Hantek

Trevor Wilson

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Dec 23, 2019, 6:25:33 PM12/23/19

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A mate wants to replace his aging Tek DSO with a cheap 'n cheerful
Chinese jobbie, like this:

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Hantek-DSO5102P-Digital-Oscilloscope-2-Channels-100MHz-1GSa-s/264259901849?hash=item3d871e1999:g:JooAAOSwc6paDVHd

I have a Rigol DS1054z and am very pleased with it, but his budget
doesn't stretch that far. The Hantek looks decent enough and has Aussie
distribution.

Anyone have experience with the brand?

Siglent?

Etc?

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Ralph Mowery

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Dec 23, 2019, 6:45:59 PM12/23/19

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In article <h6d0n9...@mid.individual.net>, tre...@rageaudio.com.au
says...

> mate wants to replace his aging Tek DSO with a cheap 'n cheerful
> Chinese jobbie, like this:
>
> https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Hantek-DSO5102P-Digital-Oscilloscope-2-Channels-100MHz-1GSa-s/264259901849?hash=item3d871e1999:g:JooAAOSwc6paDVHd
>
> I have a Rigol DS1054z and am very pleased with it, but his budget
> doesn't stretch that far. The Hantek looks decent enough and has Aussie
> distribution.
>
> Anyone have experience with the brand?
>
>

I bought a Hantek a few years back. Was going to go with a Rigol, but
overheard a couple of men at a hamfest talking scopes and they said the
Hantek was a better scope. a friend bought one a year or so later. I
think the Hantek is along the same line as the Rigol.

There are some hacks on youtube to extend the frequency ranges of the
scopes. I have not tried any of them It could be the scopes need some
componet changes to make use of the extended bandwidth. I don't know.

Cursitor Doom

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Dec 24, 2019, 8:40:05 PM12/24/19

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On Mon, 23 Dec 2019 18:45:50 -0500, Ralph Mowery
<rmower...@earthlink.net> wrote:

>I bought a Hantek a few years back. Was going to go with a Rigol, but
>overheard a couple of men at a hamfest talking scopes and they said the
>Hantek was a better scope.

I think you'd best delete that comment before JL reads it. ;)

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stra...@yahoo.com

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Dec 25, 2019, 4:27:07 PM12/25/19

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On Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 5:40:05 PM UTC-8, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Dec 2019 18:45:50 -0500, Ralph Mowery
> <rmower...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >I bought a Hantek a few years back. Was going to go with a Rigol, but
> >overheard a couple of men at a hamfest talking scopes and they said the
> >Hantek was a better scope.
>
> I think you'd best delete that comment before JL reads it. ;)
>

<snip>

I don't think JL has issues with Rigol vs whatever. I have a Rigol DS1054Z and have hacked it to turn on all the options. It reports itself as a DS1104Z (100 MHz version). The case does not need to be opened so the tamper seal is intact. It's a lot of scope for $350. Display freeze between triggers is very helpful when sorting out serial data transfers. Its decoding of the serial stream is also useful.

Merry Christmas

G²

Ralph Mowery

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Dec 25, 2019, 5:20:39 PM12/25/19

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In article <8144d537-387f-4442...@googlegroups.com>,
stra...@yahoo.com says...

>
> I don't think JL has issues with Rigol vs whatever. I have a Rigol DS1054Z and have hacked it to turn on all the options. It reports itself as a DS1104Z (100 MHz version). The case does not need to be opened so the tamper seal is intact. It's a lot of scope for $350. Display freeze between triggers is very helpful when sorting
out serial data transfers. Its decoding of the serial stream is also useful.
>
> Merry Christmas
>
> G²
>
>

Some of the electronics comming out of China is a lot for the money.
One reason given for the Hantek was it had a larger screen. Very
helpful it you turn on the on screen measurments.

I don't know about other digital scopes as I have not used any, but my
only complaint so far is that if doing an XY display the circle and
other paterns just do not work or show up as clear as they do on the
older analog scopes.

Fox's Mercantile

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Dec 25, 2019, 7:08:18 PM12/25/19

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On 12/25/19 4:20 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
> I don't know about other digital scopes as I have not used any

And then there's the gold standard of digital scopes.
The HP infinium.
I have one in my shop I acquired for next to nothing.
<https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/R2EAAOSw6btXTP8Y/s-l1600.jpg>

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Ralph Mowery

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Dec 25, 2019, 7:39:57 PM12/25/19

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In article <mOedndHSC792ZJ7D...@giganews.com>,
jda...@att.net says...

>
> And then there's the gold standard of digital scopes.
> The HP infinium.
> I have one in my shop I acquired for next to nothing.
> <https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/R2EAAOSw6btXTP8Y/s-l1600.jpg>
>
>
>

No argument here if one has the gold, or as in your case acquire it for
next to nothing.