[R-390] Panel meters again

Barry n4buq at knology.net
Wed Oct 29 11:16:40 EDT 2014


Of course, it would help if I had included the link... :(

http://leedsradio.com/parts-meters.html

Caveat: It appears Leeds is not open for business for a little while due to moving locations (see their homepage).

Regards,
Barry - N4BUQ

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barry" <n4buq at knology.net>
> To: "Grayson Evans" <wa4gvm at gmail.com>, "R390A" <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:13:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Panel meters again
> 
> I believe the meters listed on this page are a direct fit in the panel.  I've
> ordered from Leeds before and they were exact fits; however, I don't recall
> if they were the DeJur 112 (sold out) or the DeJur 131.
> 
> Don't know if they ship overseas (if you need that).
> 
> Regards,
> Barry - N4BUQ
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Grayson Evans" <wa4gvm at gmail.com>
> > To: "R390A" <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 4:05:54 AM
> > Subject: [R-390] Panel meters again
> > 
> > I am looking for replacement panel meters for my 390A.  Not original, but
> > more modern meters that will fit the holes.
> > I notice there have been very long threads on this subject many years ago
> > (the thread I have is dated 1999, hundreds of posts), which really didn’t
> > seem to resolve much except the specs for the meters.
> > Wondering if anyone found a source they like lately.
> > (the meters on the restoration I am working on are in pretty bad shape, but
> > I
> > am rebuilding them to keep as spares)
> > 
> > I found this company that makes a great looking replacement for the line
> > level meter, but I am not sure they are actually available:
> > http://www.sifammeters.com
> > 
> > ebay has a zillion sellers of various conventional analog meters, most very
> > inexpensive, but didn’t see one I liked.  It is fairly easy to modify the
> > meter for the correct scale, and put a new printed scale on it (done it
> > many
> > times), if I can figure out the actual range of the meter movement (for
> > example a labeled 0-100V meter is probably a 0-1 ma meter movement with a
> > scaling resistor inside the case).
> > 
> > 
> > Grayson
> > TA2ZGE - Ankara, Turkey
> > KJ7UM
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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