sencore ps148 scope

[stusnyder]

Anyone familar with this scope? Just picked one up, nice working condition with the probes. The unit has 2 multi section can ecaps in it, and a few carboard style ones, which I'm going to replace.
Is this a decent scope to use on older radio's and early tv's?

[bob91343]

I don't know Sencore stuff but I had little respect for the company. They seemed to cater to the short-cut, low intellect kind of repairman (I won't say technician). Maybe it was just the way their stuff was presented.

Having said that, I imagine their stuff worked and if you have a 'scope it might be worth refurbishing. How old is it? I'd lean toward not fixing anything that ain't broke.

[stusnyder]

not sure on the age, no copyright date in the manual. says it's a 5 inch scope and vectorscope. Probes came with it, and the original box.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by bob91343

I don't know Sencore stuff but I had little respect for the company. They seemed to cater to the short-cut, low intellect kind of repairman (I won't say technician). Maybe it was just the way their stuff was presented.

Having said that, I imagine their stuff worked and if you have a 'scope it might be worth refurbishing. How old is it? I'd lean toward not fixing anything that ain't broke.

I always thought Sencore equipment was too expensive. They always had super-pricey analylisers that had limited use. I thought B&K was good value for the money.

[bob91343]

I agree. Actually much (if not all) of the older B&K test equipment was made in Japan by Trio, also known as Kenwood.

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I always thought Sencore equipment was too expensive. They always had super-pricey analylisers that had limited use. I thought B&K was good value for the money.

Agreed - Sencore was pricey stuff, better to buy used from the dealer/technician that thought all those pricey tools were the key to making money. Most that bought the marketing BS went belly up. I was anti-Sencore up until the VA48 and VA62 could be had on the used market. Those two analyzers, with the B&K 1076/1077, are the cat's meow. I'll add the LC101/LC102 and CR70 as must-haves for me.

B&K CRT checkers were our staple - the 440, the 467 and the 470 (favorite, by far). B&K scopes were rebadged Kenwood/Trio and Kikusui, not bad for the value, but their sub-15 MHz bandwidth stuff is junk.

As for the OP's scope, it's probably a 5 MHz bandwidth scope, pretty easy to use and maintain.

Cheers,