[Elecraft] [K2] Crystal heater for better stability???

[Matt Palmer]

I'm a general dummy, but I dont think that simply adding a heater will
do what you want, but then again when i think of stability my brain
usually thinks of 0.5ppb over a 20year life of a radio.

Matt
W8ESE
Former KD8DAO
http://blog.MattIsKichigai.com



On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Mike-WE0H <we0h at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Has anyone added a crystal heater to their K2? If I would add a heater
> to my K2, what oscillator would be the best one to do it to or should I
> heat both the 4mc & the 12.xx mc crystals? The radio is decent as is but
> I am used to zero drift when I work the Part 5 Experimental bands with
> my other radio's. I want to make my K2 very stable as it will be used on
> those bands.
>
> Many thanks,
> Mike
> WE0H
> K2 6698
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