[ARC5] ARC-5 Crystal Question

[Dennis Monticelli]

OK.  Curiosity got the better of me.  After reading the thread again, I
pulled the 8870Kc unit out of my T22 and hooked it up to my trusty grid dip
meter, which I use as a crystal checker.  It oscillated just fine.

Dennis AE6C

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Henry Mei'l's <meils at get2net.dk> wrote:

> I actually did try to get an '8000kc'/kHz  ARC-5 xtal to ocscillate (Think
> I
> lashed together a Pierce, (triode/grid-to-plate) breadboard setup). This
> xtal didn't oscillate -- but on the other hand I don't recall whether I
> ever
> tried to use it in its intended function, so it might have been
> disfunctional in all respects.
> But as Dennis writes, why shouldn't they oscillate?
> Easy enought to find out.
>
> Henry
>
>
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> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 5:10 AM
> Subject: [ARC5] ARC-5 Crystal Question
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>
> > Out of curiosity, does anybody know if the quartz crystals, used to spot
> > check the transmitter frequency, will oscillate? In the Tx they are only
> > used as very narrow band filters.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -John
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