Dave,
The P6139A is designed for 1Meg ohm inputs. The 7A19 and 7A29 have 50 ohm inputs.
--John Gord
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All,
I'd like to buy some used Tek probes for use with the higher bandwidth 7000 series plug-ins (I'm thinking 7A19, 7A29, 7B10, 7B92A). I am looking at a Tek P6139A and decided to download the spec sheet from Tektronix to see the particulars of this probe. It is a 500 MHz probe, but the datasheet calls out:
500 MHz (TDS3054) or TDS500 series
100 MHz (TDS3012)
Now, I understand about passive probe compensation and all that. What I don't understand is what the 'scope-dependent bandwidth spec means. will this type of probe be useful close to 500 MHz when used with the >= 600 MHz BW 700 vertical amplifiers (e.g., response close to 500 MHz), or is there some probe/'scope dependency of which I am not familiar? I have several P6106s which I am currently using.
Thanks.
Cheers,
Dave
