[Elecraft] K3S Frequency Calibration Issue

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

See XNn OFS on page 68 of the manual.  This compensates fro 
oscillator/multiplier errors.

73

Bob, K4TAX


On 8/9/2019 7:55 AM, Greg Troxel wrote:
> John Stengrevics <jstengrevics at comcast.net> writes:
>
>> I have followed the calibration procedure in the manual (WWV as I
>> don’t have a frequency generator).  On 50 MHz, I am spot on.  However,
>> on 2 meters, I am off by 1 KHz.
> Without a calibrated signal generator (or generator and calibrated
> counter), how are you measuring this?
>
>> Any suggestions as to how I can get 2 meters to agree?
> To agree with what, and how do you know it's right?
>
> It would help if you explained more precisely what you did.  I'm
> guessing you used 15 MHz WWV, but then what are you doing on 50 and 144
> MHz to measure?  Did you measure 28 MHz?  What are you measuring
> against?  How is that calibrated, and how do you know it is correct?
>
> (Also, I am unclear on how the 144 Mhz option works, but that's
> important to understand.)
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