[TenTec] Scout problems

[Mike Bryce]

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 at sssnet.com



> On Jul 22, 2015, at 8:11 AM, James Ross <jameswross at 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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