We see frequent mails on here from people doing the resistance checks in the manual and reporting they get (say) 100k when the manual says >500k or whatever. There is some implication in the manual that these values are set in concrete and you shouldn't proceed if they are not met to the letter. Of course we all know that they are checking for direct shorts or similar and measurements somewhat outside the values stated do occur and do not mean a catastrophic error.
When measuring with a digital meter, which most of use, the value recorded when measuring components shunted by semiconductors, capacitors and other non linear things will differ enormously between different meters and nothing can be deduced from the reading other than it is not short circuit! I know there are comments in the manual that you may get different readings from those shown, perhaps that needs expanding a little. Or maybe in light of experience that most people have few problems in building their rigs the resistance tests should be omitted. 73 Dave G3YMC http://www.davesergeant.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft You must subscribe to post. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, Unsub etc): http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft page: http://www.elecraft.com
