[Elecraft] DMM

[Jim Brown]

On 3/20/2018 12:51 PM, Chip Stratton wrote:
> Many years ago I bought a Fluke 8060A DMM. It was indeed a fine instrument,
> and still sought after today by some for a couple of its unique features.
> However some 8 years later the LCD slowly faded to uselessness.

I have two of them, and both had that problem.  A friend who's better on 
the bench than I took them apart and cleaned them up. Both are like 
new.  I bought both used about 20 years ago.

> And a Fluke Scopemeter 123

Have a top of the line Scopemeter for which I paid $2k  about 20 years 
ago. it ate batteries if you didn't use it a lot, and I didn't use it a 
lot (but it was indispensible for a very important project for which I 
used it). Fluke charged a lot to replace them. Then it fell, not very 
hard, and broke the power connector. Simple thing, right?  It hasn't 
worked since, two friends have attempted to get it going, without 
success. So it's now a paperweight.

73, Jim K9YC