Eddie -
Yeah, but with the Drakes you not only get a 'tinny' sounding sideband, you can always choose the
other 'bassy' sideband! :-)
There is nothing that beats a NEW 'set' of crystals for a Drake receiver from ICM. You can just
switch up the bands on the calibrator, and _may_ get a low audio tone on one or the other.
73, Garey - K4OAH
Glen Allen, VA
Drake 2-B, 2-C/2-NT, 4-A, 4-B, C-Line
and TR-4/C Service Supplement CDs
<www.k4oah.com>
Eddy Swynar wrote:
Drake equipment from that same era is certainly not immune to the issue of aging crystals. Proof
of the pudding is when you "band jump", leaving the PTO alone: amazing how much the cursor has to
be re-set on some bands to still be able to copy the 100-KHz crystal calibrator.
What can REALLY be vexing, though, is when the crystal(s) used in carrier-generating oscillator
frequencies "migrate": I once had an SB-102 transceiver that sounded very tinny & nasal-sounding
on LSB only---much to my chagrin, THAT carrier generating crystal had shifted just enough so as to
put a goodly portion of my signal REMOVED from the passband of the IF filter!
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