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It works! The guts transfered over perfectly! All the internal bosses, grooves, and holes are identical between the two meter movements. I added a 2K 10-turn trimpot across the meter terminals as a variable shunt and calibrated it to my AN/URM-43B, it's monitoring my APRS digi as I type this. FWIW, this meter has "Honeywell - Made in U.S.A" embossed on the back, the Drake has "Jewel - Made in U.S.A." in the same spot with the same typeface. The front face of the Motorola meter has Honeywell Model MS24T printed on it, and what I believe to be Motorola part number 72D82352F01. The only downside that I can see is the pointer is a bit wider at the end than the original Drake, so you can't resolve the reading down to the picowatt.... The seller has another one listed right now on the e-place, if anyone needs a meter movement for a W4/WV4. Email me off-list and I'll give you his info. No affiliation, just a happy camper. 73 -Jim On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:03:22 -0500 (CDT), Jim Shorney wrote: >I received the Motorola 20uA panel meter today that I purchased through that >e-place. It's an almost exact physical match to the meter movement in the >WV-4! It appears to have been made by the same vendor. The differences: > >Black pointer instead of red >20uA, vs. 200 uA (easily dealt with using Ohm's Law...) >Gray highlighting instead of black on the plastic front cover >Four-point mounting instead of three - the Drake movement has four empty >holes in the case where the mounting bolts are in the Motorola, and the >Motorola has mold marks where the three mounting bolts are in the Drake >movement. > >The taut-band movement appears to be the same design, as do the case parts; >the curvature of the front plastic cover is even identical to that of the >Drake meter movement. I've already completely disassembled the bad Drake >meter movement, and the guts should transfer over easily from the >Motorola. Looks like it will work fine. > >The seller says that he has more of these, if anyone else needs a replacement >meter movement for a W-4/WV-4. > >73 > >-Jim > -- Jim Shorney -->.<--Put complaints in this box jshorney (at) inebraska.com Ham Radio NU0C Lincoln, NE, USA EN10ps http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
