[1000mp] Help on Carrier Point Offset Adjustments

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:05:12 -0400

At 12:53 PM +0000 10/10/02, RCARIELLO wrote:
>I have a Yaesu FT-1000 MP.
>I believe the frequency read out on both LSB an USB is slightly off.
>I base this comment from having to repeatedly adjust the tuning from Cluster
>spots.

 From my experience, _don't_ assume that frequencies you see on the 
cluster are accurate. (Don't assume that the callsigns are correct, 
either.)

I'm running an FT1000MP and I constantly am finding the spotted 
stations on a slightly different frequency from that on the cluster. 
Sometimes up, sometimes down, I'm now used to taking the announced 
frequency as only a general guide, a place from where to start 
searching.

I'm convinced that most hams don't have a clue what the offset of 
their receiver is, or how to calculate the actual frequency of the 
transmission they're hearing.

Heaven help these guys if they get close to a band edge.

73,
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