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My 2-B receiver has a needle that wouldn't zero without a little help. I bought a package of Radio Shack 1/2" diam. ceramic magnets and glued one near the S-meter. Now, It's spot on. Try it until you find a replacement. jim / W1FMR --- EP Swynar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good Day All, > > I wonder if anyone reading this has ever come up > with a possible solution to what I have here in the > matter of panel meters...? > > Specifically, I use an older Simpson brand 0-500 VDC > meter to monitor the plate voltage of my 2x813 > homebrewed linear amplifier (I employ multipliers to > expand its scale to read 0-5000 VDC): to-day, while > doing some trouble-shooting on the rig, there was a > momentary internal short --- as a consequence of > this, the meter needle now will NOT return to its > "zero" peg, but rather, hangs-up at around the 2 KV > point on the dial... > > When I activate the B+ on the power supply, the > needle travels right back up to 2.5 KV, as it > normally does, but again --- with the supply off --- > the needle refuses to drop down past about 2 KV > anymore. > > Is there any "fix" for this condition, or is a > replacement meter in order...? > > If it's the latter(!), I need a 2-1/4" x 2-1/4" > bakelite Simpson, 0-500 VDC unit...please check your > junque boxes...! > > Thank-you... > > ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
