On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 18:14:11 -0500, Fox's Mercantile
wrote:

On 10/11/19 5:40 PM, wrote:
Cobra 29 cb. The meter never moves on receive, transmit, or ever. An
external SWR meter confirms its transmitting and I can hear my test
signal on receive. Sort of tells me the meter is blown. I have never
tested a meter. What kind of resistance should it have across the
terminals? Can I apply a 1.5v AA battery to it to see if it moves?

A battery itself is a good way to make sure the meter is blown.

I also want to know if I can see the receive and transmit on a
multimeter? If so, do I use the AC or DC setting?

Use a DVM set on the DC 1 mA range across the meter.
If you read nothing, then something else is dead/broken inside the
radio.

I did what you said. I do get a reading on the DVM. So the meter on the
radio is blown. Ebay has lots of them for $10 or less. So I'll replace
it. Aside from this meter and one bad segment on the channel selector,
the radio receives and transmits well. Now, if only I could find someone
on the CB to talk to....... This radio also has the weather band, so
that will come in handy in my car. I always like to keep track of the
weather, and I dont use a smartphone. My old flip phone is all I'll ever
need.

By the way, this Cobra 29 was made in 1995, so its one of their "newer"
radios.

Aside from the fact that hardly no one uses the CB anymore, I was at a
truck stop last week, near a big city. I was surprised to see how much
CB gear is still being sold there. Apparently the big cities still have
CB traffic. Probably mostly truckers. But it sure aint what it was in
the 70s.