I've been wondering for some time if my 10-year-old K3's frequency
calibration was off, because it seemed like most spots of me were well
off when I clicked on them, usually in one direction. Not having a
frequency counter, I went to the alternative method outlined in page 49
of the manual. I thought I did it all "by the book", but found that
when I was done 15-MHz WWV's carrier frequency (determined by
zero-beating the carrier) was almost 400 Hz low. Since I wasn't looking
for FMT-level accuracy, I went back to WWV and adjusted the REF CAL
setting by ear until 15.000 on my RX dial was as close to zero-beat with
WWV as I could tell. We'll see how it worked out, but I wonder if I
simply have some fundamental misunderstanding of what's involved.
Wouldn't be the first time...
--
73, Pete N4ZR
Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network
web server at <http://beta.reversebeacon.net>.
For spots, please use your favorite
"retail" DX cluster.
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