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Old December 28th 03, 08:30 PM
Reg Edwards
 
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Receiver local oscillator tracking.

After calculating L and C component values, program OSCTRACK allows the main
2(or 3)-gang tuning capacitor to be varied over its full range, sweeping
frequency between the band edges, simultaneously displaying the tracking
error in kilohertz or as a fraction of the received tuning frequency.


The multi-gang circuitry and calculations were devised in the 1920's with
the advent of the Superheterodyne Receiver and the 1930's multi-grid
frequency-changer tubes. All had to be extremely tediously worked out with
slide-rules or log tables. Just think what the old boys could have
accomplished had this program then been available.
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Regards from Reg, G4FGQ
For Free Radio Design Software go to
http://www.btinternet.com/~g4fgq.regp
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"Reg Edwards" wrote -

Superhet receivers.

For design of RF and local oscillator tuned circuits, L and C values for
correct tracking, download program OSCTRACK from website below in a few
seconds and run immediately.
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Regards from Reg, G4FGQ
For Free Radio Design Software go to
http://www.btinternet.com/~g4fgq.regp
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