[Johnson] Ranger 1 Question/Problem

peter markavage manualman at juno.com
Thu Apr 7 19:32:43 EDT 2005


Quote Scott - But the Ranger VFO is not a precision instrument so the
drift from inside vs outside is probably not important.

Might become important if you use the Ranger to operate CW.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:04:53 -0500 "Freeberg, Scott (STP)"
<Scott.Freeberg at guidant.com> writes:
> My personal opinion is that you can do either and it will work great. 
>  The bigger deal is changing the resistor power from 2 watts to 
> something much more than that.  I moved mine out of the VFO cabinet, 
> others have left theirs in the cabinet. Personally I don't think it 
> makes much difference.   Someone on here took some precision 
> measurements which I believe suggest better precision by leaving it 
> in.  But the Ranger VFO is not a precision instrument so the drift 
> from inside vs outside is probably not important.  Jess my opinion. 
> 
> 
> Since you've already made the change, why not just leave it as is.
> 73, Scott WA9WFA


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