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Re: [TenTec] Corsair II Mixer Balance Adjustment

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Corsair II Mixer Balance Adjustment
From: Steve Hunt <steve@karinya.net>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:03:40 +0000
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The exact dial frequency where you hear the tone can vary slightly depending on the frequency of the HFO crystal oscillator. A 500Hz error in the HFO would place the spurious 1kHz from where it was expected.

My proposal was to inject a 9MHz signal at connector 71, not a 21.320MHz signal. You are trying to balance the mixer for signals at the **IF**.

Good luck,
Steve G3TXQ



On 29/12/2012 01:14, K4MT wrote:
Thanks Steve:
I only hear a tone at 21316 and not 21320. Why it is not in the correct spot if 
that is even it is unknown to me.
I discovered I could dip it out to almost nothing but the adjustment does not 
work as I would expect. There are two dips on the larger capacitor.  Logic 
would tell you one of them must be the correct dip. But when you use those dips 
the pot has no effect at all. I found the correct spot is close to the deeper 
of the two dips. You dip it and come back just out of the dip and find the spot 
where the pot starts to dip the tone. You then bounce between the pot and the 
two caps for the best dip.  After doing that I could barely hear the tone and 
RX sensitivity was still normal.
I will try injecting a 21320 as you suggest to make sure I have the balance 
adjusted at the right frequency.
Thanks,
Gary K4MT
--- On Thu, 12/27/12, Steve Hunt <steve@karinya.net> wrote:



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