[TenTec] OMNI-VI question

Carl Moreschi n4py3 at earthlink.net
Sun Oct 19 17:59:36 EDT 2014


I agree.  Adjusting the master osc. so that WWV is tuned perfectly on 
both USB and LSB will get you within 1 hertz.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com

On 10/19/2014 5:24 PM, Barry N1EU wrote:
> 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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