Your first mistake was not sending up the elements...
Robin Midgett wrote: > > > Either I'm missing something or ICM sent me defective crystals. > I ordered two pairs of crystals to put a MSR-2000 repeater on 147.105 > Tx / 147.705 Rx. I've tried both Tx crystals in the KXN1095A channel > element only to find the frequency to end up ~36kHz. high. The > crystal itself is putting out energy at 12.26180 MHz.; it should be > 12.25875 MHz. The bag label indicates them to be cut for 12.25875, > but they don't oscillate at (barely even near) that frequency. > Should I have to pad the new crystals with a cap to net them on > frequency? If so, what value? > > Thanks, > Robin Midgett K4IDC > VHF+ Glutton EM66se -- Jay Urish W5GM ARRL Life Member Denton County ARRL VEC N5ERS VP/Trustee Monitoring 444.850 PL-88.5
