- 1. [Amps] Bird 43 Blown / Repair ? (score: 1)
- Author: "K7XQ" <k7xq@elite.net>
- Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:56:13 -0700
- Hello All, I think I made a mistake yesterday during the EME Contest. I accidentally left a 500 watt slug in the meter and keyed the power meter with over 1 kW and I think I blew out the meter. I tri
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- 2. Re: [Amps] Bird 43 Blown / Repair ? (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Thompson <g8gsq@ic24.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 21:22:57 +0100
- I wonder if that's likely to have blown the meter. The meter fsd is 30uA, the extra power will probably result in a current about twice that - I can't imagine 60uA burning a meter movement out. Maybe
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- 3. Re: [Amps] Bird 43 Blown / Repair ? (score: 1)
- Author: "Merit Arnold" <w6nq@rfparts.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:02:18 -0700
- Jeff; It may also be possible your slug blew it's detector diode. The current through the meter movement is only1.4 times the current (at 1 kw) vs. 500W. If you move the slug to point directly up (no
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