Quote Originally Posted by richard View Post
the problem you see does not exist , its the scopes reaction to having an large antenna [YOUR HAND] capacitively coupled to all of its inputs providing an overwhelming signal on it most sensitive ac input range, the scope is unable to provide the dc bias needed to keep the traces aligned in the overwhelmed state
Excellent, so this won't be an issue since the drop-down circuit will be linked directly the the main board by headers.