[Test-Equipment] B&K (DynaScan) 179 FET-VOM - Manual or Schematic PDF?

[Fred Olsen]

Phil Barnes-Roberts WA6DZS wrote:
> After an all-nighter looking, I've only found B & K's (after a message 
> left for them) <http://www.bkprecision.com/> 'Global Sales' arm, 
> <http://www.bkmanuals.com/>, who'll sell me a 15-page Instruction Manual 
> for $15, and a 4-page Parts/Schematic/Calibrate for $10.  (Wouldn't you 
> want both?)

Yes, one would, and that's one reason I take exception to BK Manuals's 
practices.  The company is associated with B&K Test Equipment, LLC, at 
www.bktestequipment.com , which is apparently a reincarnation of or 
successor to a company called Doutt Electronics, which bought the rights 
to service various obsolete B&K models, and sell parts and manuals.  BK 
Manuals, while the web site looks essentially identical, seems to be a 
separate company in a business relationship with the former.  They do 
list quite a few manuals though, even for some of the pre-merger 
Precision Apparatus gear.

DO NOTE that neither of those is actually the present B+K Precision, 
which you found at www.bkprecision.com .  They do have some obsolete 
manuals posted but they're not all that easy to find.  Go to 
www.bkprecision.com/www/NP_src.asp and enter the model number.  Try it 
both with and without any letter suffix since I have noted some 
glitches, but the manual for another suffix may be very different with 
B+K.  An available manual or cal procedure will come up as a link below 
the unit's description.

Neither the 179 nor 277 is listed.  B+K (the real one) may have relaxed 
things a bit lately since sometimes a polite and specific inquiry will 
yield a PDF by email.

Good luck,
Fred
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