Jon, I fully understand about the arthritic hands. I do not have that problem, but normally use a lighted magnifier to help out the tri-focals (Hi..Hi).
I find the Elecraft unit very useful for calibrating, not only for image rejection as Eric alluded to, but also for calibrating the S-Meter. I use the newer XG2 signal generator which has outputs on 3 bands (80m, 40m, & 20m) instead of just one. I normally do the calibrating on 20m. The XG1 & XG2 are not necessarily stable frequency sources, but are very accurate signal level sources (1 uV & 50 uV). I generally tune to the highest frequency WWV signal I can hear reasonably well & use that for the frequency calibration. If you would like to order one of the kits & send it to me, I would be happy to assemble it & ship it back to you. The kit only took me about 30 minutes. It could have been done more quickly, but I took my time to avoid mistakes. 73, Ray, K9DUR ----- Original Message ----- From: Jon Maguire<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz<mailto:FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 3:27 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Frequency Standard for Calibration of SDR-1000 I know that a preferred tool to align the rig is one of the Elecraft units. I'm anticipating a problem building the kit due to my arthritic hands. Are there any other reasonably priced options, such as a signal generator or other source of a stable frequency? Many thanks for any and all help. 73... Jon W1MNK Jon Maguire W1MNK Brandon, FL USA "The four boxes of Democracy: Soap, Jury, Ballot and Cartridge" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060801/fbe50a4d/attachment.html _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz<mailto:FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz<http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz> Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/<http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio@flex-radio.biz/> FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com<http://www.flex-radio.com/> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060801/b1d27e9f/attachment.html _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
