[TenTec] Practicing with the Orion/XG-1 oscillator

[Steve Ellington]

Hey thanks Bill. Maybe with this gadget connected to a splitter along with
the regular antenna I can simulate a weak signal buried in noise for
comparing receivers. Maybe this can be keyed with one a memory keyer to
simulate a cw QSO. Also I could look at the results on the PC with
Spetrogram. The problem with on-the-air signals is that QSO's simply aren't
long enough to make a determination. 73

Steve
N4LQ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BillH" <w7kxb at cox.net>
To: <kd6hq at sonic.net>; "Tentec Reflector" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 1:07 AM
Subject: Fw: [TenTec] Practicing with the Orion/XG-1 oscillator


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "BillH" <w7kxb at cox.net>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 16:35
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Practicing with the Orion/XG-1 oscillator
>
>
> Take a look at thefollowing web site Don. Their XG-1 test oscillator
> just might fill the bill for you.
> Cheers
> Bill_Harris_w7kxb
>
> http://www.elecraft.com/mini_module_kits/mini_modules.htm
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don" <kd6hq at sonic.net>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 15:56
> Subject: [TenTec] Practicing with the Orion
>
>
> After reading through the manual today and paying particular attention
> to "Weak Signal DX Reception, Contest Operation and the Orion" section
> it occurred to me that I don't know what a 3db above the noise signal
> threshold sounds like.  I know what I consider to be a weak signal but
> if you want to sit down and just practice using the filter settings it
> would be nice to have a reliable signal to use.  So my question is does
> anyone know of a (relatively) inexpensive signal generator (schematic)
> so that I could purchase/build one?  OR perhaps someone knows of another
> way to do this?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Don kd6hq
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