[Hallicrafters] S-76 --S Meter time constant problem?

[Roy Morgan]

At 03:14 PM 10/18/02 +0000, Philip Atchley wrote:
>Bob.
> > My  1950's vintage S-76 is being resurrected ...slowly.  One serious
>problem noted is the S-Meter will tend to get stuck on the left peg. After
>substantial banging, it returns to zero.

Put a moderately large, low voltage electrolytic across the thing. 
Experiment with capacitance till it behaves well.

Roy


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