You might be able to use 10-15 feet of wire as a temporary receiving antenna. WWV has a pretty strong signal (depending on your location and propagation conditions, of course).
73, Bob, N7XY On Dec 21, 2011, at 2:21 PM, g...@abcs.com g...@abcs.com wrote: > Hello! > I'm a complete newby when it comes to ham radio. Got my tech license > a couple of weeks ago and I'm now studying for the General class exam. > I thought building the K3 would be a good educational experience for > me. > > I just finished assembly and all went well. I've had an excellent > experience so far. But I'm stuck at the reference oscillator > calibration stage. > > I don't have a frequency counter, though I suppose I could purchase > one. I've tried hitting the frequencies for WWV but I'm not picking > anything up. Of course, I don't have an antenna yet as the manual did > not mention it as being a required piece of equipment. I'm short on > radio sense, I think. I have one on order, but it has not yet > arrived. I was hoping to have the K3 calibrated and then begin > dealing with the antenna setup. > > Is there any other way of calibrating the ref oscillator? Can it be > done online with the KUSB? Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks for your help, > > Jay > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 _____ N7XY DX Cluster Node - telnet to n7xy.net, port 7300 ______________________________________________________________ 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
