[R-390] Panel meters again

[FISCH, MICHAEL]

You might want to try Rick Mish, radiomon at buckeye-access.com
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: R-390 [mailto:r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Barry
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 11:17 AM
To: Grayson Evans; R390A
Subject: Re: [R-390] Panel meters again

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
> > Follow the Hollow-State Design Blog
> > hollowstatedesign.tumblr.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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