[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > First. I have the preamp in my MASTRII now and it's still > not performing the way it should. I think that I may be > having some of the receive issues mentioned on the site > maybe wisker growth. What is the best way to determine if > the receive side is working to full potential?
Measure the receiver's sensitivity with a calibrated signal source. > Second we now have our IFR 1100S service monitor back. Sounds like you have a calibrated signal source. :-) > Today I purchased an HP 608E and an HP 608F Signal > Generator from a surplus store. Can the regular signal > generator be used to tune filters or does it have to be a > tracking generator? Is the 8708A Synchronizer that can be > added to the 608F anything close to a tracking generator? That's a subject of religious debate. Of course, anything can be tuned by doing your own "tracking" and listening carefully, perhaps graphing the numbers from something like a Sinaddr... (There's always some way to do it.) But a tracking generator would make the job much faster and accurate. A Vector Network Analyzer makes the job virtually fool-proof, but few of us have access to those. No clue what the Synchronizer is. Sorry. > I also picked up a Micor base of some sort at the surplus > store. It is a C73RTB-1106C and looking at the secret > decoder ring it looks to be a VHF 100w unit. I need to > know if I have all of the pieces of this thing to get it > running to see if it's any good. I have the power supply, > the receiver, transmitter, and card assembly, but in the > pictures I have seen there is some kind of meter on the > left side with a speaker and I don't have that. Do I need > that for this thing to operate? Not a Micor guy -- someone else will have to answer that one. Nate WY0X
