[Lowfer] [part15] " XR " got thirsty

[Charlie , W5COV]

That is kind of a strange one Andy . I thought perhaps if the oscillator was 
shutting down in between transmissions , the problem could be that .

Guess my theory is out the window .

If you don't find it to be a solder joint or mechanical contact on the 
socket , we do have the luxury of having one of the leading experts  , if 
not the leading expert  , in North America , on anything related to crystals 
and frequency , that is a member of this list .

I don't know if his companies have ever done any testing with programmable 
oscillators , but I would bet they have .

Keep us informed as to what you find , and if you still have a problem , I 
will make sure that Charles takes a look at our posts .

Lyle has an entire article on his pages , that Eric has mirrored , that is 
titled Epson Programmable Crystal Oscillators , and you can see from his 
work , voltage does not have much influence on the frequency .( 
http://www.nutstreet.net/k0lr/ )

When I turned the beacon on the other day , it was on EXACTLY the same 
frequency as when I shut it down at the end of last season , as measured by 
myself and Garry , in Illinois .

For once I have to completely agree with Mike , that my experience with them 
over the years is they may be a tad off the ordered frequency , but I have 
never had one vary from that frequency . I use no type of temperature 
control on mine .

I am really interested in what the problem is .

Charlie , W5COV