Re: [Elecraft] XV144 LO frequency

2010-01-13 Thread Bo, OZ2M
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:40 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] XV144 LO frequency Bo, You certainly are welcome to try pulling the crystal frequency with a small parallel or series capacitor, but the stability may suffer - I have not tried it, this is a theoretical guess. Remember the crystal

[Elecraft] XV144 LO frequency

2010-01-12 Thread Bo, OZ2M
Hi all During the Christmas holidays I finally decided to assemble my XV144, and XV432 too. Much to my surprise the XV144 design does not come with an LO adjustment possibility. This is relevant for me as I do not use it with an Elecraft or other display trick capable radio. Has anyone

Re: [Elecraft] XV144 LO frequency

2010-01-12 Thread Don Wilhelm
Bo, You certainly are welcome to try pulling the crystal frequency with a small parallel or series capacitor, but the stability may suffer - I have not tried it, this is a theoretical guess. Remember the crystal in all except the XV50 are overtone crystals - the XV50 uses a fundamental mode