Found my first multimeter... Radio Shack Micronta 22-211A

[jimdeane]

While rummaging through boxes to try and clear space, I found a cache of my old electronics things. Among them, my original multimeter, a Micronta 22-211A. I probably purchased it 1986-1988.



I had to set my power supply to 10.07 volts to get the Extech to read 10.00VDC, but the Micronta agrees with several progressivley cheaper multimeters, so...who knows. 

[Ampera]

My grandfather has something like that.

The irony is that he purchased it new about a year ago.

Cool find either way! My DMM collection is a bit poo (I have one with a broken segment on the display. )

[EEVblog]

I lusted after that folding model when I was a kid!

[strangersound]

That's the one I have. I still use it.

[jancumps]

I have a 22-203. Bought when I started electronic studies in (I think) 1982.
Appreciate the original test leads and the 100mV error on the 3V range.

[jimdeane]

Nice.  I'm hoping to run across the original leads somewhere. They were not in that box...but I'm sure I didn't throw them away.

This one's going back into the rotation. It works, and sometimes it's nice to see a needle and a scale instead of a digital readout.

[SingedFingers]

Got a Micronta 22-214A here in active service. Good meters. Very sensitive. 50k/volt. Had this since about 1987 I think.



Needs a service as the movement is a bit floppy and it's difficult to get an accurate FSD at different orientations.

[JoeN]

Got one of those myself.  Cannot for the life of me remember when I got it.  88-90?  I taught myself to program at the local Radio Shack on a TRS-80 Model 3.