[AMRadio] RE: S meter

[Brett Gazdzinski]

Hello all AM'ers.
I am still looking for an S meter for my homebrew receiver.
I am really looking for an S meter out of one of the heathkit 
sb or hw series receivers (not with final current or alc scales).
They are nice looking and allow for a backlight.

I will even buy a parts radio to get the meter.

On a side note, I won a bid on ebay for an swr/power/modulation
meter. It looks like a nice desk top unit with three
separate meters in it, and handles 1000 watts rms.

If it works, it should be handy to have all three readings
simultaneously on one small box at the operating position.

Going to the pack rats fest in eastern PA this Sunday, if
it does not rain.
I will bring along a lot of audio junk like dual 20 band
graphic eq, various compressor limiters, mike preamp and mixer,
pa amp, old stereo equipment, etc.

I will be looking for an S meter, a smaller (lower voltage)
transformer for the home brew receiver, and various other
goodies.
Plus, any neat junk I can get for future projects/to play with.
Hopefully, what I sell will offset what I spend....

I think this winters project will be a pair of 4-125 (or whatever)
rf deck with a pie network output.
I have a bunch of 4-125 tubes, and all the major parts
(chassis, tuning and loading caps, tubes, tube sockets, filament
transformer, etc.).
I think it will be a one band rig, 80 or 40, and
I will try to make it small and simple as compared to
the large and complex stuff I usually wind up with.

No band switches, fixed coils for grid and plate, a simple setup.

Brett
N2DTS