[EdHolland]

I'll have to dig mine out and have another play with it. Also, I have the instructions somewhere... these call out the best ways to couple to the circuit being tested.

Hold on, here's a link to instructions, in case you don't have them:

http://www.radiomanual.info/schemi/ACC_i...WA0KKE.pdf

If coupling is too close, the dip is rather broad in frequency, and of course this also affects the resonance of the circuit being tested to a greater extent. With less coupling, you should see weaker, but very sharp dips. The recommended procedure directs the user to start with strong coupling, and reduce it until the (subjective) sharp tuning of the dip is observed.

I was able to do this, setting up a short wave dipole, by adding a coupling coil at the receiver end of the coax feed. It had to be face on to the dip meter's coil at first, before I could figure out what was going on, then I could adjust and play with the proximity, once I knew I was looking at the correct dip.

It was fun to use though, and I did get a good antenna set up in the end. 

Cheers

Ed