Thanks Elden.

19.5 mV with a 3 ohm internal resistance yields 6.3 mA FS, which is close to my 5 mA measured on two different meters.  Being 85 years old, I find the difference understandable.

The markings on the Thermocouple do indeed indicate a max of 0.75 A:

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I have a problem with the chart.   With a 3 ohm internal resistance,  here's the voltage across the meter with the indicated current values:

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With a meter reading of 1,  the voltage across the meter is 18X the FS value of 19.5 mV.

If 19.5 mV is FS, and that's with 0.75 A through the meter,  then the internal resistance is 0.026 ohms, which is in the ballpark of my value of  0.033 ohms.

73 Mark K3MSB





On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM elden meyer via Milsurplus <milsurplus@mailman.qth.net> wrote:
Good Afternoon,

In the June 1963 Surplus issue of 73 magazine Roy Pafenberg writes about the antenna relay.

He gives this data:

meter only - 3 ohms DC resistance, 19.5 millivolts full scale

with thermocouple -
reading , RF amps
1  , 0.12
2  ,  0.18
3  , 0.22
4  , 0.26
5  , 0.32
6  , 0.37
7  , 0.43
8  , 0.50
9  , 0.59
10 , 0.75

Elden
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