[Hallicrafters] re: Volt-Ohm meter

[Radio Randy]

Not just analog meters but, 20,000 ohm per volt analog meters. A high
impedance digital meter won't even be close in some instances. They are
great for getting your readings, accurate down to the gnat's butt, though.

Radio Randy

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Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] re: Volt-Ohm meter


> I feel that using a digital meter to troubleshoot boatanchors (except for
> checking resistor values) will cause one more trouble.  State of the art
> servicing back in those days was dine with analog meters and all the
service
> manual voltage charts were derived from analog meter readings.  Also many
> digital meters will not give an instantenous reading which may be required
in
> some cases as has been pointed out already.
>
> A good example of this is trying to measure filament voltage on a pair if
> 3-500zs after installing step start protection. By the time the digital
meter
> got settled down, the step start had already kicked in and it was
impossible
> to read the initial filament voltage. The little Triplett 310 was right
there
> with the correct answer.
>
> 73,
>
> John,  W4AWM
>
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