Where can I get cheap LeCroy probes? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: mortos360
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2013, 12:05:17 pm
content: I am thinking about buying an old LeCroy scope, 9424 probably... but it seems that 350-500MHz probes cost almost as much as the scope itself..Does anybody know where I can get some 100MHz probes cheap?

author: digsys
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 05, 2013, 12:18:04 pm
content: I've always made sure they were included when I bought my LeCroys, for that reason. I have bought a set separately on ebay though.You just have to keep an eye open. What country / City are you in ?

author: AndyC_772
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2013, 12:30:04 pm
content: Have a look at Testec:http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/search/browse.jsp?N=2031+204209&Ntk=gensearch&Ntt=testec&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial

author: mortos360
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2013, 12:40:09 pm
content: @digsysI live in Austria.. not AUSTRALIA!!!I am more then happy to see a LeCroy here on ebay.. they are really rare, and this one has no probes with it :/@AndyC_772Thanks for the link!!I forgot to mention that I would like to get some original LeCroy probes. I am a real beginner and probably don't even need a scope for now.. but its so damn preety ^^Its more of a design item for my workbench then really something I will use a lot..atleast for now.. and I would like to have it all original

author: MetraCollector
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2013, 01:12:00 pm
content: Deal with it, I have bought 2x 10430A probe for my HP54502A scope.This act has doubled the price of the scope.70eur for scope, nearly 130eur for probes.

author: digsys
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 05, 2013, 02:04:35 pm
content: Quote from: mortos360HAHAHA nice comeback !! I think you're starting something here :-)I ask because I have a 9424 and, even though I've had it since new, the time is coming to sell it. Freight would be way tooexpensive to ship to Austria, and I can't split up the probes. If you check ebay USA, they often have genuine probes, and thefreight would be bugger all !!

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 05, 2013, 02:07:12 pm
content: I know you want Le Croy probes but, your going to have to pay high price for that luxury and pride...The alternate here is to buy other brands, and their are a lot around at a very reasonable pricing e.g.http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=a9_sc_1?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A100mhz+scope+probes&keywords=100mhz+scope+probes&ie=UTF8&qid=1365170187Otherwise how about making you own !...have a look, it's not that hard and you will learn somthing about a scope:http://cromwell-intl.com/radio/probes.htmlCheck out the links at bottom left of page, for more information...Good Luck.

author: Wuerstchenhund
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2013, 03:07:00 pm
content: Quote from: mortos360 on April 05, 2013, 12:05:17 pmFrom LeCroy? Won't happen as these probes go for quite a bit of money. And if there's even a 100MHz passive probe then I guess it must be really really old since (as far as I'm aware) all somewhat "newer" (i.e. made in the last 20 years) LeCroy passive probes are at least 150MHz (PP051), 200MHz (PP010, PP017), 300MHz (PP016, made by Siglent so the originals should be cheap) or 350MHz (PP001, PP002), and most of them are 500MHz (PP004, PP005/A, PP006/A, PP007, PP008, PP009, PP011, PP018).And frankly, I don't think it is worth getting original probes. I'm using 3rd party probes (Ballantine, Tektronix, HP) with my LeCroy Waverunner and they work just fine. Most of the LeCroy probes are made by other manufacturers anyways. In addition, the 9424 only has 100MSa/s real-time sampling rate which limits its useful bandwidth to roughly 10MHz unless you are probing repetitive signals. The 9400 were nice scopes but these days I wouldn't pay much for it due to their limitations.

author: mortos360
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2013, 11:41:43 am
content: QuoteJust in case I dont get this1 that is currently on ebay here... how much would you ask for your scope and how much would the shipping be?@vlf3Thanks for the links.. it looks like a simple and fun project to dogonna try it out for sure!!@WuerstchenhundI am sure the other probes will work just fine, in fact any probe will work just fine since my req. at the moment are like.. checking the rise and fall time on some trigger signals from my arduino ^^ I just always wanted a LeCroy because they look so niceMy scope of choice is Agilent infinivision series... but I just cant justify the 2000euros for something to look nice on a table ^^

author: larry42
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2013, 05:23:57 pm
content: Quote from: vlf3 on April 05, 2013, 02:07:12 pmReal 10:1 probes are much more complicated, they do not use 50 or 75 Ohm coax, but a special lossy coax to maintain good time-domain response.

author: marshallh
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 06, 2013, 09:19:25 pm
content: Troll ebay for PP005 or PP006 probes... they'll run you $80-90 a pop... if you don't need the 500mhz bandwidth (they are really only good for 300mhz) then dont bother and use a china probe.IMO anything about 100mhz needs to be run through 50ohm coax anyway.