RE: [Elecraft] Re: soldering stations

2004-07-14 Thread Julian, G4ILO
Mind you, you could break and replace several cheap DMMs for the price of a Fluke... 73, -- Julian, G4ILO. (RSGB, ARRL, G-QRP, K2 #392) G4ILO's Shack: http://www.qsl.net/g4ilo Ron D'Eau Claire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] 3 - Ruggedness. My fluke has bounced off of a steel deck of several

RE: [Elecraft] Re: soldering stations

2004-07-14 Thread Thom R. Lacosta
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Julian, G4ILO wrote: Mind you, you could break and replace several cheap DMMs for the price of a Fluke... YeaI have a cheap DMM at: My tool kit My computer took kit My car My parent's home My daughter's apartment The other advantage to cheap DMM's is that if you have

RE: [Elecraft] Re: soldering stations

2004-07-13 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
The biggest differences that I've seen between the expensive and cheap DMM's are: 1 - Speed. Cheap DMM chips take a second or two to produce a reading. Expensive ones are almost instantaneous. That's only a small nuisance unless you are trying to find a 'peak' or 'null' in the reading while