
REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF THE SR-2000
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WDØGOF 3/7/20014
6-2. AUDIO POWER METER SUBSTITUTE
With a phone plug and a 3.3 ohm 5 watt resistor and a scope or ac voltmeter you can substitute for the
audio output meter. Or you can measure the voltage across the speaker. If you use the audio power meter
or the substitute in the figure below you do not have to listen to the constant tone while testing the rig. My
repair bench has a plug wired to a switch so I can select a speaker or the audio power meter. This speeds
up tuning and measurement considerably.
Power = [Voltage (rms)]
2
÷ Resistance
[Peak to Peak voltage] X [0.3535] = rms
½ watt across 3.3 ohms = 1.2845 v rms or 3.192 vpp
1 watt across 3.3 ohms = 1.8165 v rms or 5.138 vpp