | Tek7104-200ps-singleshot-sin1-1g.jpg | [[7104]] recording 1 GHz sine, single shot at 500 ps/Div. Camera: Nikon D7000, 50 mm f/1.4, ISO 3200, 1/2 s. CRT filter not removed. CRT amplification loss is evident around the center line. | ||
</gallery> | |||
====Curve tracers==== | |||
<gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | |||
7ct1n-bc337.jpg | BC337 on [[7CT1N]] | 7ct1n-bc337.jpg | BC337 on [[7CT1N]] | ||
7CT1N_optocoupler.jpg | no-name optocoupler on [[7CT1N]] | |||
7CT1N - Optocoupler.jpg | no-name optocoupler on [[7CT1N]] using home-made test fixture | |||
7CT1 homemade AB adapter 3.jpg | home-made A/B fixture used to compare two transistors | |||
7CT1N - Neon.jpg | [[NE-2|NE-2 neon bulb]] on a [[7CT1N]] | |||
7CT1N - 6J6.jpg | one system of a [[6J6]] triode on a [[7CT1N]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
====Miscellaneous 7000 series==== | |||
<gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | |||
Tek7904-7a19-7b92a-1010mhz-hfsync.jpg | A [[7B92A]] (B098xxx) displaying a 1.01 GHz sine in HF Sync mode ([[7904]] mainframe, [[7A19]] amplifier) | Tek7904-7a19-7b92a-1010mhz-hfsync.jpg | A [[7B92A]] (B098xxx) displaying a 1.01 GHz sine in HF Sync mode ([[7904]] mainframe, [[7A19]] amplifier) | ||
7b92a-triggering-974mhz.jpg | A [[7B92A]] (B098xxx) triggering a 974 MHz sine applied via 067-0587-02 calibration fixture ([[7904]] mainframe) | 7b92a-triggering-974mhz.jpg | A [[7B92A]] (B098xxx) triggering a 974 MHz sine applied via 067-0587-02 calibration fixture ([[7904]] mainframe) | ||
7000-readout-diagnostic.jpg | Classic readout board diagnostic display | 7000-readout-diagnostic.jpg | Classic readout board diagnostic display | ||
Tek-067-0587-02-gain-h.jpg | Tektronix [[067-0587-02]], gain mode, in horizontal slot | Tek-067-0587-02-gain-h.jpg | Tektronix [[067-0587-02]], gain mode, in horizontal slot | ||
Tek-067-0587-02-gain-v.jpg | Tektronix [[067-0587-02]], gain mode, in vertical slot | Tek-067-0587-02-gain-v.jpg | Tektronix [[067-0587-02]], gain mode, in vertical slot | ||
7d14-screen.jpg | [[7D14]] screen picture - 500 MHz signal ([[7A19]], [[7B92A]], [[7904]]) | 7d14-screen.jpg | [[7D14]] screen picture - 500 MHz signal ([[7A19]], [[7B92A]], [[7904]]) | ||
Tek 7L13 display example.jpg | [[7L13]] displaying a [[wikipedia:Radio-paging code No. 1|POCSAG]] FSK signal at 162 MHz (variable persistence storage on a [[7623]]) | |||
</gallery> | |||
====7B85 delay readout==== | |||
<gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | |||
7b85-risetime-10n.jpg | [[7B85]] used for rise time measurement | 7b85-risetime-10n.jpg | [[7B85]] used for rise time measurement | ||
7b85-risetime-5n.jpg | [[7B85]] used for rise time measurement | 7b85-risetime-5n.jpg | [[7B85]] used for rise time measurement | ||
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7b85-period-2.jpg | [[7B85]] used for pulse period measurement | 7b85-period-2.jpg | [[7B85]] used for pulse period measurement | ||
7b85-period-1.jpg | [[7B85]] used for pulse period measurement | 7b85-period-1.jpg | [[7B85]] used for pulse period measurement | ||
</gallery> | |||
====7A22==== | |||
<gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | |||
7a22-7613--tri-15uV.jpg | 15 μV<sub>p-p</sub> triangle wave measured through [[7A22]]. Using variable-persistence storage mode on a [[7613]] for noise filtering | |||
Tri-1k w.jpg | sub-millivolt triangle signal displayed through [[7A22]], BW=1 kHz | |||
Tri-10k w.jpg | sub-millivolt triangle signal displayed through [[7A22]], BW=10 kHz | |||
Tri-100k w.jpg | sub-millivolt triangle signal displayed through [[7A22]], BW=100 kHz | |||
Tri-1000k w.jpg | sub-millivolt triangle signal through [[7A22]], BW=1 MHz | |||
</gallery> | |||
====Sampling==== | |||
<gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | |||
7s11-1ghz-smooth-store.jpg | [[7S11]]/[[7T11]], 1 GHz sine, smooth mode, on variable-persistence storage scope (7613) | 7s11-1ghz-smooth-store.jpg | [[7S11]]/[[7T11]], 1 GHz sine, smooth mode, on variable-persistence storage scope (7613) | ||
