[Test-Equipment] rms voltmeter?

[Dale H. Cook]

At 04:05 PM 1/19/2008, Eugene wrote:

>I have an HP 410B that I am attempting to use to measure some rms RF
>voltages in the HF range.

The 410B is not an RMS instrument. It is calibrated to read RMS for a 
sine-wave input, but the AC detector is a peak detector. That is 
typical for the 4xx series AC VTVMs.

Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting, 
Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA - WZZI / WZZU / WLNI / WLEQ
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