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JJ wrote: There is a drop in freq for Pierce and Colpitt after 1 min of startup. Can be 100Hz. Serious enough. JJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sounds like you're driving the crystal too hard and it's heating up. When something heats it expands and a larger crystal has a lower frequency. If you want best stability, reduce the drive until the circuit barely oscillates and make up the lower output with a stage of amplification. 73, Bill W6WRT |
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