I'm an independent consultant and am trying to upgrade my aging lab a bit. My lab is mostly items I bought 15 years ago when I started out and various pieces I got at random HAM Fests and Ebay or closing companies.
I could use a new high end VOM (the ones I am looking at are in the $300-$500 range) and a better 'Oscope to replace my aging TDS 500 series scope (and even older 2430A) as well as a few other pieces.
Contact East and Techi-Tools prices never used to be inline with others and Future-Active is not in that business any more. E-bay has eliminated any good used or new equipment from even showing at Ham Fests anymore.
Where do folks get higher end scopes, VOMS, LCR Meteres, Freq Counters, Electronic Loads, Variacs etc at these days with good selection and price?
Also would love to hear a suggestion on a good VOM. Seems the $200 ones can ALMOST do what I want and the $400 ones can 'almost' eliminate my need for a new LCR Meeter but the devil is in the details.
I would like a 4 1/2 digit meeter with good precision (0.1%?). It should be responsive, esp for continuity, have the normal complement of sample and hold, bar graph, high low holding, auto calibration and zeroing and other modern features. It would be great if it has a usable LCR and Frequency counter as well as HFE reading. I also wish it had a reset button rather than a fuse for the current meeter. The issue with the LCR meters in most I looked at is the range is not adequate to not need a separate meeter so it seems that perhaps these should be two different tools.
Thanx Hawker