[Johnson] Ranger Meter...

Greg Mijal bluebirdtele at earthlink.net
Mon Oct 18 11:38:10 EDT 2004


Another inexpensive source for a meter is the old Heathkit GD1 grid dip
meter.  It's 0-5 ma movement, same meter style with the exception that it
has a Heathkit type scale.  May save you some money by going this route.
73's
Greg
WA7LYO
in sunny Feenix
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Swynar" <gswynar at durham.net>
To: <AG4XM at ARRL.NET>; <johnson at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 6:00 AM
Subject: [Johnson] Ranger Meter...


Tim,

If worse comes to worst, you can always replace the "innards" of that meter
with a similarly-sized surplus Simpson brand meter, 0-5 ma. DC, if memory
serves me well...

I had to do that with mine when one of the meter multiplier resistors went
south on me, & as a consequence, took the life of the meter with it. The
retrofit went well---NOT a place for shakey hands, though!---& the only
visible difference was the style of the pointer, i.e. if I recall, the
replacement was  pin-shaped at the end, vs. a "spade" end.

The original scale face & case can remain---it's just the movement/needle
that is swapped out.

Good luck!

~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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