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- Date: 02-06-93 00:24
- From: Bill Cheek
- To: All
- Subject: PRO-43 S-Meter!
-
- Greetings Scanner Fans!
-
- It had to happen! The fundamentals for an S-Meter exist alive and well in the
- PRO-43! Only a simple circuit and your choice of meter, analog or LED, is
- required for a jim-dandy S-Meter function!
-
- The key point in the circuit is the cathode of D-302 located on the bottom
- (solder side) of the AF Board (middle board). You will need the Service
- Manual for the PRO-43 to find it as it's not marked and it would take me
- 10,000 words to guide you to exactly where it is located. Call Tandy National
- Parts at (800) 442-2425 to order your manual: approx $10. Now here is the
- deal:
-
- Locate D-302 and either build the following circuit right there on the back of
- the AF board in the vicinity of D-302, or solder a wire to the cathode of
- D-302 and route it to somewhere else more convenient to feed the below
- circuit. This wire ought not to be very long, though, say not more than a
- couple of inches. Refer to the ASCII schematic diagram as follows:
-
- PRO-43
- PRO-43 D-302 existing
- T-302 x---o--|<-------x PRO-43 ckt
- / |
- Connect |
- here | 0.01-uF 1N34A
- |------||------o-------->|----o---o-----------> (+)
- | | |
- | \ | To the
- | 47-k / | S-Meter of
- | ohms \ = 0.01-uF Your Choice
- | / | (This should
- | 1N34A | | be a jack
- |-----|<-------o---o----------> (-) mounted on
- ^ PRO-43 Ground^ the case of
- Legend: the scanner.
- |
- 1. ---||--- and = are 0.01-uF capacitors; disk, mylar, monolythic, chip
- |
-
- 2. --->|--- and ---|<---- are germanium diodes, 1N34A
- | is cathode
- < is anode
-
- 3. o means a connection, preferably soldered
-
- 4. The 47-k resistor is self-explanatory, I hope.
-
- 5. -------- and | are wires/conductors.
- |
- |
-
- 6. x is existing PRO-43 circuitry
-
-
- If you use an analog meter, preferably a real S-Meter like salvaged from an
- old junked CB rig, then rig it as follows to connect to the circuit above:
-
- 5-k Trim Pot
- (+) --------/\/\/\/\---o--------|
- | | |
- This should |-------| |
- be a plug of +
- some sort to The S-Meter
- connect to the Terminals
- mating jack on -
- the scanner |
- |
- (-)-----------------------------|
-
- You can also build the 10-segment LED S-Meter as shown in Volume 2 of
- my SCANNER MODIFICATION HANDBOOK, available from leading mail order
- radio dealers everywhere. ISBN 0-939780-14-3 published by CRB Research
- Books, Inc. Commack, NY.
-
- After connected and working, locate the PRO-43 very near a known strong
- transmitter, perhaps a ham transmitter, a police cruiser, your favorite
- security guard's handheld or right next to a cordless telephone, or anything
- else known to transmit a strong signal. Tune the scanner to the frequency,
- and adjust the 5-k trim pot above so the meter reads exactly full scale. All
- other signals will read proportionally lower to yield "relative signal
- strength" measurements! A hell of a circuit here, boys & girls! Have fun!
-
- Developed & distributed by: Bill Cheek
- COMMtronics Engineering
- PO Box 262478
- San Diego, CA 92196-2478
-
- Ok to distribute, but credit appreciated. Thanks!
-
- Bill Cheek
-
- --- GEcho 1.00/beta+
- * Origin: Hertzian Intercept, San Diego (6pm-1pm) 619-578-9247 (1:202/731.1)
-
- Copied from the QRZ! Windows Ham Radio CDROM
-
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