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Cool, I scored a 65 Mhz dual channel analog for $25.00. The guy kept calling it a little TV! I thought, yeah, this is going to be a good deal!

$19 oscilloscope, $100 shipping.

those analogue scopes look so much better than the digital ones

Wow, that is one of the scopes I traind basics for semiconductor manufacturing in Germany. Big thumbs up!

Wow! Super nice :) I took electronics in 1985 at a tech school. Love these old oscilloscopes. Wish I could have one and go back into electronics. Thanks for sharing. Your videos are fantastic. Wish I could visit Australia someday before leaving this earth.

Awesome, i've had the HM605 scope in storage for a good ten years and keep meaning to get it out (which I will now). I never understood a lot of the functionallity but thanks to this video I now know how all the features work. Thanks!!!!

That's a Sweet Scope, and a great walk-through on it! You offering this scope to a deserving beginner shown strength of character!

Thank, that just helped me to repair my own HM205-3! Had a broken component tester fuse and dicky knobs as well. Thanks again! Love your blog!

I took a dive in a dumpster and pulled out a Hameg 312 that worked well enough to give it a few new pots :) 10MHz, single trace, instructions in German, used a TTL oscillator to calibrate it and it works great now!

I like the crunching sound they make in the dual wipe sockets.

Dave, I grew from boy to man through my apprenticeship with this little beauty, so many happy memories!

No you have perfect timing and content! Thank you for your videos Dave!

Dave! Thanks for the demo of cleaning contacts on the rotary switches. Little tips like that are so helpful to rookies like me. It was fun watching you fix it.

I used a lot Hameg scopes when I was at school.30 years ago. They were very reliable. And I believe they should still be perfect for a beginner.

Great job Dave, amazing video! Oscilloscopes are pretty awesome!

Woow memories! I used Hameg scopes when I was doing my HNC electronics in college in the early 90's.

This channel is great, congratulations Dave you're the best :D

Brilliant presentation, Dave. I remember Hameg scopes at college. They were pretty much bomb proof. According one lecturer he said they can bouce without damage. I still have a Hameg 605 60mhz scope and it still works perfectly as does its component tester. Very nice scopes. Thanks for your video. You are a true genius.

Super video Dave, great content and very entertaining.

this is really an oldie but a goody!!! love it!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks Dave!

Great Dave, have one of these myself, great as an analog scope or to track a signal constantly!

Oh wow, in secondary school we had one of these as the big posh 'scope for the entire electronics lab. I spent so long learning how to use it and the very similar purely analog versions of them. so many memories!

Very good advice at 27:30, I recently repaired an hm303-6 with unstable and distorted trace. I tried for several days to figure out what is wrong, then I simply removed the only socketed IC from the TB board and put it back in place and it was like a magic fix!! It was almost stuck and had some rust/dirt on it's legs. Then I cleaned the socket with contact spray and old toothbrush.

Great vid Dave, always enjoy but this was a real surprise the way it came to life, Good show. DAVE from U.S.A.

My best oscilloscope buy ever... I bought a *pallet* of "dead" scopes, including a Tektronix TAS475 and a Tektronix TDS420A... Get this... For FIFTY CENTS!!! XD Opening bid was $1. I waited the auctioneer out and got him to $0.50! It wasn't me being cheap... I was just waiting for an opening bid from ANYONE other than me! It was the PERFECT auction... My old former employer was consolidating two buildings into one, and had an auction to liquidate unnecessary stuff. There were three types of bidders there that day. People who came in looking for a nice workbench or desk or some shelving for their shop, metal scrappers, and _me_. I was the ONLY person there interested in electronic test equipment. I got a nice digital hipot tester for $3, and a load of other equipment... So, the crowning moment of win was a *Tektronix TDS420A*. It had hit the front BNCs. Channels 2-4 worked, and still tested within their calibration, so I simply replaced the BNCs. Channel 1 was dead though. I went online and I found a dead TDS420A that looked like a dead CPU (based on the item description). I got the dead scope, desoldered the ceramic module for channel 1, transplanted it, took the scope into our calibration lab and made sure it was good!!! And I had a working Tektronix TDS420A! I do regret selling it though... I spent 50 cents, plus $270 for the dead scope, Resold the leftover parts for $230... So I had a $40.50 Tektronix TDS420A. That doesn't even mention the other scopes. about half a dozen that I sold for between $20-80 on ebay, one I sold for $180, and one Tektronix TAS475 that I think I got $270 for. The TAS475 had only ONE problem... The plastic in front of the screen had gotten so dusty inside, that it looked like it had suffered CRT burn... but it was fine. Just needed cleaning! I do still wish i'd have kept the TDS420A... It was nice. I needed cash back then, so... bummer... At least I got $500 for it! XD

Probably the most enjoyable Oscilliscope video I've seen from you yet. Would have been nice to also show what you were doing with the signal generator, but no big deal there really, and definetly a thumbs up for this one! Great fun seeing what you can produce on the screen, now I want one.

