[Hallicrafters] SX-28 S-Meter Zero Pot (R 29)

[k0ewu at juno.com]

AN OLD SX-28?  and you have not replaced all of the paper caps yet?
you are lucky that the meter is not toast. Heat up that old soldering ron
and go to work..
Jack K0EWU

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 04:28:19 EDT GBabin73 at aol.com writes:
> Well DUH, I guess the pot would show a short with the S-Meter inline  
> 
> although it should show at least 100 ohms, boy do I feel stupid. I 
> removed the  meter 
> zero pot (R-29) and checked it out of circuit (like I should have in 
> the  
> first place) and it checked fine. R-30, a 27 K ohm that precedes the 
> pot,  
> measures around 850 K (thanks Joe, W5JDY). I believe the leakage to 
> ground is  from 
> good 'ol paper bypass caps leaking along the 280V B+ line. I guess  
> it's time 
> to start buying caps and resistors.
>  
> Thanks all and 73! DE N5MCJ, Jerry
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