[Heathkit] Any SB-102 Experts out there?

[Greg Mijal]

Pop one leg of the resistors associated with the  S meter voltage divider and measure them with a dmm.
If they are out of spec you should replace them.  Also, you may want to go with higher wattage resistors if
you notice that the S meter drifts after power-on.  I have completely forgotten if the 102 has a S meter zero pot or not.
Oh yeah, if all else fails, read the manual!
73's
Greg
WA7LYO
in sunny Feenix


-----Original Message-----
>From: KHeck73 at aol.com
>Sent: Jun 15, 2006 5:45 PM
>To: kr1st at amsat.org, nq5t at comcast.net, heathkit at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Any SB-102 Experts out there?
>
> 
>In a message dated 6/15/2006 7:53:43 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>extraham at earthlink.net writes:
>
>>1.  The S-Meter won't zero.  I know there are some  resistors to check, etc.
>>and hopefully that will be relatively easy to  rectify.  Swapped out V3/V4
>>with a couple of other tubes, to no  effect.  I was surprised that this
>>immediately obvious problem  hadn't been noticed and fixed.
>
>
>
>I can't remember if it was a Heathkit or a Yaesu I had where the zero  adjust 
>pot was bad or dirty and it made the S-meter act weird.
> 
>-Karl.
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