7s11-1ghz-smooth.jpg | [[7S11]]/[[7T11]], 1 GHz sine, smooth mode | 7s11-1ghz-smooth.jpg | [[7S11]]/[[7T11]], 1 GHz sine, smooth mode | ||
7s11-1ghz-norm.jpg | [[7S11]]/[[7T11]], 1 GHz sine, normal mode | 7s11-1ghz-norm.jpg | [[7S11]]/[[7T11]], 1 GHz sine, normal mode | ||
7s11-s4-7t11a-1ghz.jpg | [[7S11]]/[[S-4]] and [[7T11A]] displaying 1 GHz sine | 7s11-s4-7t11a-1ghz.jpg | [[7S11]]/[[S-4]] and [[7T11A]] displaying 1 GHz sine | ||
7s12-7s11-1ghz-store2.jpg | [[7S12]] as a sampler displaying a 1 GHz signal (hi-res mode / storage) | 7s12-7s11-1ghz-store2.jpg | [[7S12]] as a sampler displaying a 1 GHz signal (hi-res mode / storage) | ||
7s12-7s11-1ghz-store.jpg | [[7S12]] as a sampler displaying a 1 GHz signal (hi-res mode / storage) | 7s12-7s11-1ghz-store.jpg | [[7S12]] as a sampler displaying a 1 GHz signal (hi-res mode / storage) | ||
7s12-7s11-1ghz-nonstore.jpg | [[7S12]] as a sampler displaying a 1 GHz signal (normal mode / non-storage) | 7s12-7s11-1ghz-nonstore.jpg | [[7S12]] as a sampler displaying a 1 GHz signal (normal mode / non-storage) | ||
7s12-s52-incident.jpg | [[7S12]] displaying the incident pulse from an S-52 (nom. < 25 ps) through an S-6 head (nom. < 30 ps) | 7s12-s52-incident.jpg | [[7S12]] displaying the incident pulse from an S-52 (nom. < 25 ps) through an S-6 head (nom. < 30 ps) | ||
7s12-self-portrait.jpg | [[7S12]]/[[S-6]]/[[S-52]] "Self Portrait" - pulse reflected on S-6 "through" path (approx. 120 ps one way) | 7s12-self-portrait.jpg | [[7S12]]/[[S-6]]/[[S-52]] "Self Portrait" - pulse reflected on S-6 "through" path (approx. 120 ps one way) | ||
7s12-s52-pulse-1.jpg | Full pulse pattern of a [[7S12]]/[[S-52]] in real time (top trace) and sampled (bottom trace) shown simultaneously on [[7844]]. 7S12 trace at slowest possible sweep. | 7s12-s52-pulse-1.jpg | Full pulse pattern of a [[7S12]]/[[S-52]] in real time (top trace) and sampled (bottom trace) shown simultaneously on [[7844]]. 7S12 trace at slowest possible sweep. | ||
7s12-s52-pulse-2.jpg | [[S-5]]2 pulse in real time (top trace) and sampled (bottom trace) shown simultaneously on [[7844]]. Approximately equal time scales. | 7s12-s52-pulse-2.jpg | [[S-5]]2 pulse in real time (top trace) and sampled (bottom trace) shown simultaneously on [[7844]]. Approximately equal time scales. | ||
</gallery> | |||
====Probes==== | |||
<gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | |||
P6202-risetime-7s12-100ps.jpg | [[P6202]] rise time measured with [[7S12]], [[S-4]], [[S-52]] | |||
P6202-risetime-7s12-1ns.jpg | [[P6202]] rise time measured with [[7S12]], [[S-4]], [[S-52]] | |||
P6230-rt1.jpg | [[P6230]] Rise time measured on a [[7S12]] with [[S-52]] and [[S-4]] heads, P6230 ground sleeve connected directly at S-52 output (no ground lead) | |||
P6230-rt2.jpg | [[P6230]] Rise time without ground lead: 9.2 * 20 ps = 184 ps (equiv. to 1.9 GHz bandwidth) | |||
P6230-rt3.jpg | [[P6230]] Rise time - Effect of using the "low inductance" ground lead - rise time 400 ps, bandwidth 875 MHz | |||
P6230-rt4.jpg | [[P6230]] Rise time - Using the 250 mm alligator ground lead - severe pulse distortion, rise time ~3 ns (115 MHz)! | |||
</gallery> | |||
====Current probes==== | |||
<gallery hights=200px widths=200px> | |||
P6021-6022-100hz.jpg | [[P6022]] / passive term. @ 10 mA/Div (top) vs. [[P6021]]+[[134]] (bottom), sawtooth @ 100 mA<sub>p-p</sub>, 100 Hz | P6021-6022-100hz.jpg | [[P6022]] / passive term. @ 10 mA/Div (top) vs. [[P6021]]+[[134]] (bottom), sawtooth @ 100 mA<sub>p-p</sub>, 100 Hz | ||
P6021-6022-1000hz.jpg | [[P6022]] / passive term. @ 10 mA/Div (top) vs. [[P6021]]+[[134]] (bottom), sawtooth @ 100 mA<sub>p-p</sub>, 1 kHz | P6021-6022-1000hz.jpg | [[P6022]] / passive term. @ 10 mA/Div (top) vs. [[P6021]]+[[134]] (bottom), sawtooth @ 100 mA<sub>p-p</sub>, 1 kHz | ||
