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Old 10-30-2021, 04:49 PM
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No. It would be a hard pass from me paying for 2 probes that you cannot disconnect and use seperately.
Not to mention, if you wait long enough you could get a whole VTVM with the probe for about the same price.

VTVM's get weird with RF and capacitance and it makes the meter move just putting your hand near it without the ground lead grounded.

I have the Eico uniprobe and all it is is a 1 meg resistor and a direct . There's a front section that you twist a half a turn and you can select direct, or through the 1 meg resistor.

The original Heathkits were wired the same but they just had a small slide switch.

If I was in a bind and didn't have a probe I would just use 2 regular probes with 1 having the 1 meg resistor. But I want them seperate and not interconnected.
I done this for a while till I was given the Eico probe in box of parts one time.

If you're not to concerned with originality you could also swap out the old microphone connector for a 1/4" mono jack. Like the ones used on guitar amps.
Way cheaper to get ahold of.
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