[TowerTalk] remote reading multimeter

Grant Saviers grants2 at pacbell.net
Mon Jul 26 13:37:59 EDT 2021


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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