[Skimmertalk] Calibration

[Pete Smith]

I turned my K3 down to 1 watt and sent a bogus callsign into a dummy 
load (to get around the self-spotting blocker) on 10m.  Turns out that 
Skimmer is consistently reporting spots 150-200 Hz higher than my radio 
thinks they should be.

Calibration technique is described in the readme.txt file.  The same 
calibration factor is used in both Skimmer and Skimmer Server.  You can 
look at your trace in Skimmer and see whether it needs to be changed and 
roughly how much.  Since spot frequencies are accurate only to the 
nearest 100 Hz, it's easy to get close enough.  Just make sure you check 
calibration on the highest band you intend to Skim.


-- 
73, Pete N4ZR

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