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Old December 22nd 09, 08:08 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors
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Default F.S. National Comapny S meter

See this picture HR)-60

http://www.universal-radio.com/CATAL...xvr/HRO60.html

it has a meter with the zero on the left.

On Dec 21, 7:39*pm, Kenneth Scharf wrote:
sparky wrote:
Why is the meter 'zeroed' against the right peg, is it broken?
Or did National design it that way because they had a backwards meter
circuit that pulled full current with zero signal?


This is a backward meter by National. * The meter deflects left when
current flows.


The radio must have had a backwards meter amplifier then. *Weird.
Guess one could design a proper solid state amplifier to make it work,
but you'd have to 'zero' the meter at full scale with no signal.