Let me know if you can't find the info, I might be able to come up with something, but it would take a little time and digging. As I recall, the only real complication for the butterfingered would be removal of the front cover of the meter movements and swapping the calibrated scale plates. The mechanical fit is exact, it is the same basic movement with slight variations in the pointer shape and color.
73 -Jim NU0C On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:10:28 -0500, Steven KA9MOT wrote: >Thanks for the guidance Jim! > >Steve KA9MOT > >On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Jim Shorney <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, 9 Jul 2012 00:04:04 -0500, Steven KA9MOT wrote: >> >> >I'm having terrible luck replacing mine. Anybody have one of=r know of an >> existing substitute? 200ma >> > >> >> >> Yep, but you'll have to search the Drakelist archive. There was a >> discussion a >> couple of years ago about a Motorola (I think) panel meter from base >> station >> racks that is the same physical movement, but with a different coil >> resistance. >> Easily adapted to work, I found one on eBay and used it in a WV-4. Another >> list >> member subsequently bought several, and was offering them for sale. He may >> still have some. >> >> 73 >> >> -Jim >> NU0C >> >> -- >> >> "It's an Earth food. They are called Swedish meatballs! It's a strange >> thing, but every sentient race has its own version of these Swedish >> meatballs! I suspect it's one of those great universal mysteries which will >> either never be explained, or which would drive you mad if you ever learned >> the truth!" - G'Kar, Babylon 5 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Drakelist mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist >> > -- Ham Radio NU0C Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.S.A. TR7/RV7/R7A/L7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C/L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A, HyGain 3750, IBM PS/2 - all vintage, all the time! "Give a man a URL, and he will learn for an hour; teach him to Google, and he will learn for a lifetime." HyGain 3750 User's Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HyGain_3750/ http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney http://www.nebraskaghosts.org _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
