Feedback on Eico 723 meter 'bounces'

[Garey Barrell]

Glen -

You also learned to switch the meter back to Grid current or to
the (sometimes) provided "off" position.  Otherwise the meter
banging around would drown out your keying monitor!

They must have been tough though, because I've never seen a
"broken" one that hadn't been run over by a truck!

73, Garey - K4OAH
Atlanta

Glen Zook wrote:
> Back in the 1950s and very early 1960s, the "moving
> vane" type of meter was so common on transmitters that
> no one really noticed the "bouncing"!  The bouncing
> doesn't seem to hurt the meter, and one soon got used
> to the meter and then it wasn't a "problem"!
>
> The old Heath DX-20, AT-1, and DX-35, along with the
> Johnson Adventurer and WRL Globe Chief and Globe Scout
> equipment were just a few of those transmitters that
> used the moving vane type meters.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
>
> --- Bob And Bettina Groh <rgroh at SWBELL.NET> wrote:
>
> All with an opinion said that was normal with the 723
> or any similiar 'low end' transmitter (e.g. Heathkit
> AT-1, Johnson Adventurer, etc).  Boy, I sure would
> have a problem living with that!
>
> =====
> Glen, K9STH
>

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