[ARC5] Whistle Stop Tiuning

[Tim]

Wasn't "whistle through" only part of the ARC Type 12 UHF transverter
system?  ARC-60 I think?
Tim
N6CC


On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:11 PM, <WA5CAB at cs.com> wrote:

> Not without non-standard wiring and modifications to the receiver rack.  A
> relay or relays in the receiver rack (one per receiver) disconnects the
> receiver audio output from the audio buss and connects the buss to the
> side tone
> line.  What's on the side tone line depends upon whether the transmitter
> mode switch is on Voice or on CW or Tone.
>
> In a message dated 5/24/2013 4:59:21 PM Central Daylight Time,
> releazer at earthlink.net writes:
> > I believe that the Type 12 ARC sets have Whistle Stop Tuning, which I
> > think enabled you to tune to the receiver get right on the transmitter
> > frequency by using the signal as a calibration aid.  Rather like the old
> ham trick
> > of listening for your CW transmitter oscillator with your CW receiver to
> > make sure both were on the same frequency.
> >
> > But did the SCR-274-N, ATA, ARA, or ARC-5 sets potentially have that
> > capability?  Perhaps not as a normal procedure but as a potential
> approach?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Wayne
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
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