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What was your first multimeter or voltmeter?
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lowimpedance:
My first multimeter was made by an  Australian company, ' University ' . A present from my parents for getting my apprenticeship. It had extensive use in repairing junk from council cleanups , and when building kits etc. (also got the 25KV probe for those modern CRT repairs  :D).
Next was the Fluke 77 bought from Geoff Wood electronics for $330 of my hard earned apprentice wage and it has had the most use of any DMM I own. Still love using the simplicity of its UI, for those quick measurement tasks.  :-DMM

It will need to be pried out of my cold fingers after my terminal breath   :).

bjcuizon:

--- Quote from: schmitt trigger on July 26, 2017, 04:59:38 pm ---The Output Jack!
I had forgotten about it.

It was used to remove the DC component from an audio signal and only read the AC component. If I remember properly, it was a non-polarized capacitor in series with the input.

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Dave also talked about it somewhere in his video about a teardown of his three analog meters.
https://youtu.be/S00c_qQB-hA?t=17m41s

I also think the output jack goes to the input of a scope. Maybe you would like to measure ripple on HV PSUs (like on tube radios).. You can measure the DC component of the power supply's output via the meter while measuring the AC ripple on the scope.
T-Reu:
This is my very first multimeter. I bought it in 1990 when I was 14 years old. Back then it cost DM50,- (Deutsche Mark in West Germany). It still works, though I don't really use it anymore. Its best feature is its instant continuity buzzer.
8)
Today I use a Fluke 177 and the EEVblog multimeter. 
Tepe:
Mine was this TMK 200 bought in November '79:
Rbastler:
I had a meter like the one in the picture. It was STAR branded. The local electronics shop was selling these. I remember buying another one, after it broke.
Damn, was I stupid back then.

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