[Elecraft] Another K2 frequency calibration technique

Thu Mar 20 23:29:04 2003

On 3/20/03 12:29 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire at [email protected] wrote:

>You don't try to o find a zero Hz audio beat. The point is to "zero beat"
>the SPOT tone  - the sidetone - at whatever frequency you have it set for in
>CW mode, just like you'd tune in any CW signal. Then you aren't dealing with
>the fact that the K2 can't real low audio frequencies. 

What I did was to couple the 4 MHz oscillator into another receiver while 
listening to WWV at 20 MHz. If you use an AM detector, then you can zero 
beat against the WWV carrier during the time each minute when there is no 
pilot tone (just ticks).

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: [email protected]
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