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February 11th 04, 02:04 AM

On 10 Feb 2004 10:14:34 -0800, (N2EY) wrote:

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Heath SB-400. The Pride of 1964

Oh yeah - and my basement!

Amazing how well a 40 year old box full of glowbottles is still
useful, huh?
15 Hz stability from a one-tube Hartley is pretty decent.

With a narrowband signal like this, it doesn't take much drift! I'm
seeing a frequency decrease of up to 15 Hz, beginning a few seconds
after keying. B+ to the VFO appears to be well regulated - maybe not
tight enough though. Might have to replace the 0A2 with a few zeners
- haven't tried that yet....

First try replacing the 0A2 regulator and 6AU6A oscillator tubes -
different
ones may have slightly different characteristics.

That was one of the things I tried when I rbuilt the TX back in the
summer - ended up with an 0A2WA regulator and a 6136 in the LMO. That
brought it much closer...that and some conductive silver grease in the
bearings of the LMO tuning cap (I didn't even know they made that
stuff till I dug into the Web and discovered that TRW used it when
they built the LMOs for Heath, and it dries out over time.....)

But the real problem may be that the heater voltage is changing when
transmitting, rather than the B+. Another possibility is that heat
from the
6146s and power supply may be causing a bit of drift, because PSK31 is
a very
high duty cycle mode and a lot of heat gets dissipated on transmit.

That is very possible - it's also possible that the drift is in one of
the other oscillator sections other than the LMO. Haven't had time to
tear it apart and see yet....one of these days!

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Thanks for the info!

73 de Jim, N2EY

73, Leo

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