[ARC5] ARC-5 Crystal Question

[J. Forster]

The crystal basically acts as a high Q stable, parallel LC resonator, to
"suck out" the RF getting to the eye tube. The 1629 eye tube must rectify
the RF to produce the eye action.

-John

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> No.  Resistor R-73 (value dependent upon which transmitter) is connected
> between a tap near the ground end of the VFO tank coil and the grid of the
> 1629.  The calibration crystal is connected from the 1629 grid to ground.
>
> In a message dated 8/13/2010 5:59:50 PM Central Daylight Time,
> olegerityincj at austin.rr.com writes:
>> All -
>> I just have to pip in here.  The Crystal in the ARC-5 was used as a
>> reference Oscillator with a mixer tube, that drove the tuning eye tube?
>> Correct?
>> Hutch
>>
>>
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