[Elecraft] K2 Front Panel Resistance Check Readings :(

Don Wilhelm donwilh at embarqmail.com
Sun Aug 18 20:14:00 EDT 2019


Technician, know your tools! and know what the readings are telling you.
That is true both in the analog and the digital worlds.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 8/18/2019 8:00 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> Analog multimeters were so much easier!
> 
> 73,
> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> Sparks NV DM09dn
> Washoe County
> 
> On 8/18/2019 4:21 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>> If the reading is actually zero - like when the leads are touched to 
>> each other, then that is zero ohms, an indication of a short.
>> OTOH, if the reading is blank or whatever your ohmmeter reads when the 
>> leads are attached to nothing, then that is an indication of infinite 
>> resistance or something very high - and that qualifies as greater then 
>> (> symbol) 100k ohms.


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