Cheap ESR Meter

From experience Ray O Vac cells leak terribly as well. The last set lasted less than a year in the ESR II meter and corroded the contacts.

Bob

Hi Jim, Yep, I was at Skycraft yesterday!!!! Just after a 4-hour visit to the Orlando hamfest, which I never miss. Skycraft is probably the best source for bits & pieces of parts and hardware in the southeastern USA. Although I live about 150 miles away, I visit a few times each year. Rarely leave without spending a bundle too. AstroToo in Melbourne is good too, but since I don't have any other business in Melbourne, I rarely get to visit them. AstroToo doesn't seem to have the really useful common parts that Skycraft has.

The hamfest is gradually getting smaller, but it's still a great event. Lots of test equipment this year, and I had to make 3 trips to the car to unload. Was a profitable trip for me in terms of money saved. Funny how test equipment seems to run in cycles at the hamfest.... some years, there may only be 5 or 6 vendors with a decent supply of test equipment, then other years the grounds are overrun with test equipment vendors. I love it either way...

Cheers!!!!

------- Dave M MasonDG44 at comcast dot net (Just substitute the appropriate characters in the address)

Never take a laxative and a sleeping pill at the same time!!

What do you mean by ``test light`` and "calculate numbers"? Mine has an LED display that gives a reading. No calculations needed. I do like my Altas better, my DSE (Bob;s design) works just as well as anything and is just as fast.

Leonard

Bob

Can't get that link to work ...

Arfa

Bob Parker wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

My experience has been the same,and I avoid Duracells,too.

Duracell Pro tend to be the usual choice in my job as a sound recordist in TV as about the best value. But of course are never left in equipment for very long.

G'day Arfa, I assume you have Google Earth installed on your PC? You might need to manually copy and paste the link address into your browser's address window then save the file on your hard drive. It seems that Internet Explorer will rename the saved file's extension to ".zip", so you need to change it back to ".kmz" if that happens. Then if you double-click the file in Windoze Explorer, Google Earth should grab it and produce the picture of the area Jim told you about. If all else fails, I've just uploaded the Google Earth image to my website. You can view it by going to

Regards Bob

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:06:16 GMT, "Arfa Daily"

You don't need to install 'Earth.' You can simply enter an address in the regular Google search engine. The first entry will be a map, which can be scrolled, zoomed; and changed to a satellite view, with or without a map overlay.

jak

No, I got all that, Bob. The problem's much simpler than that, in that I can't even gain access to the primary address " members.ozemail.com.au " let alone anything on there belonging to you. It just comes up with the standard ' The page cannot be displayed - the website may be having trouble ' stuff. Any and every other site I go to is fine, so not a browser prob ? Thoughts ?

Arfa

Thanks for the info!! I sort-of knew about Google's maps, but not the satellite image integration as well. Much appreciated. :)

Bob

Hi again, Down here in Australia where it's only a local site, I'm not having any problems, but you don't have any access at all. I can only assume that there's some problem with access from the UK and/or internationally. Maybe try again in a day or two and see if it works then? As it is, Jak's shown that you don't need to access my website at all.... just use Google direct. :)

Regards Bob

Site is accessible and seems to be working fine this morning from Chicago, IL USA.

Bob

trouble

Hmmm. Ferry strynge ....

All working from the UK here now. The vagaries of the 'net ....

Arfa

I just get hot under the collar when people make negative assumptions and claims about something they've never seen.

I was very positive about the product but After that i dont think any reasonable answer will do any good . I hate to pop your bubble but there are better instruments than the B.P. and there are better instruments than the Cap Wiz out there too . Thats life .

Googles taking--with some justification, IMO--some hits for their other areas, like China and their new Desktop application. In this case, they gotten it exactly right. The photos are not very up to date (I'd love it if they would date the images). However the utility of being able to type in any (U.S.--I don't know if it works elsewhere) address, in almost any reasonable format; and have it return not only a map of that area--with the exact location pinpointed--but in addition to be able to scroll, zoom in or out, overlay a picture or drop the map display entirely is astounding.

I rarely give directions anymore--at least before I ask the person if they have immediate internet access. If so, I just tell them to drop the address into a Google search.

jak

Of course there are, but it's a bit like comparing a pushbike to a car. They both get you from A to B, but the car is a lot more expensive. The OP was asking about a *cheap* ESR meter and, like the pushbike, the BP meter is without doubt, the best solution for the money. Yes, the Wizard is also a fine instrument, but rather more expensive. Personally, having used both the BP and the Wizard, I actually prefer the unambiguous digital display of the BP, and it's just as fast as any analogue display - and that from a dedicated fan of analogue instruments ...

Arfa

Yep, the net's like that. Us mortals will never understand what's behind the scenes. :)

Thanks for checking, Bob- I appreciate it.

Bob