"Paul Burridge" wrote in message
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Hi gang,

I've never had a lot of luck with GDMs for some reason. Even with a
decent meter, it seems such a drag tuning across such a vast range
looking for a tiny, easily-missed dip which you have to screw out of
the meter by forcing the sensing coil so far into the circuit
concerned you practically break the circuit board. Am I alone in
finding this potentially invaluable device practically useless in
practice? Is there a more viable alternative?

p.
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First rule is to get a good dip meter- the stuff made for the amateur
community is very poor- the Eicos, Heath Millen etc. Pick up a Measurments
model 59. With this meter you can take a 1/2 wave wire- say at 2M and hold
the meter a couple inches from the center and see a huge dip. Other meters
don't even respond when held to the wire. Dips on conventional L-C circuits
can easily be full scale.

Dale W4OP