Posted by
n6wg on
Mar 06, 2005; 8:26pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Prep-time-tp375364p375368.html
Mike
I strongly recommend the AADC L/C IIB
(
http://www.mtechnologies.com/aade/#lcm)
It has become a pretty much a standard for QRPers interesting in
homebrewing.
It is far more accurate and useful than the L and/or C measuring ability
of most DMMs.
When my sons were growing up and got into cars, I taught them to buy the
best
tool for the job they were doing, within reason. For L and C measurement,
you
can't beat the LC IIB.
Good luck and 73
Bob N6WG
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Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 12:01 PM
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Subject: [Elecraft] Prep time
Hi all,
I'm a week or two new to the list and am preparing to jump into a K2
building project. I need to upgrade some of my gadgets, though, and one
is the DMM - my current one doesn't measure capacitance. Does anyone
have any recommendations? Would the cheap one at
http://multimeterwarehouse.com/DT9205f.htmbe good enough? It's the age old challenge of trying to not spend too
much but trying to not buy trash, too. I remember someone's email
signature from a few years ago that was along the lines of, "Engineers
aren't cheap, they just optimize cost." :-)
In that vein, any recommendations for a decent soldering station - maybe
Jameco's analog, temp. controlled $58 one with a screwdriver tip? It's
Jameco part #229673 at
http://jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&productId=129019
The dinky soldering iron I have now has been used to successfully build
a QRP rig and a variety of other things, but nothing has been nearly as
expensive as a K2 either, so I figure it'd be wise to play it safe.
Thanks for any tips! (Pardon the pun.)
Mike AB3AP
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