[ARC5] ARC-5 Crystal Question

[J. Forster]

How did you hook it to your GDM?

-John

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> 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
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
>> To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 5:10 AM
>> Subject: [ARC5] ARC-5 Crystal Question
>>
>>
>> > 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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