Hi John, 
Yes, the idea of opening up the freqs on my ft891 crossed my mind. I know it is not hard, but I am a little afraid to try it, especially with my deteriorating vision.  I did open up my FT100 years ago, but no longer have that radio. I miss it.

If I dont find a 3.2 MHz crystal, I could use my U3S as a freq source by setting it to send out a continuous 3.2 signal. It has a good freq synthicizer. 

I wish I had not given away my MF Solutions transverter when I left Vancouver WA. The ham that I gave it to has not used it to get on 630m and probably wont. What a waste. But then I never thought that I would be able to get back on 630m after choosing to move into our lovely 55+ community here in North Ogden. 

I might still open up this radio, if I get enough courage, and the Lord gives me grace in this matter. 

73 
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(¸.•´ (¸.•`   Neil , wØyse, DN41ah, North Ogden, Utah 84414

My ham radio website: http://w0yse.webs.com/ 

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From: John Langridge <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 7:49 AM
To: Neil Klagge <[email protected]>
Cc: Posting 600m 600mrg <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [600MRG] a realization for my weak brain ...
 
Maybe worth the effort to see what it takes to open that radio up to
transmit on 10.474....while the 3.2 LO will probably be a little more
stable, round numbers look better and sure make it easier when setting
up the dial when half asleep.. Been there before!

73,

John..

On 2/28/23, Neil Klagge <[email protected]> wrote:
> F1 activity captured at w0yse:
> 0345 -18 0.2 1283 ` N4WLO W7LUX DM45
>
> FW2:
> 0540 -20 0.1 1410 ` W1CK DM13 37
>
> 1018 -30  0.2 1465 `  N4WLO EM50 23
>
> ...but a lot of WSPR-2 activity seen:
>
> 7 spots:
>
> Timestamp       Call    MHz     SNR     Drift   Grid    Pwr     Reporter
>    RGrid   km      az      Mode    # Spots
>  2023-02-28 05:38        W8JI    0.475626        -28     1       EM73xb
>     5       W0YSE   DN41ah          2624    299     W-2     6
>  2023-02-28 07:28        N4WLO   0.475665        -29     0       EM50uo
>     1       W0YSE   DN41ah          2429    306     W-2     2
>  2023-02-28 04:50        N5OIQ   0.475702        -29     0       EL29hn
>     2       W0YSE   DN41ah          1985    316     W-2     15
>  2023-02-28 04:28        KE7A    0.475751        -29     0       EM12kx
>     2       W0YSE   DN41ah          1605    310     W-2     15
>  2023-02-28 08:30        VE7BDQ          0.475730        -28     0
> CN89la          1       W0YSE   DN41ah          1218    131     W-2     10
>  2023-02-28 05:26        W1CK    0.475610        -18     0       DM13ie
>     5       W0YSE   DN41ah          1019    26      W-2     14
>  2023-02-28 03:34        KR6LA   0.475667        -23     -1      CN90ao
>     10      W0YSE   DN41ah          843     81      W-2     39
>
> Yesterday I came to the realization that using a 10 MHz TXCO in a TX
> transverter was NOT going to work. My radio cannot TX on 10474.2 kHz.
> Duhhhh!  I will have to use a 3.2 MHz crystal to make it TX on 3674.2 into
> the transverter.  I swear, I have lost some brain cells over the last couple
> of years!
>
> Let's keep on havin' fun on MF/LF...
> 73
>
> *´¨)
> ¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨)
> (¸.•´ (¸.•`   Neil , wØyse, DN41ah, North Ogden, Utah 84414
>
> My ham radio website: http://w0yse.webs.com/
> <http://wg2xsv.webs.com>
> My Faith website: http://neilsfaith.webs.com/
>