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![]() "Antonio Vernucci" wrote in message ... Can someone please tell me what does the S-meter display when the receiver is turned off? Mine is on the 40 mark, that is not full scale (which is 60). 73 Tony I0JX You will find a handbook at: http://www.rigpix.com/hallicrafter/sx117.htm There may also be one on the BAMA site. The S meter appears to measure the cathode current of a controlled IF stage so its a "backward" meter which should measure maximum up-scale with the power off. Sticky meters can sometimes be fixed by finding the mechanical zero adjuster and working it back and forth several times. If this does not unstick the meter one must get into it and clean the mechanism. The stickyness may be just dirt in the meter bearings but can also be caused by metallic particals caught in the air gap of the magnet. Meters are quite delicate so if you decide to open it up be very careful. With any luck the zero adjuster trick will fix it. -- --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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You will find a handbook at: http://www.rigpix.com/hallicrafter/sx117.htm
I had looked for SX-117 pictures on the web, but I could not find a picture clear enough to determine whether the meter is at full scale or quite full scale when receiver is off. The picture on the instruction manual is not clear enough either. I was looking for someone who owns an SX-117 and can look at the meter. Sticky meters can sometimes be fixed by finding the mechanical zero adjuster and working it back and forth several times. The SX-117 meter has no adjustment But I have finally determined that the plastic lid has static charges and the meter indication strongly varies with lid distance. So I washed the lid with water and the static charges have totally disappeared. The meter is not at 9+60 steady. Still, as the scale end is actually 9+70, I would still like to hear from an SX-117 owner whether the meter is a 9+60 or 9+70 when receiver is off. 73 Tony I0JX |
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![]() "Antonio Vernucci" wrote in message ... You will find a handbook at: http://www.rigpix.com/hallicrafter/sx117.htm I had looked for SX-117 pictures on the web, but I could not find a picture clear enough to determine whether the meter is at full scale or quite full scale when receiver is off. The picture on the instruction manual is not clear enough either. I was looking for someone who owns an SX-117 and can look at the meter. Sticky meters can sometimes be fixed by finding the mechanical zero adjuster and working it back and forth several times. The SX-117 meter has no adjustment But I have finally determined that the plastic lid has static charges and the meter indication strongly varies with lid distance. So I washed the lid with water and the static charges have totally disappeared. The meter is not at 9+60 steady. Still, as the scale end is actually 9+70, I would still like to hear from an SX-117 owner whether the meter is a 9+60 or 9+70 when receiver is off. 73 Tony I0JX The illustration on the web site above clearly shows the meter at full scale. Perhaps the cover should be treated with some sort of anti-static cleaner. Not all meters have external mechanical zero adjustments but most have some sort of internal adjustment. Does it go to full scale with the cover off? -- --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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but most have some sort of internal adjustment. Does it go to full scale
with the cover off? Yes it now goes to full scale with and without the lid. So the problem caused by the static charge is solved. But still I cannot determine from the available pictures whether the needle should be on the last number (+60) or at the very end of the scale (corresponding to +70). Need somebody to look at. 73 Tony I0JX |
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