[Lowfer] Calibration Argo Spectran

John Andrews [email protected]
Wed, 6 Nov 2002 12:00:53 -0500


Vern,

>         Just wondering how you use WWVB (or what ever the 60 khz signal is
> called) to calibrate Argo and or Spectran. I hwve been using the YQ beacon
> in churchil as my calibration source, but noticed that NDB's aren't
> necessarily on frequency.

NDB frequency tolerances are way too wide for this application. Questions:

1. What receiver are you using?

2. If you are in CW mode, what is the BFO offset?

3. Do you get a fairly loud "racket" on 100 kHz from Loran-C?

John Andrews, W1TAG