[TenTec] Century 22 calibrator?

[Steve Ellington]

Or you could just feed the PTO into a cheap frequency counter. Being a DC
receiver makes that very easy. Here's one I used:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/0-1-to-65MHz-PIC16F648A-RF-Signal-Frequency-Counter-Cymometer-meter-Ham-Radio-B-/181871414188?hash=item2a58618bac

$10!!!

Steve n4LQ

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 6:04 PM, Tim Cook <nz8j at woh.rr.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I found a pretty nice Century 22 at a hamfest this weekend. It seems to
> work great, made a few qsos with good reports so far. It has full power
> output and the pto is as smooth as any I've used including new ones. The
> downsides are I'll need to put some new elastic on the dial string and it
> doesn't have the calibrator. I've got a couple I might be able to install
> internally. A homebrew version of the calibrator ten tec made for the 509
> argos that I made back in the late 70's and a modern day marker made by QRP
> guys.
>
> Just like to hear from anyone who might have installed an aftermarket
> calibrator in a C22 using the internal location and switch. It's not a huge
> issue, I set the pto dial on the low end of 40 to zero and it follows
> closely enough but I like to have the capability...
>
> Thanks in advance for any information.
>
> 73
> Tim
> NZ8J
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