Greetings EEVBees:
--W. C. Fields also said "My first wife drove me to drink. Something which I will always be grateful to her for" Likewise, DJ turned me on to Fluke, & Hakko, something for which I will always be grateful to him for, the expense being similar but the headaches less so.
--Please see below my latest eBay Purchase for $221 with shipping included, a Fluke 87V with more or less full kit, which required the recycling of many a TV and Microwave in order to obtain the funds, trolling through sometimes questionable neighborhoods at the crack of dawn, armed. I realize it is not the most astounding eBay grab, but nonetheless, I feel it is a dollar well spent. And, I thought you fellow Fluke aficionados might want to have a gander at the kit and tear down.
"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people."
William Claude Dukenfield, W. C. Fields 1880 - 1946
Best Regards
Clear Ether