[Elecraft] Why is my K3 off frequency?

KENT TRIMBLE k9ztv at socket.net
Wed Mar 24 11:04:48 EDT 2021


Probably a good time to remind newcomers . . .

Calibration aside, stations checking into nets should always zero-beat 
the Net Control Station regardless of where he is on the dial and 
regardless of the net's published frequency.

Last week the NCS of the 75-meter Interstate Sideband Net parked himself 
several kilohertz below the published frequency in order to escape QRM.  
As the net control station that was his prerogative and his 
responsibility.  Most participants followed suit, but several stations 
insisted on transmitting on the published frequency and then complained 
that the NCS was off-frequency.  In truth, the NCS is never 
off-frequency.  He IS the net frequency.  Accurately zero-beating the 
NCS is even more critical on CW nets where conditions often mandate 
narrow filters.

73,

Kent  K9ZTV






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