[ARC5] Are 1.415 MHz crystals available?

Charles charlesmorris800 at centurytel.net
Fri Mar 6 23:16:12 EST 2015


I'm interested in building a crystal filter for my 3-6 Mc. receiver (1.415 
MHz IF) in a ladder (Cohn minimum-loss) design.
So I need four or five identical crystals at, or near, that frequency.

Forget new, they're $36 apiece from ICM! Surplus Sales has 1.480 MHz rocks 
for $5 but I'm not sure if the IF cans have that much retuning range (I 
don't want to hack them up).
The design gets more complicated if I up- and down-convert to more readily 
available canned filter frequencies.

Does anyone know if the IF can be returned to 1.480 without modifying the L 
or C values?
If not, are crystals closer to 1.415 available anywhere?

thanks
Charles
WB3JOK/0





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