Hi Alex:
Gotta agree with you... the AADE LC meter is a FINE addition to any
ham tool box. Though I don't use mine extensively, it do manage to
find sues for it on a fairly regular basis and it never ceases to
come thru for me. For the price, it'd be difficult to beat.
Another device you might want to look at is the M3 Semiconductor Analyzer.
http://www.m3electronix.com/features.html
A number of us built this kit at the 2005 FDIM Buildathon at the
Dayton HamVention last year. It's a really neat device and works
amazingly well... esp. for devices you can't fully identify. Saved my
bacon a couple times already.
73,
At 06:52 AM 1/27/2006, Alex, NS6Y wrote:
I just built the AADE (Almost All Digital Electronics) LC meter kit,
it's a very nice little unit and biased towards ham radio, being
very good at the smaller values of L and C that we encounter in
antenna/RF work. It took me about an hour to build, and I'd say it's
worth the $99 or so it cost - I think it was $105 or so with the
shipping. The documentation is not up to Elecraft standard! But, the
parts are so few it's not so bad, just read the instructions and
notes through first and you'll be OK. You can get it factory built
for $30 more. I hope this message isn't too SPAMish but if you need
an LC meter in a hurry you may be tempted to get the B&K 878 which
costs over 2x as much and you won't have that hands-on
understanding. This is a very solid and easy to use unit.
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