Originally Posted by Ed

So the questions a what happened to make them go bad, and can they
be reasonably repaired by the Bird Corporation? Although we will
be calling Bird personnel next week I thought I would throw out the
question here.


Do a Google search on the subject. You will find plenty of
information on this if you use the right search words. I suspect the
resistor or diode in the slugs are bad. Here is one ham's (now defunct)
website info I got off a Google cache:

Ed



Inside Those Bird Slugs

Did you ever end up with or do you now have a dead Bird slug? No, not
the kind you have in your shotgun but the kind which fits inside the Bird
Wattmeter series which makes them so valuable. Have you ever wondered
what was inside them? Well, I had one which I purchased at a hamfest
("Is it working OK?" "Sure, it is. I used it right before I headed
down here to the hamfest.") I foolishly believed the seller but once I
tested it at home, I realized that I had a dead slug. I have since found
a way to test them before paying the money and I'll be glad to share that
info later.

buncha other stuff.....................

Had I been able to verify the contents and inner make-up of the Bird slug
earlier, that is, if I could have read what you just read, I would have
started the repairs much sooner. It may be that I was just lucky and
attempting this project again on a different dud slug would have resulted
in a much different outcome. I was, however, very pleased with the final
result on this particular attempt. If you attempt the same, I hope you
have similar success because, as we all know, "A Bird in the hand
is............ oh, never mind....." ----- K5LAD