James, and the group,
those meters in the scout have a history of failure. The meter’s needle is
hitting the face.
The two halves of the meter is held together with Scotch tape. After a while
the meter literally falls apart.
Sometimes you can take it out of the rig, repair it with airplane glue, and
reassemble it.
A handful of years ago, I installed a LED bargraph in one Scout I have. Look
for it in the Ten Tec Wiki.
And at hamfest time, scour old CB radios looking for the same meter. I picked
up a few that way.
Mike Bryce, WB8VGE
prosolar@sssnet.com
> On Jul 22, 2015, at 8:11 AM, James Ross <jameswross@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I recently bought a Scout at an estate sale. I am not sure it is
> transmitting, or that the meter is working right
>
>
>
> It receives off the air OK, but the meter stays about halfway across the
> scale on receive no matter the signal strength.
>
>
>
> On transmit, the ALC light comes on, but the meter does not move from about
> 3/4 scale, either on FWD or reflected power and does not respond to audio
> level.
>
> On CW input, the meter does not respond to the keyer, just stays in the same
> place
>
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
> TNX es 73,
>
>
>
> Jim W4GHL
>
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