[R-390] Scanning Meter Faces
David P. Goncalves
[email protected]
Sat, 22 Nov 2003 15:22:39 +0000
Every so often I ask this, so here I am again.
First, in cooperation with a list member I produced a Visio file that you can
print out onto self-adhesisve paper to redo your meters:
http://www1.coe.neu.edu/~dpg/R390Face.vsd
The Visio plugin is free for download. They fit very nicely onto PRC-47 meters
available from Fair Radio Sales.
Also, is there anybody out there (the Boston area is best) that would be
willing to lend me thier meters for a weekend to scan? While the scans in the
Visio file are OK, I'd like to get the 'final word' on this scanning issue, and
generate a set of excellent quality scans for others to use in meter work
(redrawing meter faces, or printing/sticking).
1. I understand the risks in handling an open meter, and have come up with a
method to nearly eliminate exposure to particles. Yes, I know there is
radium in there.
2. I'm not just some JF off the street asking for your meters. I am (for now,
nearly graduated) president of the Northeastern University Wireless Club
(W1KBN) and as such, you will recieve a guarantee from myself, the senior
E.E lab tech (doing the scanning work under his supervision) and the faculty
advisor
that your meter will not be subjected to any unnessasary risks or
adjustments.
3. And if something should happen to your meter, I offer to compensate by
giving the donor my own converted meters AND all of my R-390.
4. Shipping to and fro (if not dropped of by hand) I pay for. I pack well.
I'll happily accept scans from owners (hey, less work from me!) but I ask that
they be nice scans without lossy compression - TIFF files are OK, JPG are not.
If you can get a scan of the removed dial plate face down onto the scanner,
you'll have done it. Acceptable is scans of the unremoved dial plate, if you
take two scans with the meter needle in two positions. Please don't send
digital photos of the meter in the case, I have quite a few already.
Thanks, and hope somebody out there is willing.
Dave Goncalves, N1XZB