Cute, but I wouldn't have paid $100+ for it, either.

My website has an article ( http://antiqueradio.org/smeter.htm ) including
original Hallicrafters documentation for adding an S-meter to the S38, S-40,
etc.

Another article ( http://antiqueradio.org/magiceye.htm ) has instructions
for building a plug-in "magic eye" tuning indicator for the S-20R. Same
principle will work for an S-40.

Regards,

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

"Diane" wrote in message
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Anyone know about the cool external S meter now on ebay? It is supposed
to be an add-on for the Hallicrafters S-40 series. Has an old fashioned
prong plug. Looks great and matches my S-40B nicely. Unfortunately the
bidding is already more than I paid for the receiver.

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