Wagging DX-35 Meter

[Ed Swynar]

Hi Tony,

Those Shurite meters don't have damped movements, so I'm afraid that's just
the way they are, for better or worse...!

~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ





----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard A. (Tony) Stalls" <bc342n at EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 2:26 PM
Subject: [HEATH-TEMPE] Wagging DX-35 Meter


> Hello All...
>
> I'm looking for either a replacement meter for my DX-35, or expertise on
> how to remedy the needle wagging like a happy puppydog's tail.
>
> For example, when loading the final, dipping the plate from the pegged
> position causes the meter needle to wildly bounce back and forth and
> doesn't settle down fast enough to get a reading.  Getting a grid current
> reading is impossible.
>
> It does appear to be a problem with the meter rather than the transmitter
> as it does this "wagging thing" out of the circuit with a low voltage
> applied via taking a resistance measurement with my VOM.
>
> The original DX-35 meter is a black metal bodied Shurite style (see any
> 50's era ARRL handbook advertising pages), 0-3 ma, 500 ohms, with 0-150 on
> the top scale and 0-6 on the bottom.  It may be stamped with 484621,
> although the part number in the manual is 407-33.
>
> Thanks & 73,
> Tony
> K4KYO
>
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