[Boatanchors] Hickok 203 VTVM

manualman at juno.com manualman at juno.com
Thu Apr 26 17:51:25 EDT 2012


My RCA VoltOhmyst, WV-77E, (now in use for almost 52 years) wasn't
designed with any shielded probe leads. DC probe did have the 1 meg
resistor in the probe head.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:34:07 -0500 Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
writes:
 
> I have also recently learned you can't use just any probe and wire
> lead with a VTVM--you need to use shielded coaxial leads and for DC 
> a
> 1 Meg resistor in series with the probe tip.
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ


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