[Elecraft] Recommendations for Multimeters

Sun Oct 27 01:11:01 2002

You might checkout "Harbor Freight" company on the web.  They have a very
excellent little DVM that is the old range switch type.  It works VERY well, and
sells for $9.95.  If you catch a special at one of their sales, it goes for $4.95!
Don't let the cheap price fool you, it is a good meter!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francis Belliveau" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Recommendations for Multimeters

| On: Friday, October 25, 2002 2:45 PM
| "Mark J. Dulcey" <[email protected]>
| wrote:
| > ...
| > One feature that I personally DON'T like is autoranging. I prefer to know
| what I'm measuring before I measure it, rather than having the meter make
| decisions for me. Some DMMs, particularly portables, are auto-ranging only;
| other are switchable auto/manual, and some are manual-only.
| > ...
| I agree with Mark.
| 
| Auto ranging may have it uses when you are measuring components out of
| circuit or stable voltages.  A number of tests Elecraft kits require is the
| resistance between two points in a circuit without power applied.  Using a
| manual range setting you will get different readings on different settings
| due to how the voltage is applied and how the circuit reacts to it.  This
| will often confuse autoranging meters.
| 
| Therefore the recommendation here is to make sure it will allow manual range
| selection.
| 
| 73,
| Fran, KA4FRH
| K2 s/n 314
| 
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