[R-390] Meters...

[Barry Hauser]

More meter madness ...

I did that also -- there's a tendency to want to remove those funny screws
(really some kind of cap-nut) so as to solder onto the terminals without
heating up the meter terminals.  However, those cap-nuts are part of the
meter mounting and seal -- at least to keep dust out, as well as to keep the
"genie" in the bottle.

However, I don't think you need to take the radiation cure.  As I recall,
alpha travels in straight lines, doesn't take corners well.  It would have
to get around the meter face, the mechanism and make its way out through the
holes.

Always amazes me that radiation is both a cause and a cure.  When I was an
infant, they hung a radium amulet around my neck (told this story before) to
treat an enlarged thyroid gland -- a condition they later found cures
itself.  Nowadays, there's a relatively new treatment for enlarged
prostate -- radioactive "seed" implantation.  They put in a seed or two --
radioactive pellet -- for a while, then take it out.  Pretty good success
rate with little or no collateral damage or side effects, so they say on the
radio.

So, when my time comes, I'm not gonna pluck down a fortune for a dumb seed
implant.  I'll just put a meter scale my jockey shorts.  Of course, when I
finally get a full checkup, the doc will say "Barry, your prostate seems
fine, but the x-ray turned up this arc shaped mark with a some numbers
around it -- all backwards!"

Like wimmen -- radiation -- can't live with it, can't live without it.

Barry (the idiot one)





----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott, Barry (Clyde B)" <cbscott@ingr.com>
To: "R390 (E-mail)" <R-390@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 2:55 PM
Subject: [R-390] Meters...


> One more thing on the meter issue.  One thing I noticed when I pulled the
> Line Level meter was that it is made such that removing the screws that
> connect the wire lugs to the meter effectively "open" the meter.  Removing
> both screws caused the innards to flop around and I noticed holes in the
> back where the screws used to be.
>
> If this is a "hot" meter, this certainly exposed its contents.
>
> Just an observation.
>
> Barry(III) - N4BUQ
>
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