No, I haven't actually done that, but I'll give that a try.  For the 
price though, it is quite cool!!!  Someone said  don't drop it.  Is this 
speaking from experience?
73s
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Colin McDonald wrote:

> hey butch:
> have you tried regular leads on that meter?  I think you can use regular
> style leads, since the extra wire in the stock leads that come with the
> talking meter are there to support the lights and the remote talk button
> only.
> I seem to remember thinking the same thing when i first got the meter, but I
> tried another set of old style leads and they worked fine, just no light and
> no remote talk button.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 1:05 PM
> Subject: butch bussen recommends TALKING DIGITAL MULTI METER WITH LIGHTED
> LEADS to you (fwd)
>
>
>> I got it here.  It measures ac to I think 700 volts, dc to a thousand,
>> ohms, frequency up to 20 mhz and capacitance.  The only drawback I see is
>> the leads are two conductor and I'd guess you have to go back to the
>> manufacturer for replacements.  Nice for the $40 though.
>> 73s
>> Butch Bussen
>> wa0vjr
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:02:44 -0500
>> From: butch bussen <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: butch bussen recommends TALKING DIGITAL MULTI METER WITH LIGHTED
> LEADS
>>      to you
>>
>> butch ,
>>   Thought you might be interested in this.
>>
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>>
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>>
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