[MRCA] Simpson 260 vs VTVM

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Minor point, maybe, but I don't think that the 10 megohm is "per volt".  
It's fixed regardless of range, like 11 megohm with your typical VTVM.

WRT digital meters, I never encountered anyone using a digital meter who 
knew how to fix anything except once in a while a blown fuse.  But that's 
another subject entirely.

In a message dated 12/1/2013 1:42:22 PM Central Standard Time, 
RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu writes: 
> The ME-413/PSM-37 Multimeters are often on EBay for cheap and I have 
> bought several at Ham fest for next to nothing. They were the last generation 
> of analog VOM produced for the military and are great meters having 
> selectable resistance on the voltmeter of 1K, 20 K or 10 Meg per volt and also have 
> a LP Ohms that allows you to read around solid state devices like diodes 
> or transistors without biasing them on. I have one on my work bench and one 
> in the field tool kit that I use all the time and have not touched a 
> Simpson 260 in about twenty years although that use to be my main meter before 
> the PSM-37. When doing work on large transmitters or in high RF fields 
> digital meters are useless.
> 
> Ray F

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