[TenTec] Jupiter/Orion freq stability...

[Mark Erbaugh]

> On the Omni VI and VI+, the BFO board xtals are not tied into the 10 Mhz
> reference xtal and are a source of frequency instability (abeit within the
> rig's published specs).  Do the Jupiter and/or the Orion handle this
> differently so that one master frequency reference is used throughout the
> rig?  Do both of these rigs use a 10 Mhz reference frequency so that it
> would be possible to use them with an external frequency reference (like
the
> surplus HPs out there)?

There is no jack on the back panel for a 10 MHz (or any other frequency)
standard on these radios as there is on the RX-340, so using an external
standard would take some circuit modifications.

Mark