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Hello, please help me decide whether I really need to keep a currently unused (new in the box) Rigol DSA815-TG for my amateur electronics lab.
I'm not yet by any means a seasoned electronics buff but I'm interested in the future in building some HAM radio projects like designing standalone RF modules (generators, modulators, mixers, etc.) as well as a complete preferably el. tube transceiver, maybe couple of them including a transistor based one.
I once found a HAM Radio fan blog where he told that he bought himself the Rigol DSA815-TG solely for the purpose of characterizing filters and other RF LC and inductor circuit elements. He told that before getting his DSA815-TG he used to characterize inductors using an oscilloscope but tat got tiresome for him at some point.
For my modest RF needs could I get away with something simpler like TinySA ultra for instance? I know of course that Rigol DSA815-TG had a tracing generator that makes filer characterization task easy but I'm not sure that I need to keep that expensive device exclusively for that purpose. I'm still learning and quite far from attempting serious RF projects.
However, when I'll actually get down to building my HAM radio transvers or other HAM Radio stuff will I regret selling the Rigol DSA815-TG ? I won't go much deeper in the RF field than what I already described as my future plans.
Would you suggest that keeping the Rigol DSA815-TG for my modest RF needs is not too reasonable?
I'm not yet by any means a seasoned electronics buff but I'm interested in the future in building some HAM radio projects like designing standalone RF modules (generators, modulators, mixers, etc.) as well as a complete preferably el. tube transceiver, maybe couple of them including a transistor based one.
I once found a HAM Radio fan blog where he told that he bought himself the Rigol DSA815-TG solely for the purpose of characterizing filters and other RF LC and inductor circuit elements. He told that before getting his DSA815-TG he used to characterize inductors using an oscilloscope but tat got tiresome for him at some point.
For my modest RF needs could I get away with something simpler like TinySA ultra for instance? I know of course that Rigol DSA815-TG had a tracing generator that makes filer characterization task easy but I'm not sure that I need to keep that expensive device exclusively for that purpose. I'm still learning and quite far from attempting serious RF projects.
However, when I'll actually get down to building my HAM radio transvers or other HAM Radio stuff will I regret selling the Rigol DSA815-TG ? I won't go much deeper in the RF field than what I already described as my future plans.
Would you suggest that keeping the Rigol DSA815-TG for my modest RF needs is not too reasonable?
