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Re: [TenTec] Frequency Misalignment Between VFO A and VFO B

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Frequency Misalignment Between VFO A and VFO B
From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
Reply-to: Ron Castro <ronc@sonic.net>, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:06:44 -0800
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I have the same problem, which is documented on my web site at www.N6IE.com . The receivers are not phase locked even though they use the same master oscillator. The best I can figure is that the DSP runs off a crystal that is not exactly on frequency and, unfortunately cannot be tweaked. Both "sides" of the two-channel DSP are operated off the same crystal (not the master oscillator), but the scheme may result in a difference of frequencies of the two receivers unless the crystal is precisely on the correct frequency and that a deviation may cause on receiver to go up in frequency and the other to go down.

The result in my O2 is that the main and sub are 6 Hz different on all frequencies.

        Ron  N6IE
     www.N6IE.com


----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Elmore" <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Tentec Contesting List" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 5:32 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Frequency Misalignment Between VFO A and VFO B


For some  time, I've noticed what seemed to be a very slight
frequency misalignment between VFO A and VFO B when in the binaural
mode (A in one ear and B in the other).

On my O II it's noticeable even in the noise as what sounds like a
beat note in stereo phasing when both VFOs are tuned to the same
frequency. Last night, I chased this down and found that VFO B is
about 6 Hz lower in frequency that VFO A. This isn't a terribly big
deal, but is there a way to align the two, or are the master
oscillators different so that the two drift around slightly as a
matter of course?

Kim Elmore, N5OP

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