Hi Pete, The WWV method worked for me until it didn’t. On the advice of one of the K3 gurus, I am now using a Leo Bodnar frequency source. Works great.
73, John WA1EAZ > On Dec 16, 2021, at 4:34 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been wondering for some time if my 10-year-old K3's frequency > calibration was off, because it seemed like most spots of me were well off > when I clicked on them, usually in one direction. Not having a frequency > counter, I went to the alternative method outlined in page 49 of the manual. > I thought I did it all "by the book", but found that when I was done 15-MHz > WWV's carrier frequency (determined by zero-beating the carrier) was almost > 400 Hz low. Since I wasn't looking for FMT-level accuracy, I went back to WWV > and adjusted the REF CAL setting by ear until 15.000 on my RX dial was as > close to zero-beat with WWV as I could tell. We'll see how it worked out, but > I wonder if I simply have some fundamental misunderstanding of what's > involved. Wouldn't be the first time... > > -- > 73, Pete N4ZR > Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network > web server at <http://beta.reversebeacon.net>. > For spots, please use your favorite > "retail" DX cluster. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to jstengrev...@comcast.net ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
