260s are one of the best meters for chasing copper wire faults. Digital VOMs pick up all kinds of electrical noise and will give false readings when looking for for shorts, leaks, crosses and opens. Sometimes a lower impedance meter is a good thing.
I also found an excellent HP48G desk to app. Looks exactly like the real thing. My Tek scope used to have Tetris in it but the easter egg quit working years ago. From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 3:49 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Fluke 87 I bought mine new at the store, but that was around 1999 I think. Still looks almost news. Batteries seem to last forever. I still have the box, I just checked to make sure it is indeed a Fluke 87. Sometimes I wish I had a Simpson 260 with the mirrored scale. I never owned one myself, but always had one on the bench at various places I worked. Along with a Tektronix 7000 series scope, HP204C oscillator, HP400FL AC voltmeter, and HP6236B power supply. From: Chuck McCown Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 4:01 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] OT Fluke 87 Just bought three used off of Ebay auctions over the past week or two to give as gifts to my sons. Always bugs the crap out of me when they pull out these free crappy Harbor Freight meters. In any event, I paid a range of $105 to $125 for them.
