Nice setup, @ajawamnet . I always thought I'd have a nice home bench but never seem to have the time... I can bring stuff in to work but we don't have audio test equipment. I could bring a DSO home but shudder at the thought of schlepping home a 'scope worth more than my house.
Thanks - I work from home so it's actually my office. I'm on payroll for a company but I was the first hardware guy they hired 10 years ago and they had nothing (they've since tooled up a bit) so they have me work from home. I do a lot of side gigs for DC area companies so at least it pays for itself. One of my side gigs is working with Gary Stanfill of the old Vega Wireless - one hell of an analog guy. His partner Stan is a great RF guy... I've worked on about 300 designs with those guys (mainly audio comm gear fro ICRI and civil agencies).
Yea - I was just at Pax River NAS and they have spectrum analyzers in their lab that go for a few hundred grand. Just silly what some of that costs. It is nice that companies like Rigol are making it affordable for hams and audio enthusiasts to get decent equipment.
Where do you work at?