[TenTec] OMNI-VI question

[Wade Staggs]

*You can also place the rig under test on a dummy load and tune a known
good rig and your victim to the same frequency and mode. Then adjust the
Band Pass so that your voice sounds correct and natural. Then switch to USB
or the next mode and repeat. So, why do service centers like Motorola spend
$100.000.00 to $150.000.00 for Service Monitors? Tony, how did you figure
out that your rig is 18 Hz. off? I guess you own a high accuracy frequency
counter? I personally don't want to stir anything up and will leave you to
your own methods. Nobody has told me that my personal rig is off frequency
in years and I can Earball an FT-101 into correct operation if needed. But,
isn't it better to Know for Sure?*

*                                              73 to All from Wade/KJ4WS*

On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Tony Lelieveld <va3dwi at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> ********************************************
> ---- 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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