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Re:Keysight UXR 110GHz Oscilloscope Teardown [video] (2018) by mindcrime on Saturday June 18, 2022 @02:01AM (#31787563)
Tell me about it. I'm just a hobbyist myself, but for $REASONS I splurged on a moderately high-end (albeit used) Keysight logic analyzer a while back. And the probes for that dang thing are approximately more expensive (new) than the analyzer itself was. I still only have half a set for that reason. So yeah, probes for high-end gear are a unique and expensive beast all apart from the rest. :-(
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Re:Keysight UXR 110GHz Oscilloscope Teardown [video] (2018) by kurthr on Saturday June 18, 2022 @02:05AM (#31787574)
Yeah, even with differential 100x probes, how do you get a controlled measurement from the test unit (antenna/amp) to the 110GHz instrument? I've used 25GHz spectrum analyzers and probes... and they're nuts!
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Re:Keysight UXR 110GHz Oscilloscope Teardown [video] (2018) by showerst on Saturday June 18, 2022 @08:18AM (#31789180)
If you're in the US and near a major metro, keep an eye on bidspotter. Every once in a while you can catch a lot of high end test gear and/or accessories at lower prices than ebay.
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