I dug my old VOM out of the drawer. It has two batteries, a 9-wolt battery and a AA battery. Both were dead and the contacts were corroded. I cleaned the contacts and installed new batteries. It seems to work fine now so far as I can tell. It was working fine the last time I used it.
I was thinking I bought this around 1980 or maybe a bit earlier. I got to wondering if I could find it in the old Radio Shack catalogs on line. I started with the 1980 catalog, and the one there was close but not identical. So on a lark I went back to 1977. Lo and behold, there it was! the 50,000 ohms per volt unit that is listed at $34.95. Knowing me I probably got this on a Radio Shack sale for more like $24.95. I don't like to pay sticker price for anything, if I can avoid it.
Go to the link to see the catalog listing. You will need to go to page 104 on the page tab in the lower right-hand corner
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Topic - Vintage VOM - DavidLD 06:33:37 01/26/15 (19)
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- RE: Got a Simpson 260 for Christmas - Hornlover 07:55:05 01/27/15 (0)
- RE: Got a Simpson 260 for Christmas - Michael Samra 13:05:42 01/26/15 (7)
- RE: Got a Simpson 260 for Christmas - Alpha Al 17:09:39 01/26/15 (6)
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- RE: Got a Simpson 260 for Christmas - Alpha Al 05:14:41 01/27/15 (0)
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- The Range Doubler - Awe-d-o-file 08:50:32 01/26/15 (6)
- RE: The Range Doubler - DavidLD 09:03:46 01/26/15 (5)
- RE: The Range Doubler - Awe-d-o-file 10:53:49 01/26/15 (4)
- RE: The Range Doubler - DavidLD 11:40:49 01/26/15 (3)
- RE: The Range Doubler - Crazy Dave 12:21:15 01/26/15 (2)
- RE: The Range Doubler - DavidLD 14:55:10 01/26/15 (1)
- RE: The Range Doubler - Crazy Dave 10:25:49 01/27/15 (0)
- RE: Vintage VOM - Crazy Dave 08:35:11 01/26/15 (0)