The other option if you don’t want to go through a REF CAL, is to simply tune to the NCS. Use the dial display to get close, and then, like the old days, ignore it and tune a few Hz until the NCS sounds right.
Grant NQ5T Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 23, 2021, at 2:35 PM, Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> wrote: > > Hmmm ... I can just barely hear a 12 Hz difference on a CW note in an A/B > comparison. Your NCS must have extraordinary ears to hear that small a > difference on sideband. Maybe he's just yanking your chain? > > First off, 12 Hz at 50 MHz is essentially dead-on and I don't believe it's > worth your time to mess with it nor do I believe it would ever matter. But, > Wayne published a procedure using WWV that will get you within 1 Hz at > whatever WWV frequency you choose. It used to be on the Elecraft web site > but I can't find it now, maybe he'll speak up. It's simple but you must go > slowly. Set the display to WWV's freq at the 1 Hz display precision, select > CONFIG->REF CAL, and adjust the REF CAL frequency for exact ZB. While in REF > CAL you'll see a number like > 49.379682 in the display [that's what mine says, yours will likely be a > little different]. > >> On 3/23/2021 3:17 AM, Charles Tropp wrote: >> Hi, >> Last night my local ham club scheduled their first ever 6Meter Net and >> Roundtable for 50.135Mz. I operate USB very rarely, preferring CW for all >> of my Contesting and DX work. Last night the net control station advised me >> that I was 12Hz too high and that he had to use his RIT control to tune to >> me. When I turned on my XIT and transmitted down 12Hz I was right on his >> frequency. This was confirmed by other callers as well. I have also heard >> this problem mentioned in the past when checking into occasional 75M nets. >> Is there an adjustment that I can or should make aside from using my XIT? >> >> Thanks for any assistance you can ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