P6021-6022-10000hz.jpg | [[P6022]] / passive term. @ 10 mA/Div (top) vs. [[P6021]]+[[134]] (bottom), sawtooth @ 100 mA<sub>p-p</sub>, 10 kHz | P6021-6022-10000hz.jpg | [[P6022]] / passive term. @ 10 mA/Div (top) vs. [[P6021]]+[[134]] (bottom), sawtooth @ 100 mA<sub>p-p</sub>, 10 kHz | ||
P6021-bat41-1.jpg | Measuring diode reverse recovery | P6021-bat41-1.jpg | Measuring diode reverse recovery | ||
P6021-bat41-2.jpg | | P6021-bat41-2.jpg | Diode reverse recovery, 20 mA/Div | ||
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====Other==== | |||
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TD quick check example.jpg | Tunnel diode quick check example using the method from [[Media:Service Scope 49 Apr 1968.pdf | Service Scope 49]]. Right beam is zoomed with delayed timebase to show step speed. | TD quick check example.jpg | Tunnel diode quick check example using the method from [[Media:Service Scope 49 Apr 1968.pdf | Service Scope 49]]. Right beam is zoomed with delayed timebase to show step speed. | ||
7a29-rise.jpg | [[7A29]] rise time ([[7104]], [[7B10]], pulse from [[S-52]]) | 7a29-rise.jpg | [[7A29]] rise time ([[7104]], [[7B10]], pulse from [[S-52]]) | ||
308-timing.jpg | [[308]] display, timing mode (binary counter example) | 308-timing.jpg | [[308]] display, timing mode (binary counter example) | ||
308-state.jpg | 308 display, state mode (binary counter example) | 308-state.jpg | 308 display, state mode (binary counter example) | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:59, 18 June 2024
Hi, my name is Peter (who would have guessed?). I was born and live in Austria. Originally an EE, my current day job is in IT, in an international environment.
The first Tek instrument I worked with – around 1982 IIRC – was a T912 "vacuum cleaner" which I must say left me "slightly underimpressed" compared with my favourites at the time, the HP 1740 series.
For budget reasons, the first scope I bought for myself, circa 1986, was a rather pedestrian Kenwood 100 MHz 2-ch portable (a la 465). It did pay for itself through a consulting engagement (2nd generation products of this effort are still in service), but I learned only some time later what the difference between a passable scope like that and a good scope was, when I compared them side by side in overdrive ...
The first Tek scope in my own possession was the 7613 pictured below, which I bought in early 2014. Looking for manuals (its power supply needed some TLC), I found TekWiki. The resurrected 7613 did not remain alone for long. I worked my way up from good scopes to extraordinary ones – see below for the current population of Vintage Tek Sanctuary Central Europe.
On this Wiki, Kurt created an account for me in May 2014. I started to add a few photos and some data, then began building categories and some templates.
In June of that year, Kurt already gave me admin rights, thanks for the trust! One thing led to another ... having been familiar with Mediawiki (I set up a corporate Intranet with that software in 2006 that is still in use), I started getting involved in this site's software side as well, and over the years helped expand its coverage a bit.
Feel free to contact me if you have questions about the Cargo database module, for example.
You can also find me at the brand-new GR Wiki (for General Radio / GenRad instruments), and as Peter7000 over at Wellenkino.
Cheers
- --Peter
Scopes
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465 − from the estate of a hobbyist
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502 − spent many years in a university lab attached to strain gages watching metal samples being broken, at the end reduced to be a DSO pre-amp
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511AD − from a physics institute in Slovenia
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545A − from a guy with a remarkable collection of early radios and phonographs
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585 − another university retiree
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2230 − this one had been working on the railroad ...
