[TenTec] OMNI-VI question

[Tony Lelieveld]

When I check my Orion-II for a quick and dirty frequency check, I perform
the following steps.

1: Tune the Sub RX to WWV (mostly 10 MHz at my locale).  Make sure you press
"SUB-RX" and use VFO-B
2: Set the tune step to 1 Hz.
3: Don't use AM mode
4: Switch back and forth between modes USB and LSB.

Tune with VFO-B till the WWV transmitted tone sounds the same on USB as on
LSB.  You are now close enough to "Zero-Beat".  Now see what your frequency
read-out shows.
My read-out shows 10.000.018 MHz indicating that I am off by 18 Hertz.
Close enough for me.

73, Tony VE3DWI.
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---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry N1EU" <barry.n1eu at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OMNI-VI question


> We've been down this road before and I don't agree on the specific need
> for
> a highly accurate freq counter to perform a BFO oscillator alignment.  A
> K3
> or Orion gc receiver aligned to WWV and tuned to 9MHz does a fine job.
>
> 73, Barry N1EU
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Mike Bryce <prosolar at sssnet.com> wrote:
>
>> Absolutely!
>>
>> No one that I know can do that ‘by ear’
>>
>> I have some rather high zoot equipment here on my workbench, but it’s
>> hasn’t been calibrated in a long time. Decades perhaps? I don’t know. but
>> for me, it’s good ‘enuff for what I do. If I’m off a few hertz, I can
>> live
>> with that.
>>
>> Having one frequency counter is okay.
>>
>> Have two?
>>
>> They’ll never be on the same frequency.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike Bryce WB8VGE
>> prosolar at sssnet.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 19, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Wade Staggs <tvman1954 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > *Amen and 100% agreement on your statement Bob. A workman is only as
>> > good
>> > as his tools. Although when I was younger, about anything on my 1957
>> Chevy
>> > could be fixed with Vise grips and a Clothes Hanger. Try that today!*
>> >
>> > *                                                                  73
>> > Bob
>> > from Wade/KJ4WS*
>> >
>>
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