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Originally Posted by zeno
But since nobody here does it for a living anymore bottom line is what you like & what you have.
73 Zeno  |
Couldn't have put it plainer!
And that's what the topic was more or less. The man wanted some opinions of what to keep out of several units that are just as relevant now as they were when they were new ONLY you will be hard pressed to earn the living with any of the stuff in your hand be it "high grade" DMMs or "nostalgic" VTVMs.
For the modern, better equipped tech who can do many of his checks from a scope; do you really need the "high grade" digital scope of today like some of the top design engineers may be willing to sink a few grand into, OR can you really do most electronics work on the repair end (??) with a good quality "service grade" unit with a CRT from the last few decades?
Anyway, I have read a lot of true and legitimate opinions on old v/s new, digital v/s analog or tube and it goes back to Zeno's quote here. Electronic M likes what he has, but like many of us perhaps has too much of. The meter controversy is old news, but these leakage testing nostalgia peices are an ever growing hot topic, & seller at auction. The later Sprague Telohmikes have about doubled in price online in recent months. No way around their relevancy on today's bench if the tech is blessed enough to have one. He can do the same thing with a cheap Heathkit and maybe an ammeter if he wants specific numerical current readouts.