When I check my Orion-II for a quick and dirty frequency check, I perform
the following steps.
1: Tune the Sub RX to WWV (mostly 10 MHz at my locale). Make sure you press
"SUB-RX" and use VFO-B
2: Set the tune step to 1 Hz.
3: Don't use AM mode
4: Switch back and forth between modes USB and LSB.
Tune with VFO-B till the WWV transmitted tone sounds the same on USB as on
LSB. You are now close enough to "Zero-Beat". Now see what your frequency
read-out shows.
My read-out shows 10.000.018 MHz indicating that I am off by 18 Hertz.
Close enough for me.
73, Tony VE3DWI.
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---- Original Message -----
From: "Barry N1EU" <barry.n1eu@gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OMNI-VI question
We've been down this road before and I don't agree on the specific need
for
a highly accurate freq counter to perform a BFO oscillator alignment. A
K3
or Orion gc receiver aligned to WWV and tuned to 9MHz does a fine job.
73, Barry N1EU
On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Mike Bryce <prosolar@sssnet.com> wrote:
Absolutely!
No one that I know can do that ‘by ear’
I have some rather high zoot equipment here on my workbench, but it’s
hasn’t been calibrated in a long time. Decades perhaps? I don’t know. but
for me, it’s good ‘enuff for what I do. If I’m off a few hertz, I can
live
with that.
Having one frequency counter is okay.
Have two?
They’ll never be on the same frequency.
Mike Bryce WB8VGE
prosolar@sssnet.com
On Oct 19, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Wade Staggs <tvman1954@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Amen and 100% agreement on your statement Bob. A workman is only as
> good
> as his tools. Although when I was younger, about anything on my 1957
Chevy
> could be fixed with Vise grips and a Clothes Hanger. Try that today!*
>
> * 73
> Bob
> from Wade/KJ4WS*
>
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