I agree with Jerry -- the Harbor Fright DVMs are the ones I reach for first.?
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Like Jerry, I do that because they are cheap crap and I don't care if I blow one up.? Having set fire to the same Fluke 77 three times, I agree, blow up the cheap junk first.? I will mention that Fluke has always been more than generous on repair or upgrade replacement on my 77s.? So they're high on my "use vendor again" list.?
I'll also add -- the ME-77C/U mil-surplus multimeter (google iot) is on my "maybe you don't want to buy this again, because it uses a $75 unobtainium 22.5 V battery that can't be replicated from current sources.? But if I could get one to work ... I'd put it out on my Field Day table for testing stuff.? And then I'd get a few more.
Why?? Because everybody around here (Austin TX, within shouting distance of all the airbases in San Antonio) we see a lot of these in the junk boxes at swap fests, and they're kinda the 1950s version of the crap Harbor Fright DVMs.? Most of the gentlemen who used to use these have passed, but there are a few of us who still recognize classic utility.
73
Jim N6OTQ
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