Great scope! I have had mine for years, it works every time i turn it on. If you take care of it, it will take care of you every time! Great videos!

Thanks for the video and the contact cleaning spray tip for fixing the artefacts when turning the volts/division. Fixed channel 1 using this method. BTW, on the 203-6, you have to pop off the orange cap and unscrew the inner knob first. It doesn't just pull out. All the best.

And I was watching this with my Hameg ! Great Video Dave

30:30 watch out for them "MILF Caps"

Thank you SO much for that tidbit of information - you are, in fact, a savior. Cheers! Now the guy I've been talking to might be less reluctant to give the repairs a stab, with a service manual.

Nice to see, my first job (while still in school in the 80’s) was repairing those at the Dutch disti, starting with the non-storage models (HM-203 IIRC). Also visited the factory, very impressive. Mr. Hartman believed to have everything in-house even the tools to produce the plastics. Loved the component tester, this video triggered me to hunt for an old Hameg scope to get one :-)

Beauty! always reliable Hameg oscilloscope

As far as I'm concerned this was a repair video! As an novice with a descent understanding to electronics jargon goes you've taught me a lot on what to look for and how to make quick fixes and or repair them. BTW: Just keep doing test equipment video's cause I watch them from beginning to end and the length of the video doesn't bother me either.

I remember those, we used em at college like 20 years ago ...they were amazing back then lol

It is a very good thing to give this away...by this you are maybe giving some very interested (and poor) electronic beginner a good kick start... It is always fun to share and give when possible.

I've never been a jealous person... until now.

"we get ourselves a letter, the letter P for... platypus ! " i chuckled

I've had an HM203.7 20MHz scope since 1990 and still working perfectly. Cost me 400 UK pounds back in its day. Its a great piece of kit.

Would love to see a video on how to use the Oscilloscope for testing, even just some basic stuff.

Very true!

Hi Dave, one thing is for sure, the Hameg is a real thing of beauty and a joy forever :-) I have a HM 203-4. All the best from Germany, Ralf

Err, what was there left to see in the C5 that I didn't show? BTW, this is not MY C5, it is Mal's, it's not like I can spend a day ripping the chassis to bits so that YOU can be happy it's a "full" tear down, and then have YOU complain that it wasn't electronics related enough. *I* find test equipment interesting, and this is *my* channel, so you will continue to get test equipment. Once again, if you don't like test equipment videos, don't watch them. A lot of people like them.

It's pretty safe to say it's nice, it's friggin' EEVblog!

Yep, that makes sense.

Hy Dave, You doing awesome reviews about electronics instruments I like all of your videos, especially this one as I managed to get a Hameg HM208 analog scope for free :) as at my work they wanted to throw it away... So I put my hands on it and took it home its working as piece of cake... Greeting from UK a Hungarian test engineer...

Great video! Got me through a cardio session!

I scored a $300 scope, my school was throwing it out xD

I purchased this exact same unit, from the same very auction I suspect - I think I paid $35, I was also thrilled to find mine worked straight away - totally buzzed

I have a Hameg too. The HM412, still works like a charm. -- You will love the way the push-buttons are connected. :-)

Just scored a fully working HM305 from the Uni skip bin where I live in Newy. Just starting to learn how to use one.

9:53 amazing! never knew you could do that.

Have the exact same model at home, first thing I had it display was a Lissajous curve. Grande!!

Yep, there's a reason for that! They also don't tell you about the urban cyclone that forms between buildings.

you are bloody amazing mate

Got an earlier model (HM204), been using it for over 10 years I think and gotta agree that they're lovely analog scopes. Joy for ever indeed. I'd still love to get a Tek, preferably tube one. The component tester works similar to Mr Carlson's Lab curve/signature tracer, drawing the I=f(V) characteristic for the part. "P for platypus" LOL.

Very usefull information. I may have some other questions to do. but I'll do it on experimenting. It's like the one I use at school!

No complaints. Good score on the auction.

Getting rid of some of my old stuff, there was some mis-communication.I offered my stuff to anyone who would like to use it only to return one evening to see my once beloved Telequipment valve scope being thrown straight through the bakelite case of my valve Philips radio in the back of a Luton Transit van. I just couldn't look and walked on.

I used that things in school and university, that was in the 90s. ;) Kind of nostalgic feelings come up. But I remember that none of them looked so clean and tidied. :D Congrats on that bargain!

My hm605 is still using it today from when I purchased it in 1988 and the HN205-3 which I bought 20 years ago is also still working. I love the component tester. I do have a rigol digital

One extra thing to add. Channel 1 and channel 2 should be copies of each other. What you find on the working channel should be present on the bad channel. Comparing simple voltage measurements should be able to knock it down to a certain area.

Very amusing stuff for a fellow scavenger. Thanks from grey Vienna.

awesome video

Sweet buys!!!Gotta get a few more......Love the Dinosaurs.....

I love you man , you are great

Thank you a lot, so i can try out my Hameg to reanimate.

