Maybe climb up with a light CAT5 test cable and a data logger multimeter
with serial to CAT5 adapter? I'll bet at low data rates a 150'-200'
cable would work OK. At ground level you'd have a CAT5 to serial adapter
and then whatever readout device you could hack up.
-Steve K8LX
On 7/26/2021 1:37 PM, Grant Saviers wrote:
Probably others have or would like to have what I am searching for:
A multimeter with a couple hundred feet remote readout. Best if the
readout was on my android phone, but a pc would be acceptable. The need
is troubleshooting stuff happening at the tower/up the tower at the end
of cables, etc. when manipulating stuff at the station.
The are infinite cheap (<$40) digital meters available, a lot of
searching found one with bluetooth on amazon:
Tekpower TP4000ZC PC Based USB Interfaced Auto Ranging Digital Multimeter
Seems it has sketchy software support. Then the bluetooth range is
inadequate so a range extender of some sort is needed. (at both ends?).
wifi seems like the better technology for direct range and battery size
in a handheld isn't much of a constraint.
Any solutions out there being used or created?
Given the competition <$40 in the VOM market, I would think a wifi
enabled meter would find a niche.
Grant KZ1W
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