[UK-CONTEST] Off Topic...but

[Ian White GM3SEK]

>Great tip Ian, thanks!? I did do the 'throwing' thing but?didn't 
>mention here, as it's use might upset the trader :>)))
>
>Al G0XBV


Sorry, I should have said:

PS - don't let go.


73 from Ian GM3SEK



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek at ifwtech.co.uk>
>To: uk-contest at contesting.com
>Sent: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:20
>Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Off Topic...but
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>>Seen a used body at a rally?? Use car keys on slug pick-up contacts to
>>short meter movement.? If it damps, then likely that meter is intact.?
>>Handy as they often look pretty beat-up.
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>>Al G0XBV
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>Lick your finger and use it to bridge between the inside of the body and
>the pick-up contact (make sure that both places where skin touches metal
>are wet). If the meter coil is intact, the needle will move - very
>little, but enough to see.
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>Also try to throw the needle further up scale to see if it might stick
>somewhere.
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