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 arch...@mail-archive.com
