[Elecraft] discussing dislikes and likes

Thu Nov 7 12:47:01 2002

Hi

I totally agree with Earl on this one. I find the little L/C meter to be
indispensable in my lab. It is a great little warm up kit if you want to
build a little confidence in your skills before jumping into the K2.

Two other kits I use all the time and are good starters are the OHR WM-2
watt meter and the OHR 100 watt dummy load modified to act as a power
attenuator for the WM-2. Using the two together the WM-2 will read 0 to 100
watts on the 1 watt scale and its fairly accurate except on 10 meters where
it rolls off a little but still quite useable

Don Brown
KD5NDB

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] discussing dislikes and likes

> I agree with David, KG4LSK's assessment that identifying the tiny
> capacitors in his K2 kit can be very trying.
>
> What helped me over the "inventory" phase was my L/C Meter IIB, an
> inductance/capacitance meter produced by a company named "Almost All
> Digital Electronics".  It accurately measures small values of capacitance
> that my DMM can't.
>
> For you avid kit builders, this highly useful meter comes in kit form.
>
> Of course, a hand-held magnifier is essential for us old farts with weak
> eyes, too.
>
> 73, de Earl, K6SE
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