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Re: [TenTec] Eagle problem?

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Eagle problem?
From: Carter <k8vt@ameritech.net>
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Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 17:58:11 -0400
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On 5/16/2014 1:25 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 5/15/2014 8:21 PM, Stuart  Rohre wrote:
>> An easy test for you.  If you take an ohmeter from the shield of
>> the mike cable at the base of the mike or where ever you can access
>> it, and then touch the other probe to the chassis of the radio, do
>> you get zero ohms?  If your ohm meter has a "Lo Ohms" scale use
>> that one. IF the continuity is there, that should eliminate the
>> "pin 1 question".
>
> NOT TRUE -- depending on the sensitivity of the Low Ohms scale on
> your VOM, it is VERY unlikely that your VOM can tell the difference
> between a connection direct to the chassis and a connection via the
> circuit board to the chassis. My Fluke, carefully calibrated and with
> compensation for the test leads can, but most VOMs cannot.

Yes, I have a Tektronix DMM (IMHO nicer than the Fluke 83 and 87 I've got -- but that's another story) that has a low ohms scale that compensates for the test leads. I will try it, but I am not sure if even the Tek will show what could be a very small difference in resistance.

73,
Carter   K8VT



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