Hi;
You might get a used nontalking meter which by itself is useless to you and 
connect a tone unit to it rather than the meter in the radio.
Richard
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: valve radios revisited


can't afford an ldg talking watt meter. $199 but haven't got that much
to spare. 500 oxford scollars has gotta see me get a radio a license and
an antenna.

Shaun
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On 20/03/2008 12:27 AM, the old scribe known as Howard Kaufman was able
to impart this pearl of wisdom:
> I'd trust the attenuated rx more than the marked knobs.  Something like 
> rain
> might change the tuning, and your marks wouldn't be accureate.  I don't 
> know
> why you are trying to read the internal meter, rather than the watt meter
> outside the radio.  If you do it that way, you have a system that you can
> use to tune any radio, not just one.
>
>
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