Every now and then the S-meter on my R8B will 'take a nap'. The needle
will come to rest in the far left position and will be unresponsive to
signals.

It's easy enough to fix this. All I have to do is rotate the gain
control clockwise and the needle will spring to life again and work
just fine. Still, I'm curious about why it happens.

I'd say it happens about once a month.

Any ideas?

Steve

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Every now and then the S-meter on my R8B will 'take a nap'. The needle
will come to rest in the far left position and will be unresponsive to
signals.

It's easy enough to fix this. All I have to do is rotate the gain
control clockwise and the needle will spring to life again and work
just fine. Still, I'm curious about why it happens.

I'd say it happens about once a month.

Any ideas?

Maybe a small bit of dust got in there and hangs the meter mechanically?

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Telamon
Ventura, California

Telamon wrote:

In article . com,
wrote:

Every now and then the S-meter on my R8B will 'take a nap'. The needle
will come to rest in the far left position and will be unresponsive to
signals.

It's easy enough to fix this. All I have to do is rotate the gain
control clockwise and the needle will spring to life again and work
just fine. Still, I'm curious about why it happens.

I'd say it happens about once a month.

Any ideas?

Maybe a small bit of dust got in there and hangs the meter mechanically?

Yeah, sounds like it just gets hung up. He might want to check with Drake to see
how much a replacement meter is, or to see if they have a quick fix for it.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

I own a nice little Toshiba model RP-F11 AM/FM/Shortwave radio I bought
at a Goodwill store about seven years ago.(I wonder how money the radio
sold for new? I paid two dollars for it at the Goodwill store) The
signal meter on the radio wasen't working then (maybe that's why it
showed up at the Goodwill store) and it still doesn't work at all now.I
don't know if that affects the performance of the radio or not,the radio
does work well though as far as I can tell.I wonder why radio signal
meters aren't made/enclosed in such a way as to protect them from dust
getting inside of them? Looking at the front of the radio,I don't see
any dust inside of the signal meter,I guess it could be a tiny wire to
the signal meter is loose or has become disconnected.
cuhulin

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Telamon wrote:
In article . com,
wrote:

Every now and then the S-meter on my R8B will 'take a nap'. The needle
will come to rest in the far left position and will be unresponsive to
signals.

It's easy enough to fix this. All I have to do is rotate the gain
control clockwise and the needle will spring to life again and work
just fine. Still, I'm curious about why it happens.

I'd say it happens about once a month.

Any ideas?

Maybe a small bit of dust got in there and hangs the meter mechanically?

Metal shard in magnet gap? Time to go (very carefullly) fishing with
a bit of sticky tape.

Mark Zenier
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