[Fox_Tango] drift

Michael Lawton [email protected]
Tue, 6 Jan 2004 23:03:30 -0000


20 Hz, Dennis? that's better than my frequency counter!

73 de Mike GW4IQP GQRP SOC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 8:20 PM
Subject: [Fox_Tango] drift


> Hello list...
> Anybody out there know how long my FT101ZD needs to be turned on, with the
> heaters lit up and the fan on and clarifier off before the rig becomes
> frequency stable ??
> I grabbed a quick QSO this morning with a station in Oklahoma that said my
> frequency was drifting up a bit, and then down a bit.... less than 100
> hertz...
> The rig at that point had been on for possibly 5 minutes...
> Tried again a half hour later and the rig was still doing it, ( possibly
> 20HZ )...
> 73 - 72 - OO
> Dennis - [email protected]
> "CW from the Great White North"
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