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    Meter recommendation

    73's de Edd, A simple review of the schematic would have shown me, and a little thought would have told me, that there would be only one oscillator. Thank you for setting me straight. Your recommendation to begin switching connections is very elegant and I wonder how long I would have poked...
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    Meter recommendation

    Mr. Kapp, Thank you for the recommendation! I’ve viewed a couple reviews and some YouTube videos concerning the unit and it certainly received a lot of praise. One question, though: According to one reviewer, the ability to measure AC voltage begins to roll off after 1000 Hz. Has this been...
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    Meter recommendation

    Hello everyone! I’m an electronics noob. I’m following the service manual to repair an old Akai reel-to-reel tape deck. I need to check bias voltage (supposed to be around 105V, AC, 95 kHz) as I have a weak recording channel. The manual says to use a vacuum tube voltmeter. Is there a modern...
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    Hello, everyone. Tracy here.

    In the past year I’ve had four vintage tape decks fall into my hands. (Three reel to reel, and one cassette) As you can imagine, they need some work. Unfortunately, I have no electronics background so I’ll be stopping by to ask a question from more learned individuals who actually understand...
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