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615_ri
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Post Number: 56
Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Sunday, January 20, 2008 - 9:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have an rci 2950 that I recently bought. Ill give you a quickie about the radio. It can dead key 2 watts on low or 10 watts on high and swing 50 on am. On ssb it will swing also 50. it has talkback installed also. My question is as followed. I have the 2950 service manual. I tried the external s meter. Running a wire from the negative side of d14 diode. I did it from the top of the board, and soldered the wire to the neg side of the diode which has the black stripe on it. That wire in turn runs out the back of the radio and hooks up to an old cobra s meter I have. The only problem is, it does not work. My meter on the radio works fine but I do not like the digital lcd type. D14 was located right beside one of the pots. the meter is from an old cobra 29 I had laying around, and I know the the meter works fine.. also, do you think I can get some more power on ssb? I never tried to turn the power pot for ssb. The radio has a 12 volt lead going to tp7, alsong with the mod limiter removed, thanks
813 Rhode Island
CEF#970
RCI 2950
Fatboy 2 Pill @ 15vdc
Voyage VR9000
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Tech291
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Post Number: 494
Registered: 11-2004


Posted on Monday, January 21, 2008 - 7:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

615_ri,
It may be a simple fix.the banded end of the diode denotes the positive(+)end,try moving to the other end of the diode,one other thing could be the internal resistance of the meter fron the cobra may be to low for the detector section of the 2950.


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615_ri
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Posted on Monday, January 21, 2008 - 11:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i just switched it over, no luck
813 Rhode Island
CEF#970
RCI 2950
Fatboy 2 Pill @ 15vdc
Voyage VR9000
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Inspector104
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Registered: 12-2007
Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 1:16 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

This is the info I have...Solder the positive side of the meter to the banded cathode-end of D-14, and the ground-side of the meter to a circuit board ground-trace. With the RF gain all the way up, find a close-by strong signal and adjust VR-1 for S-9 on AM. SSB mode is adjusted by VR-2.
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615_ri
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Post Number: 58
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Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 3:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i need to find a workman md4 meter. also i got it working, would i meter from the galaxy 959 work with it?
813 Rhode Island
CEF#970
RCI 2950
Fatboy 2 Pill @ 15vdc
Voyage VR9000
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Tech808
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Post Number: 15144
Registered: 8-2002


Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 4:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

615_ri,

To find one go to: www.google.com and do a search for: Workman MD4 Meter

But remember just using an S-Meter to give someone a S-unit report can be WAY OFF depending on your station setup, location, antenna, coax and conditions.

I personally just give them a Signal report of exactly what I hear at my station and that is always 100% correct.
Lon~Tech808
CEF#808/HAM#001/CVC#002

Tech808@copperelectronics.com
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615_ri
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Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 1:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

tech 808, i did search on the meters, i cant find any place that sells one
813 Rhode Island
CEF#970
RCI 2950
Fatboy 2 Pill @ 15vdc
Voyage VR9000
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Goat373
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Post Number: 357
Registered: 3-2005


Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 8:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

the LDG FT-Meter would also work for you, they are very nice.
Brian
CEF574
KI4LXH
"If it aint broke, dont fix it....and lord dont throw no bricks!"
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Goat373
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Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 11:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I just did this mod to my 2970dx-150.

I went with a different setup though, I made one of the preexisting holes in the back plate a little bigger and mounted a 1/8 female mono jack there. I then wired the collar of the connector to the ground on the circuit board and the tip to the cathode side of d-14...which by the way, is not marked in the newer 29 series radios. Its just to the left of the two potentiometers (vr-1 and vr-2) listed in the mod, and they "are" marked.

Works like a champ, and I can hook up different meters as i feel like changing things up or run it without the meter and use the internal "Bar" style meter the radio utilizes.
Brian
CEF574
KI4LXH
"If it aint broke, dont fix it....and lord dont throw no bricks!"
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615_ri
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Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 7:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

im still trying to find an md 4 meter i cant find one ne where
813 Rhode Island
CEF#970
RCI 2950
Fatboy 2 Pill @ 15vdc
Voyage VR9000
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Tech808
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Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 8:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Go to: www .google.com and do a SEARCH for:

MD4 dB/S Unit CB Station Meter
Lon~Tech808
CEF#0808/HAM#001/CVC#0002

Tech808@copperelectronics.com
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615_ri
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Post Number: 61
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Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 12:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i called ldg, they told me the meter would not work, i would prefer the ldg over the md4
813 Rhode Island
CEF#970
RCI 2950
Fatboy 2 Pill @ 15vdc
Voyage VR9000

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