[Elecraft] DMM recommendations

[Ken G Kopp]

Bill,

As long as one keeps in mind that Bird's reputatiom for accuracy has become
a thing of the past.  There are many more current products that surpass
them.

Always bear in mind that their odd meters (30 uA) are very non-linear and
measurements made using element ranges that fall in the bottom 1/3 or so of
the scale are the most accurate.  Overall, they claim to be accurate to +/-
20 percent of full scale.  HORRIBLE in
today's world!

FWIW ...

73!

K0PP

On Mon, Mar 19, 2018, 12:09 William Levy <wglevy at gmail.com> wrote:

> A long time ago I was sitting with an old ham in his shack discussing
> purchasing a new SWR meter.
> I was going to buy some twenty buck job and he told me the following.
>
> "If you buy the 20 buck model, soon you will get the 30 buck and then the
> 40 buck and on and on until you finally buy the Bird.
> If you start with the Bird you won't need all those others.
>
> I took his advice and I bought the Bird.
>
> Buy the good stuff, as good as you can afford and stop worrying about the
> price or the deal.
>
> N2WL
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