[Elecraft] DMM Recommendations -- Fluke 179?

[hawley, charles j jr]

True RMS for $19.95?

Chuck Hawley
 c-hawley at illinois.edu

 Amateur Radio, KE9UW
 aka Jack, BMW Motorcycles
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Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 10:30 AM
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] DMM Recommendations -- Fluke 179?

In the past, I had Fluke and Beckman meters and, in my days in
industrial electronic sales, I sold both of them.

In recent years, I've become a fan of the Chinese-made copies at Harbor
Freight.  They have the functions but not the price.  At $19.99, I was
able to buy a couple of them--one for the shack and one for the barn.
You might give them a look before throwing money at the market leaders.

73,

Dave K8MN


On 19-Mar-18 15:09, Dauer, Edward wrote:
> My inexpensive DMM is becoming troublesome – internal rotary switch contacts intermittent, requiring wriggling back and forth before it will give a reading on some ranges.  And it has limited functions
>
> Some research suggested the Fluke 179.  I would like to have autoranging, all the usual DMM functions, plus capacitance, diode testing, frequency, and temperature.  Amazon sells it with an accessory kit (the Fluke 179/EDA2) for just under $300.  That’s about four times what the less expensive brands go for.  But on the theory that it’s better to buy the best first and cry only once, is the Fluke 179 worth the price?
>
> Ted, KN1CBR
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