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Re: [TenTec] Omni VI freq instability, 30m only

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI freq instability, 30m only
From: "Steve Baron - KB3MM" <SteveBaron@StarLinX.com>
Reply-to: Steve Baron - KB3MM <SteveBaron@StarLinX.com>,Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 02:14:49 -0000
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W1GOR" <W1GOR@Maine.RR.Com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 08:42
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI freq instability, 30m only


> Bartender Ben,
>
> I'll have one of these... Make it a double, please..!
>
> >The VI has a PLL that incorporates those single crystals/band in a

aRE YOU SAYING THE BAND CRYSTALS ARE PART OF THE pll?

> > synthesized scheme that mixes and feedsback, get divided, multiplied,
> > phased
> > and split, then poured into glasses and served with lemon.
>
> 73, Larry - W1GOR, ARRL 40 year Life Member
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ben K8DIT" <benk8dit@callatg.com>
> To: "Steve Baron - KB3MM" <SteveBaron@StarLinX.com>; "Discussion of
Ten-Tec
> Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI freq instability, 30m only
>
>
> > The VI has a PLL that incorporates those single crystals/band in a
> > synthesized scheme that mixes and feedsback, get divided, multiplied,
> > phased
> > and split, then poured into glasses and served with lemon. If your 10Mhz
> > oscillator is doing what its supposed to, the signal fed to the LO wont
> > let
> > you get very far off the beaten path you put it on. Yes, sometimes one
of
> > the crystals will wander off. Yes, there is a possibility of component
> > failure, yes, its complicated, but most of all its clever. (Im not an
> > engineer, not even a technician, so while it was explained to me in
> > layman's
> > terms, I could only slap my forehead.)
> > Folks here seem to want to blame the VCXO. Its an easy target. Dont do
it.
>
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