[Lowfer] cores

[Bill Ashlock]

>Bill, what LRC meter do you have,,, availability,cost  ??

Bob, this is a B and K 875B. I bought it for about $125 three years ago when 
it was sold by a different company. I've noticed the price in Newark 
skyrocket since then. Last year $198; this year $242! I see that Mouser 
sells a B and K 615-875B for $189 which has the same ranges. Don't know why 
the prices are so high. I don't think we are into anything high-tech, here, 
except maybe there's a microprocessor inside that has become scarce.

There used to be kit available for about $100 and some on the guys bought 
this including Mike R. Unfortunately this meter doesn't have a 1/Q reading 
(as mine does) which I find to be helpfull in getting a rough idea on what 
the Q of inductors and capacitors will be like at 185k. This feature even 
shows these tiny ceramics to be superior to mica at the 1kHz measurement 
frequency.

Bill

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