Turn the rig on and let it warm up - 45 minutes or more.
Short the input and set the zero adjust for zero on the meter.
Set the calib pot for s ( if you have a good source.
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Couch <ccouch@united.net>
To: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Saturday, June 05, 1999 9:09 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Omni-V S-meter
>
> I just got a new(to me) Omni-V.That works fine , but
>the S-meter seems to be very stingy . A signal that sounds
>like it is 40 over only moves the needle to S5 , that's the
>highest reading I've ever seen on the meter.I know that
>there are two pots on the bottom of the radio one for
>S-meter calibration and one for S-meter zero off-set.
>I'm not sure which one I need to adjust , don't want
>to mess the meter up worse than it is.
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>73/DX
>Robert/N4USG (Omni-V,509,Century22,Scout,RX-320)
>
> http://www.angelfire.com/tn/hamradio
>
>
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