[Elecraft] Elecraft] Recommendations for Multimeters

[L. D. Ingram]

HI,

One thing I have not seen in all the comments about multimeters is a 
mention of the response time of the digital display which is related to the 
sampling or count rate.

Most of the less expensive meters have longer sampling times/lower count 
rates which means you have to wait longer for the reading after connecting 
the probes. I have a friend that has an older Radio Shack DMM which I find 
very frustrating to use because of the wait compared to my Fluke. Obviously 
this is something you can live with if you have to but it does pay to check 
the response time, however they state it, when buying a DMM. Unfortunately 
this information is not always given, but a shorter response time is one of 
the things you usually pay for in the more expensive meters.

Larry Ingram  AG4NN
K2  #2529