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7503 − worked in a plasma physics lab, then moved to the physics dept at a smaller university
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7603 (2) − one cured of GHz oscillations but infested with cabling gremlins, the other barely survived rough handling
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7613 − my first 7k Tek
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7633 − supposedly from a private museum
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7844 − my #1 go-to scope
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7854 − in great shape
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7904 (2) - worked for some time, SMPS to be repaired
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7104 − tube worn but in decent shape overall
Other Instruments
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308 (~1980) – nobody else would pick it up at that hamfest
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Sony/Tek-branded AFG320
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Keithley 485 – my best-ever eBay deal (don't ask)
... and some more at GRWiki
Carts, Cameras etc.
Plugins
500 series
580 series
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067-0523-00 aka Type 84
7000 series
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7A13 "A"
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7A18A Opt. 06
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7A19 Opt. 04
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7A42 (~1984)
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7B80 Opt.2
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7D11 (~1973)
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7D12 (~1980)
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7D14 (~1975)
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7D15 (~1985)
S-series heads
TM500 series
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Pulse Instruments PI-451A (~1985)
Probes
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P6451 probe internal, PCB front
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P6451 probe internal, PCB back
Other
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1103 Probe power supply, front panel
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home-made A/B adapter for 7CT1N
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home-made A/B adapter for 7CT1N
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home-made A/B adapter version 2 with added slide switch to additionally test 4-pin or 6-pin optocouplers
Measurements
7104 speed
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Faster-than-light beam on 7104? Using a 067-0587-02 calibration fixture at maximum amplitude produces this trace spanning 1.2 Div horizontally at 200 ps/Div and 8 Div vertically. Trace length is (1.2² + 8²)½ × 8.5 mm = 68.8 mm, travelled in 1.2 × 200 ps = 240 ps. Apparent speed is therefore 68.8×10-3 / 240×10-12 m/s or 2.86×108 m/s. Very near miss ...
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7104 rise time measurement. 150 ps risetime pulse from 067-0587-02 at 100 Hz repetition rate. Measured 240 ps (corrected for 150 ps fixture rise time: 190 ns = 1.8 GHz)
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7104 rise time measurement as before, 1000 Hz repetition rate at same brightness settings.
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7104 recording a single shot pulse (from 067-0587-02) at 200 ps/Div. Camera: Nikon D7000, 50 mm f/1.4, ISO 3200, 1/2 s. CRT filter not removed.
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7104 recording 1 GHz sine, single shot at 500 ps/Div. Camera: Nikon D7000, 50 mm f/1.4, ISO 3200, 1/2 s. CRT filter not removed. CRT amplification loss is evident around the center line.
Curve tracers
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BC337 on 7CT1N
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no-name optocoupler on 7CT1N
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no-name optocoupler on 7CT1N using home-made test fixture
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home-made A/B fixture used to compare two transistors
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NE-2 neon bulb on a 7CT1N
Miscellaneous 7000 series
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Classic readout board diagnostic display
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Tektronix 067-0587-02, gain mode, in horizontal slot
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Tektronix 067-0587-02, gain mode, in vertical slot
7B85 delay readout
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7B85 used for rise time measurement
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7B85 used for rise time measurement
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7B85 used for pulse width measurement
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7B85 used for pulse period measurement
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7B85 used for pulse period measurement
7A22
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sub-millivolt triangle signal displayed through 7A22, BW=1 kHz
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sub-millivolt triangle signal displayed through 7A22, BW=10 kHz
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sub-millivolt triangle signal displayed through 7A22, BW=100 kHz
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sub-millivolt triangle signal through 7A22, BW=1 MHz
Sampling
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7S12 as a sampler displaying a 1 GHz signal (hi-res mode / storage)
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7S12 as a sampler displaying a 1 GHz signal (hi-res mode / storage)
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7S12 as a sampler displaying a 1 GHz signal (normal mode / non-storage)
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7S12 displaying the incident pulse from an S-52 (nom. < 25 ps) through an S-6 head (nom. < 30 ps)
Probes
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P6230 Rise time without ground lead: 9.2 * 20 ps = 184 ps (equiv. to 1.9 GHz bandwidth)
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P6230 Rise time - Effect of using the "low inductance" ground lead - rise time 400 ps, bandwidth 875 MHz
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P6230 Rise time - Using the 250 mm alligator ground lead - severe pulse distortion, rise time ~3 ns (115 MHz)!
Current probes
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Measuring diode reverse recovery
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Diode reverse recovery, 20 mA/Div
Other
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Tunnel diode quick check example using the method from Service Scope 49. Right beam is zoomed with delayed timebase to show step speed.
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308 display, timing mode (binary counter example)
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308 display, state mode (binary counter example)