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[TenTec] OMNI VI crystal oven

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Subject: [TenTec] OMNI VI crystal oven
From: turner@safety.ics.uci.edu (Clark Savage Turner WA3JPG)
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 13:05:22 -0700
> The bfo trimmer has been know to cause problems. I beleive it's the 
> brown one on the tx/audio board. A counter on the output of the bfo will
> tell the story or just a stable receiver with a short wire near the tx
> board can easily receive it and check for drift. My trimmer developed a
> tendency to jump and a shot of wd-40 cleaned it right up. Give it some
> time to dry before calibrating it. 

Thanks, Steve.  I may just go in and do that as a matter of course.
I will be testing the master oscillator against my freq counter this
afternoon to see if that is the major problem.  Since the oven is $50
I want to be sure I am getting at the problem, hi hi.

Clark
WA3JPG 

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