[ICOM] 706MKII off frequency

David S. McCallum w7sac at juno.com
Sat Jun 18 21:53:05 EDT 2005


OK way to go Buck hope it will be ok, 73 Mac
 
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:01:00 -0400 "Buck - N4PGW"
<n4pgw-list1 at towncorp.net> writes:
> Thanks for the suggestion.  It doesn't hurt to state the obvious.  
> No, it
> wasn't on, and now I am thinking I may not have the rig with the 
> problem.
> Tonight several of us got together on frequency.  Everyone was on 
> frequency
> except one radio.  That was someone running a brand new Kenwood 
> TS-2000.  It
> appears that his rig is .05kcs off frequency.  Everyone concluded 
> that we
> are all just a few cycles off from each other, the nature of radio, 
> but his
> was the only one that would be over .01 kcs.
> 
> Thank you to everyone who read this and thought about answers.
> 
> 73 for now, 
> Buck
> N4PGW
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> > On Behalf Of David S. McCallum
> > Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 11:45 PM
> > To: icom at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: Re: [ICOM] 706MKII off frequency
> > 
> > Buck I'm sure you've checked this, but could you RIT be on?????, 
> Mac
> > 
> > On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:57:04 -0400 "Buck - N4PGW"
> > <n4pgw-list1 at towncorp.net> writes:
> > > I started working on 6 meters yesterday.  I just put up an 
> antenna
> > > and
> > > started operating with some locals.  Last night the second 
> contact I
> > > made
> > > was .08 KC off frequency.  This morning I discovered someone 
> else
> > > off the
> > > same amount.  Today I am finding my rig is off by .08 on all 
> USB
> > > frequencies.  I don't know about LSB yet.
> > >
> > > Anyone have an suggestions about what is causing the problem or 
> how
> > > to
> > > correct it?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Buck
> > > N4PGW
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > David S. McCallum/USAF RET./CMSGT/W7SAC/4
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