[Elecraft] WSJT-X Frequency Anomaly

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

One easy method is place the radio on the CW mode. Time to one of the WWV frequencies. Press the SPOT to activate the function. Any difference between the WWV frequency and the readout is the error. 

Bob, K4TAX


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> On Jan 18, 2019, at 4:42 PM, Mike Harris via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> Do a sanity check by listening to WWV. That will tell you if your various radios are telling frequency lies or not.
> 
> The thing to be aware of is that the reference oscillators in the respective radios will drift. There is a method using WWV in the K3 manual to check and adjust the REF CAL error.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mike VP8NO
> 
>> On 18/01/2019 18:23, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>> Note that in the two cases mentioned, you reported 47 +/-1 Hz difference.
>> That is not much and can easily be attributed to a difference in the calibration of the radio or the audio frequency accuracy of the soundcards.
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>>> On 1/18/2019 12:07 PM, Rick WA6NHC wrote:
>>>> On 1/18/2019 8:54 AM, Richard wrote:
>>>> After working a friend on 10 meters with FT8 I phoned and asked him why he always stayed up high at 2454 Hz. He said WSJT-X said he was dead on 2500 Hz.
>>>> 
>>>> I asked him what it said my frequency was. He said it was 1048 Hz; my WSJT-X said I was dead on 1000 Hz. We did more testing at other frequencies and on other bands and found similar discrepancies.
>>>> 
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