Steve, I strongly suggest you do it like the manual indicates - tune in WWV and not a frequency on 40 meters. Once you have accomplished that, if the frequency is not correct on 40 (or 30 or any other band) it is time to contact support for assistance.
You really don't know how accurate your FT857 is either, and I suspect your service monitor does not have a current calibration tag, so relying on them for precision is not the way to go. The carrier of WWV is accurate, but be certain you are tuned to the carrier and not to one of the transmitted tones. 73, Don W3FPR On 7/15/2012 12:14 PM, Steve KC8QVO wrote: > I am not having any luck with that CAL number. I am on 40 transmitting with > my FT-857D in to a dummy load and I can't find the signal. I've gone way > below and above the transmit frequency (7.025). > > Before when I adjusted the CAL number the first time I was on 40 and did the > same thing - transmitted with the FT-857D and tuned the CAL number, with the > KX3's VFO on the same frequency as the FT-857D, to zero-beat. It took a fair > amount of dial spinning to get there but it went. Now I'm not sure where it > is. > > Is there a standard starting number from the factory? How much variation is > there in CAL numbers? I was thinking if I got a group of numbers and > averaged them I might have a better shot, but until I can even find a signal > on the rig I might be shooting in the dark. > > Steve, KC8QVO > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-Calibrating-Frequency-Aligning-tp7559098p7559146.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
