[Elecraft] Re: [Icom] Opinions re: HF Verticals?

[Mark J. Dulcey]

Don Brown wrote:
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> This reminds me of a DMM made by Tektronix with a display of 4 1/2 digits but an accuracy spec of 0.1% The last digit is for all practical purposes useless. In fact one of the technicians placed a little sticker over the last digit so he could not see it on the meter at his bench.  

The limited accuracy spec doesn't make that last digit entirely useless. If you're nulling or peaking something, the extra digit might allow you to do so more precisely; the fact that the absolute value on the display isn't accurate isn't relevant. On the other hand, if the instrument isn't monotonic to 4 1/2 digits, then that last digit will do you no good at all - but you didn't say whether that was true or not.