John - Get the OCXO for $49 for the XV. It helps a lot. Mine is always powered (heated), and also, I used real heatsink goo between the PA module in the XV and the case bottom, as the thin sheet of conductive stuff didn't work well. I've thought about some kind of PLL, but wondering what folks have cooked up for that. Colin VE3MSC
-----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Lawrence Sent: March 25, 2014 11:44 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Any EME gurus with the XV-144 monitoring? I'm laying out and gather up the parts needed to use of a XV-144 with my K3 for EME applications. Since my aim is towards JT65, is there anyone on the Reflector who's done it and found need to do a modification to the local oscillator in the XV-144 to enhance the frequency stability? The K3 has the TXCO option. The 10 MHz reference using a GPS reference seems necessary but I hope a GPS discipline is kill. The output linearity on transmit should be ok but I'll be needing to have an IPA plus PA chain without IMD growth as well and I'd like to know how the EME boys are dealing with this side of their configurations. Thanks, John, W1QS John ______________________________________________________________ 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 ve3...@cogeco.ca ______________________________________________________________ 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
