[Boatanchors] RE: Boatanchors Digest, Vol 43, Issue 24

[Bob Young]

I bought my first R390A before I was licensed (I'm one of those no coders) 
and knew within about 2 minutes how to figure out how far off the PTO was 
after I got it home (mine was 11 khz off end to end), you don't have to be a 
genius or have any test equipment to check that at all. The seller was an 
extra for many years and ahemmm.. didn't calculate it right, in fact it "had 
no issues"
I would avoid buying a radio from any ham that says he can't check that out, 
that's worse than "the cord is so bad I won't plug it in I'll leave that up 
to the buyer" or "it lights up so it must work"

Bob
KB1OKL
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>Message: 3
>Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:02:49 -0400
>From: rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>
>Subject: [Boatanchors] Technical help - What are the requirements?
>To: Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
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>Okay, so MANY of us may WELL fall into YOUR category of having gotten
>our licenses out of a *Cereal Box*!
>
>A '51 Collins R-390A sits upon my bench, a St. J's survivor, recently
>restored.
>
>Whom amongst us has a crystal calibrator, frequency counter, and/or
>signal generator *currently* traceable back to NIST for accuracy?  Since
>when does - OR - did it be/was an FCC Requirement to know where our
>receiver *REALLY* receive a signal?
>
>What if YOU adjusted the trimmer on your calibrator with a metal device,
>NOT one insulated to keep stray capacitance out?
>
>Does *ANY* of this mean any of *US* does not meet our requirements for
>our FCC license?
>
>Not the last I ever looked and/or checked.  It states that I have to
>"operate" within my band limits for the class license I hold, and the
>regulations governing Amateur Radio.
>
>No, I am NOT one whom came in under a NO CODE system, I got my license
>27 years ago, made the trip to the regional FCC testing/examination
>station.  I took the code exam and the written.
>
>Never did it ask squat about knowing how far off my PTO or VFO was.
>Didn't ask me to Zero beat either!
>
>It would be amazing to actually test/check even the digital readouts of
>the newer equipment and see how far off the VFOs and calibrators are off.
>
>It doesn't matter!  It is NOT a requirement.
>
>Wonder where *YOU* got your regulations from, a Cracker Jack Box?
>
>Bob - N0DGN
> > I asked the seller of a Collin receiver if he could tell me how far
> > off the calibration was on the PTO.  He is a ham.  His response was "i
> > don't have the equipment to measure that"!  Apparently he doesn't know
> > to at least give a rough estimate using the Xtal alibrator which this
> > radio is equipped with or else the calibrator doesn't work or is
> > missing, one or the other.  Or......
> >
> > Wonder what box of cereal he got his license out of.
>
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