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Old 20-Oct-2016, 4:59 PM   #6
rabbit73
Retired A/V Tech
 
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Sadelco is now out of business, but their repair facility still sells refurbished meters. Sadelco made meters for CM.
http://www.sadelco.com/

http://www.rcbcal.com/home.html

My Sadelco 719E was about $600 when I retired in 1988. It was designed for analog signals, but I found it very useful for digital signals. The DisplayMax800 and DisplayMax 5000 ran about $1000. My wife gave the last 2 to me as a present. She tolerated my antenna experiments because she wanted a battery operated TV for use during power failures. The 719E on the left, 800 on the right.





DM5000 in use; Sony KDL22L5000. Disabled 1/10 dB for photo.



My Sony KDL32R400A has a Diagnostics Screen that gives signal strength numbers in one dB steps, so I got a TV and an SLM for the same price as a TV. Here is the calibration chart I made:



I have bought used meters on ebay, but only bought ones that I was willing to lose my investment or ones that had a return policy.

I was thinking of buying this less expensive meter from Solid Signal:
http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?p=digiair-pro-atsc

Old FSMs gave a reading in microvolts:



Old chart that might be of interest to you:

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