[Hallicrafters] Blooming meters

Tue Apr 8 12:08:45 EDT 2003

Hammarlund Super Pro (SP-200)  S-meters have the same problem.

73, Chuck   N7RHU

At 07:55 AM 4/8/2003 -0700, Rich Oliver wrote:
>No joke.  The original meter cases have an odd habit of splitting axially and the effect is similar to blooming.  Be happy you do not have personal experience with this phenomenon.
>
>I have a friend with a background in metallurgy, I'll ask him if he can explain why this happens.