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Paul Drahn[_2_]

On 10/11/2019 3:40 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?

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?

Thanks

Confusing post. Are you referring to the physical moving hand meter
itself, or are you referring to the whole box?

If the meter shows the full scale sensitivity somewhere on the face, you
can compute the resistance necessary to put in series with a 1.5 volt
battery and correctly apply the + and - to the meter movement and see if
it moves.

Alternately, put a 10k ohm resistor in series with your Ohmmeter leads
and test the combined resistance to see if you get 10k Ohms. If so, then
the meter is ok.

Paul