Heathkit HW-9 Dial Error
Fred McKenzie wrote:
In article ,
Bill M wrote:
Me, I'd just make sure the 000-050 part of the scale reads out
accurately. After all its a CW xcvr.
Bill-
That part of the dial is relatively accurate. The problem is more
serious in the WARC bands, where the dial is close to 10 KHz off.
If the dial is adjusted for 100 KHz to be accurate, the 30 Meter band
will be accurate at the low end. If the dial is set to anything below
100 KHz, the actual frequency would be higher than indicated, therefore
inside each non-WARC band.
The only problem then is the 12 Meter band. At 24.890 MHz, the dial
would ideally be set to 140 KHz. I'll have to check to see what the
actual frequency is there, when the dial is calibrated at 100 KHz. It
may be that calibrating at 140 KHz will take care of all
bottom-of-the-band cases.
Fred
K4DII
I see. I wasn't thinking of that aspect.
Hmmm...
-Bill
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