Indeed! The huge gulf between "precision" and "accuracy." A display
with gobs of decimal places can be colossally but precisely wrong. It
is also true that frequencies that end in .000 are "better" for many
people so I avoid them when looking for a run frequency. [:-)
This problem on 6 meters sure sounds like XIT or maybe SPLIT is engaged
for that band and has been remembered. Years ago, 30 meters went dead
with infinite SWR on my K3 -- all the rest were fine. Wayne finally
telephoned me and his first question was, "Which antenna is selected?"
Antenna selection is remembered by band.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
On 6/11/17 11:28 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
Also, the advent of digital readouts can cause this type of discussion
to arise. Seems that everyone thinks the digital display is
absolutely accurate. In most cases it is not a frequency measuring
system but rather a frequency display based on certain accepted
oscillator frequencies {which may or may not be absolute} and math
calculations if the firmware. It seems that we've migrated to
setting the radio with the display to be on a specific indicated value.
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