I helped teach a class on the basics of oscilloscopes to the New Jersey Antique Radio Club. This club is dedicated to the restoration and preservation of antique radios - mainly from the golden age of broadcasting. The class was geared entirely around analog scopes, since that's the type of scope that these guys would most likely come across or have access to for their radio restoration projects. We affectionately called the class "Scopes for Dopes", and it was a great success.
Fortunately, the session was videotaped. We had two projectors going - one with presentation slides, and one with a video camera feed that was focused on a few scopes on a table for demonstration. The videographer did a great job editing the final product, which has now been posted here:
http://www.njarc.org/scopes4dopes/
Note that the first 15 minutes features the history of oscilloscopes by Al Klase, the Technical Coordinator for the NJ Antique Radio Club, then the next two hours features yours truly… So, if you'd like to throw away 2 hours of your life that you'll never get back - take a look at the video… …and enjoy, or laugh, or…
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