[Elecraft] DMM recommendations

[hawley, charles j jr]

Bird advertised and prints in the manual +/- 5% of full scale power. I remember some digital meters ARRL tested a few years back that did not do that well. Are your numbers something you experienced?

Chuck KE9UW
c-hawley at illinois.edu

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> On Mar 19, 2018, at 1:41 PM, Ken G Kopp <kengkopp at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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