[Milsurplus] RE2 and Bill Perry.

[Mark K3MSB]

I just tried your test of putting a 260 on its Rx1 scale across the meter
-- it pegs!

Mark K3MSB

On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM Charlie L. <mjcal79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bill used to not like email, he always wanted you to call him, but he
> finally got into the email stuff.  A lot of folks dropped their landline
> now, and use only cell, so let's hope that is the issue.  He does/did
> answer his email, but it has been a while since I needed anything from him.
>
> My original question about the RE2 was due to mine being dead apparently,
> with no specs on the thermocouple, but Mark got some reading for me to
> compare too, thanks Mark.
>
> The standard method to check a MA meter's internal resistance was to put a
> pot across it, feed voltage to it, and set the pot for half scale on the
> meter, then read the ohm value from the pot.  Normally,  a meter with a 6
> ma movement will pin out if you put a Simpson 260 on it at RX1, but on the
> two RE2's I have, I get barely a wiggle.  The only reason I specified 6MA,
> is had one that had been tagged  '6MA Movement', so somebody must have
> checked it at one time.  The other note mentioned I did not realize, the
> meter is not called in amps, just in a relative scale, so without using
> another metere with an actual amp scale, no idea what the numbers mean.  It
> would also seem to get 6ma out of a thermocouple might be hard to do too,
> but don't know.  Guess one test is to just put the 'Remote/Local' switch to
> remote and put an low MA meter in the circuit to see if it deflects,
> eliminating the thermocouple as the culprit.
>
> Charlie, W4MEC in NC
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