[Boatanchors] Novice Transmitter Thoughts?

[Drew P.]

 Rodger wrote:
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> Some of the novice rigs (i.e. DX-20, Adventurer) used the
> twitchy moving vane meter which makes tuneup interesting as
> you try to figure out the actual current based upon the
> oscillation of the meter.  

These can be tamed with a 100uF electrolytic across the terminals.  The lowest voltage rating you can find will work fine.  I did this with the cheapo moving vane meter in my Utica 650 6 meter transceiver and it behaves almost like a real meter now.

Drew