Progress with the Star Roamer and question about S meter
Thanks all for the helpful tips. I do know to keep one hand in my pocket or at least off the chassis
I've tried the link at bama.edu, and the manual must have been taken off the site because I can't view it.
There's plenty of sites SELLING the manual but with the couple bucks I paid for the radio I'd kinda hate to pay 20 bucks for the manual, I might not have a choice, I don't know. I'll try a Shortwave Listeners' forum first. I can probably get by without one, but it would be nice to have one.
Last night I got into the radio to see what I could find. All 4 tubes light up, and after jiggling with the litz wires? at the speaker, I got a faint hum with the volume all the way up. Same very faint hum with very little volume across all the bands. It has a total of 5 electrolytic caps, and they are all the large cylinder type, probably dried out from age. So I think my next step is to replace them.
Question about the S meter. The needle on the S meter is resting all the way to the right, the high side, with radio on or off. If I tap it it swings to the left a little and then comes back to rest at the high side. Could this be normal, and if not, is the meter wired backwards? Or is the meter upside-down and the paper meter scale right side up? (This radio may have been built from a kit.)