[TowerTalk] remote reading multimeter

[Steve Maki]

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