Good point.
My service monitor hasn't been back to the factory since I bought
it in 1991?
At this point, I am not really sue to whom I would send it to as
I've heard CT Systems got bought out by someone ...
Neil
Eric Lemmon wrote:
>
> Neil,
>
> The current fee charged by IFR for a full calibration of the 1200
> series service monitor is $250. If you want an NIST-traceable
> certificate to be provided, the calibration fee is $500. My
> employer had the latter calibration done about eight months ago.
> Like most of our precision measuring equipment, it gets an annual
> calibration.
>
> I know most of the techs in the radio servicing shops in my area,
> and it seems that not one of them has ever sent in his service
> monitor for calibration! A few of the techs sincerely believe
> that all they need to do is tune in WWV and tweak the reference
> oscillator. That does nothing for the deviation, power, distortion,
> SINAD, and signal level functions. All instruments drift over time,
> some more than others...
>
> 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY
>
> Neil McKie wrote:
> >
> ... Then I got the bad news: if I were to send an IFR 1200S to
> the factory for warranty repair, the repair would be free and
> recalibration, if needed, would be $700....
>
>
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