True RMS for a $20 on Amazon multimeter. Review here: https://youtu.be/xdGQEVdxmQQ
Chip AE5KA On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 5:23 PM, hawley, charles j jr <c-haw...@illinois.edu > wrote: > True RMS for $19.95? > > Chuck Hawley > c-haw...@illinois.edu > > Amateur Radio, KE9UW > aka Jack, BMW Motorcycles > ________________________________________ > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] > on behalf of Dave Heil [k...@frontiernet.net] > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 10:30 AM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] DMM Recommendations -- Fluke 179? > > In the past, I had Fluke and Beckman meters and, in my days in > industrial electronic sales, I sold both of them. > > In recent years, I've become a fan of the Chinese-made copies at Harbor > Freight. They have the functions but not the price. At $19.99, I was > able to buy a couple of them--one for the shack and one for the barn. > You might give them a look before throwing money at the market leaders. > > 73, > > Dave K8MN > > > On 19-Mar-18 15:09, Dauer, Edward wrote: > > My inexpensive DMM is becoming troublesome – internal rotary switch > contacts intermittent, requiring wriggling back and forth before it will > give a reading on some ranges. And it has limited functions > > > > Some research suggested the Fluke 179. I would like to have > autoranging, all the usual DMM functions, plus capacitance, diode testing, > frequency, and temperature. Amazon sells it with an accessory kit (the > Fluke 179/EDA2) for just under $300. That’s about four times what the less > expensive brands go for. But on the theory that it’s better to buy the > best first and cry only once, is the Fluke 179 worth the price? > > > > Ted, KN1CBR > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to k...@frontiernet.net > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > http://www.avg.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to c-haw...@illinois.edu > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to lightdazz...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
