[Boatanchors] Mixer alignment problem

[Al Klase]

Gerry Steffens wrote:
>..... I have found that when peaking the mixer section on
> the high end of the band, the oscillator appears to be pulled by the
> adjustment of the mixer trimmer causing detuning or incorrect calibration of
> the band......

This is a widely recognized kink when doing alignments in 
sets with limited isolation between the mixer tank and the 
oscillator.  The prescribed method is to "rock" the tuning 
control back and forth while peaking the mixer circuit.

Regards,
Al

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