[Lowfer] TIL freq. measurements...13.555283 MHz

Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:19:58 -0800

I've thought of hooking a peltier unit up to it and doing DFCW...
Hmmmm...

Scott

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WE0H" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 8:20 PM
Subject: RE: [Lowfer] TIL freq. measurements...13.555283 MHz

> You can warm it or cool it to shift the freq a bit. Shoot it with a
blast of
> freeze it spray and watch it go wild. LOL!!!
>
> Mike>WE0H
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
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> On Behalf Of Scott Tilley
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 9:08 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Lowfer] TIL freq. measurements...13.555283 MHz
>
> Hey all
>
> After some careful measurements I have determined that the freq. of
> Hifer TIL is ~ 13.555283MHz.  +-1Hz.  I made these measurements by
> calibrating to WWV on 15Mhz and quickly checking the beacons freq. on
> spectran then repeated 6 times and averaged the result.  The real
number
> I get very consistently is 13.55528295MHz.  Seems these little Espons
> are not bang on the money!
>
> I hope this helps everyone as this measurement demonstrates that the
> labeled freq. on the osc. is out by -137Hz!!!  Lesson learned never
> trust the parts dudes... I'll take the TX into the lab at work on the
> weekend and stick it on some of the big buck gear there to confirm
> this... I hope by then it is more an academic pursuit then needed...
>
> Oh the joys of operating a beacon ;-)
>
> Good luck finding it... I've done everything I can...
>
> Scott
>
> BTW hours of operation are still weekdays 24hrs and by request and
when
> I feel like it on the weekends...
>
>
>
>
>
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