Ok John thanks for the advice. That was the the info that I needed. I gues
I will have to take out the PTO and make the adjustment. Thanks John
Joe KK4TR
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lawson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service"
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Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] R 388
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, kk4tr wrote:
THe problem is the band spread seems to be too wide on all bands and it
has been this way all the time.
By "change the slide rule dial" tdo you mean that you are adjusting the
'ZERO" screw, or are you actually changing the location of the pointer
along the dial cord?
At any rate, I would suggest a bit of 'triage': Remove the bottom cover
of your rig, go to the place in your schematics where it shows the PTO
injection point ( I'm on business travel and can't recall the VT-number of
the tube). Using a known-accurate 5-digit frequency meter, connect to that
point, to observe the output frequency of the PTO. I stress that the freq
meter must have sufficient digits to read megahertz to 10 cycles, and of
known accuracy.
Find a strong WWV signal, 2.5, 5, or 10 Mhtz, and set the dials
mechanically so that they read properly - ie. if you're centered up on WWV
at 10 Mhtz, the slide rule should be on '10' and the KHtz dial on 0'.
Now roll down to the low end of the dial, go to '0' on the KHtz knob at
the exact end of the slide rule - note the frequency of the PTO. Roll up
to the top end of the dial, be sure the Khtz knob is on '0', and measure
the PTO frequency at this point.
This will tell you immediately if the PTO frequency span is too narrow,
as I suspect it is. If it is grossly 'narrow, it is likely that you will
need to R&R the PTO for further work... the crystal calibrator, BTW, is
it's own signal source and is independent of the PTO. The PTO is the only
source for frequencies for tuning in the R-388.
But first collect the 'real' data so you can make that determination.
Also, it should be a matter of course that you check the power supply
voltages to be sure they're in tolerance.
And for sure let's keep this on the List - you never can tell when
someone else might be having the same problem and need the exact
info/experience that you're going to dig up. A lot of my BA Radio Lore
came from exactly this kind of 'mail copying', if yahknowhuttamean...
I imagine others will add to this, suggest other ideas, etc.
Cheers
John
KB6SCO
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