Excellent video! For the red cal button on the volts knob you should use a tiny allen key to screw the allen bolt that hold the shaft . It was loosen. Thats why it wasnt able to rotate the potentiometer.

"It works! Bummer!" Gets me every time.

For $19 this was a steal, Dave! I paid $45 for a model very similar in spec to this one about a year ago.

One of the Best Hameg Videos ever. ! I own a Hameg 207, about 40 Years old and it still works. HAMEGS are "built of catalytic converters" - if they do not make it broken, they do not get it broken. Only the capacitors of High-Voltage System or the ray-tube make limp after really long times. Best Hamegs are from 80ies and 90ies, even when HM 205-X appeared. Best devices for use in educational.Awesome devices!

Very nice video Dave, And the nice thing of oscilloscopes is that you can repair oscilloscopes with oscilloscopes :-)

Good job on the video

Great score Dave

I uploaded it 1 minute ago, you haven't even watched it yet!

I use a 1964 Philips GM5600 electron valve based scope.. got all the service data and schematics recallibrated it and replaced a couple of valves and electrolytics and it works perfect. use it a lot for repairs on SMPS tv and vcr repair.

Because they read close to spot on.

Yeah ,could do, although I seem to have a problem making short videos...

I love the test equipment reviews and teardowns just as much as the FF stuff, not knowing your test gear would be like trying to write code without knowing how to use a debugger.

The cheepest osciloscope I can buy in my country is cca 70€ maybe for de 70€ a tube 5mHz one from the 60's and with a extra small screen...

Love the new EE terms I learn from Dave! "look at the dicky-ness on that..." "Dicky-ness" - when the contacts are old and produce unsatisfactory results on the CRT. ;-)

I have sold or given away most I have acquired over the years. I only have the Tek 2225 analog left.

I like test equipment. If you have a problem with that, don't watch my channel. Or here's a really novel idea, don't watch the videos you don't like. But I know that's really hard to do because of my very cryptic and misleading titles.

That's a great find imho. I've not encountered the component tester before, though I did try to build one as an accessory.

Awesome video Dave. Did it ever find a new home? This video had a bit of everything. Intro (what is it), tear down, repair, and function testing. It also hit a bit on how to use an Oscilloscope. Brilliant.

Only person i know that WANTS an scope that does not work! I love it!!!

I have exactly that scope!! Love it! Only the time/div fine adjustment has come loose and needs a fix. Storage mode is great too, even if only really useful at AF.

I have a 20Mhz HM-208 and for LF and audio it's great. The only 'fault' is the timebase linearity is out by 1% fast to the right. Other than that it's perfect and in near mint condition. I love it!

Next cab off the rank.....what a Bobby dazzler.....real electronic service terminology....omg I love aussies

I've just used my Rigol DS2072A-S's signal generator output to recalibrate my HM205. If you ever need to recal the HM205-3, you may find that the calibration instructions for the HM205-2 (which tell you about which pots to tweak) work for the HM205-3. They're almost a perfect match for the original HM205 (only the storage board and built-in signal generator instructions differ as the pots have moved). The HM205-2 manual is the most in-depth of the three.

SWITCH PORN!! OMG I finally have a WORD for it!! I took my B&D matrix drill apart the other day and sat watching the trigger actuate for at least 30 minutes! What a world..

that switch.. joy beholden

Looking at the mechanical interfaces coupled with all the through board components and socketing, explains why oscilloscopes were so expensive historically.

Dave! when you say is easy reparable you can try and replace the boards and see how easy it is! good luck with that!

I got a 2445 for $50, a GW Instek for $25, and an old 465B for $75. My 1963 tube HP scope was free. It had been modified for strobo tach, so the intensity was pegged out maximum and it was essentially being used as a fancy strobe light. I worked, with some minor repairs, but I salvaged the Dutch ECC88s out of it and it is now a boat anchor.

Well we COULD have found a $20 scope, but you got the last one! :D

I just recently scored a Tektronix TAS 475, which is an analog scope with digital controls. The thing is really nice! I get those smooth analog traces and digital cursors with frequency counters and stuff like that. About the only thing it can't do is store a waveform, but so far that hasn't been a big deal. Prior to buying it, I used an old Gould 20 MHz digalog scope kinda like this one. It was OK for audio-frequency stuff, but it just couldn't hack anything higher than about 10 MHz.

Nice Video. Just bought a fully working 100 mhz Legend LBO-516 ( made in Japan ) analog scope for 125$. Came with 2 probes and both user and service manuals. Does not seem quite as much of a good deal as this one but im still happy. :) It is my first scope .

I haven't heard anyone refer to a PEBCAK for many years Dave, made me chuckle.

Nice video Dave, Used Hamegs and Gold (Or is it Gould) at college way back in the early eighties. Those Hamegs back then were Dark grey outer with Lighter fascias. Bandwidth was similar though. You got a gooden there I think. A little work but worth it, great scope for a beginner....