[MRCA] Technoweenie Stocking Stuffer

[Gene Smar]

Tom:

     Thanks.  Now I've got my holiday reading all set up.  I had no idea
these gadgets were available.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F



-----Original Message-----
From: Tom B [mailto:tbryan at nova.org] 
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 10:08 PM
To: Gene Smar <ersmar at verizon.net>; smithab11 at comcast.net
Cc: mrca at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [MRCA] Technoweenie Stocking Stuffer

HI Gene,

There is a very long document on these types of testers here:
http://www.mikrocontroller.net/wikifiles/8/8f/Ttester_eng111k.pdf


Tom


On 12/18/2015 2:05 PM, Gene Smar wrote:
> How about inserting a short jumper wire between the two input contacts,
install the BFC, then remove the jumper?  In any case the price is cheap
enough that I'll get one just to mess with it and find out the true values
of some of my RF chokes.  Thanks for the heads-up, guys.
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> 73 de
> Gene Smar  AD3F
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> On 12/18/15, Tom B wrote:
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> Hi Breck,
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> I agree. I blew up a similar device while working on a power supply. 
> The test leads are connected directly to the microprocessor. There was 
> one version that had a relay that shorted the inputs before you make a 
> test to make sure this doesn't happen.
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> Tom
> N3AJA
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