[sdiy] Multimeter advice?

[David G. Dixon]

> So in the short term I'll pick up a cheapo...

Paul, I didn't want to mention this before out of embarrassment, but my
favorite multimeter is a cheapo Chinese pocket multimeter, a Victor VC921A.
I almost always grab it instead of my "good" one because it's smaller and
more convenient, it has autoscale (no need to switch to different ranges),
and it has a frequency counter which I use to calibrate VCOs.  It was a
whopping $25 retail.  It doesn't measure current, but the VC920A does:

http://www.victorelectronics.com/products/digital_multimeters_all_4.htm