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Old 3rd Oct 2015, 11:14 am   #66
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Default Re: Test equipment for valve radio repair

It was, back in the 70's

I've come across people using digital storage scopes with automated marker measurements expecting frequency readouts to be accurate like a counter. It takes some explaining to get them to see that it's just the calculated reciprocal of the positions of two markers, and to do an estimate of the range of error possible.

If it's written in digits, someone will always believe it.

It's DIGITAL, innit?

David
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