[Elecraft] Just built AADE capacitance meter - great!

[n2htt at optonline.net]

Roland,

Resolution on this meter is down to a tenth of a pF. It does not read above 1 uF though, so the meter you bought will be useful for measuring larger caps.

I have a similar situation -- I already have a Fluke meter that reads capacitance down to 1 nF -- not useful for measuring the small caps you come across in kits.

I see Bob also sent the link, but here it is again:

http://www.aade.com

73, 
Mike N2HTT


----- Original Message -----
From: Roland Whitsitt <n5vwn at sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 11:29 am
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Just built AADE capacitance meter - great!

> Is there a link where I can see more about this meter?  What model 
> do you 
> have?  I just spent $100 on a meter that claimed it could read 
> capacitance 
> and inductance only to find it won't read capacitance in pico 
> farads.  And 
> the inductance ranges it reads are to high for any use to me. That 
> was an 
> expensive lesson.
> thanks,
> N5VWN k2#3090
> Roland
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <n2htt at optonline.net>
> To: "'Elecraft Discussion List'" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:04 AM
> Subject: [Elecraft] Just built AADE capacitance meter - great!
> 
> 
> > Just a burst of enthusiasm from a satisified customer - I just 
> built an 
> > AADE capacitance/inductance meter. Went together in about 1 1/2 
> hours, 
> > worked at first power up -- what a nice instrument!
> >
> > I will be building an HFPacker amp for use with my K1, thought it 
> would be 
> > a good idea to be able to check the caps as they go in. I do this 
> > routinely for resistors.
> >
> > 73, Mike N2HTT
> >
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