[volt-nuts] HP 3457A

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <CANX10hA+uhgmQGdX1A+n6=5RsV3oYYzDWHvfLKe+K=JKZV+Sig at mail.gmail.com>
, "Dr. David Kirkby" writes:

>He seems to think that he could calibrate the kits if he
>had other kits of the same model.

That is a perception I have met more than once:

"I checked it with my other ${type} instrument, and they showed
(pretty much) the same, so it is calibrated."

People don't understand that "calibrated" doesn't mean that it
shows the right thing, but that you know how wrong it is.

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