[Elecraft] AADE LC meter for ham radio

[Tom Hammond]

Hi Alex:

Gotta agree with you... the AADE LC meter is a FINE addition to any 
ham tool box. Though I don't use mine extensively, it do manage to 
find sues for it on a fairly regular basis and it never ceases to 
come thru for me. For the price, it'd be difficult to beat.

Another device you might want to look at is the M3 Semiconductor Analyzer.

    http://www.m3electronix.com/features.html

A number of us built this kit at the 2005 FDIM Buildathon at the 
Dayton HamVention last year. It's a really neat device and works 
amazingly well... esp. for devices you can't fully identify. Saved my 
bacon a couple times already.

73,

At 06:52 AM 1/27/2006, Alex, NS6Y wrote:
>I just built the AADE (Almost All Digital Electronics) LC meter kit, 
>it's a very nice little unit and biased towards ham radio, being 
>very good at the smaller values of L and C that we encounter in 
>antenna/RF work. It took me about an hour to build, and I'd say it's 
>worth the $99 or so it cost - I think it was $105 or so with the 
>shipping. The documentation is not up to Elecraft standard! But, the 
>parts are so few it's not so bad, just read the instructions and 
>notes through first and you'll be OK. You can get it factory built 
>for $30 more. I hope this message isn't too SPAMish but if you need 
>an LC meter in a hurry you may be tempted to get the B&K 878 which 
>costs over 2x as much and you won't have that hands-on 
>understanding. This is a very solid and easy to use unit.