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Article #1933Re: Agilent Oscilloscope - ripoff or rebadge?
From: David L. Jones
Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 10:39
Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 10:39
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"David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote in message news:481aed02@dnews.tpgi.com.au... >I just stumbled across these: > http://www.welec.de/english/05_products/products_01_overview.htm > German "Welec" brand. > Looks incredibly similar to various Agilent offerings (54600, Infinium > etc) in terms of button shape, location, colour, panel silkscreen, and > menu look'n'feel. > > I know Rigol design and make the low end Agilents, but this appears to be > something different again. > > Plus they are going damn cheap on eBay: > http://cgi.ebay.com.au/OSCILLOSCOPE-1-GS-s-200-MHz-2-CH-4-4-VGA-TFT-DSO-NEW_W0QQitemZ200220200267QQihZ010QQcategoryZ104247QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > $699 for a 200MHz, 1GS/s, 16KB, VGA screen scope. > > Anyone know anything about these? > > Dave. And the datasheet says made in the EU, with a 5 year warranty. Wittig Test Technologies are the US distributor. Dave.
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