[Collins] Meter repair

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 Might work with a regular meter but when you've got one in a sealed case like the COllins 51J/R-388 types, how do you even get into it?

larry
W0OGH


  -------------- Original message from Robert Nickels <ranickel at comcast.net>: --------------


> Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:> Sometimes those can be cleared up with masking tape folded sticky side out and 
> slide into the
> > gap, these days double faced tape might work. 
> I've fixed several using a thin flat toothpick with a piece of 
> double-sided tape attached to probe into the air gap, where there is 
> inevitably a tiny piece of debris (mostly likely magnetic) that is 
> interfering with the free movement of the meter armature.   An old meter 
> repairman taught me the secret of doing this work is to combine maximum 
> light and magnification with minimal caffeine!
> 
> 73, Bob W9RAN
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