OK Folks, Last year, during a snowstorm when the static was unbearable on the radio, I decided to "tidy up the computer." The result was I formed a "New Rule," don't save stuff you print. I pasted this down into my engineering notebook, but I no longer have it on this computer. Sometimes, "tidy" sucks.
The best thing would be for whomever posted this wisdom step up and repost it, no doubt he has not done the "tidy job" on his machine. The abridged version [from my notebook] is: 1. Go to CW, 200Hz BW 2. Tune in WWV or your favorite frequency standard. In the 60's in SE Asia, that was JJY. Tune it as close to your PITCH frequency as you can. At 200Hz BW, you won't hear a whole lot of the modulation, just the carrier which, at any rate will stand out. 3. Go to CONFIG: REF CAL. You'll see a number in the 49.mumble range, I have no idea what that means, but just forge ahead. 4. Tap SPOT. You will now hear the WWV [or whatever] carrier and your spot tone. You may have to go back and adjust the MON level to correspond to the level you hear your freq std station at. 5. Adjust VFO A knob slowly and you'll get a slow beat note, and you can, if you're patient, find a point where the beat frequency goes up on either side of the minimum. Mine has about a 3 sec beat on WWV at 10 MHz at the minimum. 6. The "Original Poster Who So Far Can't Be Named," said there are propagation disturbances which will make the very slow hetrodyne vary ever so slightly. If you are so inclined [as most engineers are], listen long enough and you can really hear the ionosphere in action. I got to see it, in N. Alaska, right overhead, and hear it on the radio. Whale songs, from intergalactic whales. It doesn't matter what your sidetone pitch is set to, the K3 adjusts for that. On CW, sync with your sidetone, and you're on exactly the same frequency as the other guy. Sorry, this is the best I can do with a very tidy computer and as an ex-engineer. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 - www.cqp.org On 12/5/2010 2:23 PM, Jim Miller KG0KP wrote: > Fred, I guess I missed the original post and searching my last 2 months > of messages in this folder, I cannot locate it. I am asking if you could > forward your cut up version to me. Note the original author if possible > so he gets credit for it. > > Thanks es 73, de Jim KG0KP ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
