[Lowfer] Warming up in SMT-HELL tonite

[Andy - KU4XR]

Greetings all:

Just getting around to responding to overnight emails. Thanks to 
all who looked for the SMT-HELL signal again..

Dick - WA3USG: Yes that was my signal. At that time I was still
trying different Fonts to try and find one that really stands out
clearly, with distinguishable letters.. Some fonts don't look very
good.. Thanks for the capture.

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Andy,

Unfortunately it doesn't appear the larger power supply helped your 
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73, Garry

Disappointingly, that appears to be the case Garry. I had hoped that
a low voltage/current issue was the problem, but not so..At least I 
know that now, so back to the aging components.. Thanks for looking
and your capture..

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Had you just at the top of the 155 screen and then you appeared to head
North :-))

Laurence B Vile  OK


Hi Laurence: Thanks for looking, and the report. The signal does that
every night when I go to bed. My gear is in a corner of my bedroom so
when I shut the door, turn on a fan ( can't sleep without it ?? ),
the room temp drops, then the heat comes on repeatedly, and away it goes.
The drift seems to be a consistent 6 cycles upward overnight, so in
future runs, I'll set the frequency at 186.146 KHz at bedtime, and it
will drift up to around 186.153-ish or so during the night. And as I 
always say; " Hopefully " it will stay inside a QRSS-30 window centered
on 186.150 KHz.. On another note; it will do just the opposite in the
summertime. When the AC come on, the frequency will go down as the 
radio cools.
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Andy

If you're taking requests ... how about a night or two of good old fashioned QRSS ;~)

Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2
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Hi Jay: 

I'll need to put the QRSS transmitter back together to do that.
I am using parts of it on the present setup. Just for the giggle
factor of saying it; doing so with " old driftie " would look like 
a worm trail traveling thru the dirt.
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I would like to find some way to tame the drift issue if possible,
but I have been told that with the Reference Oscillator rated at
10 ppm; it could drift as much as 10 cycles in either direction at
1 MHz.. Not very good. And Ralph - W5JGV told me it was doubtful
that I could get it much better being what it is.. The biggest
attraction of the radio is its RF output on any frequency it can
tune... BUT !! a stable radio, thru a simple transverter will
accomplish the same goal.. 

73 to all:


Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN. USA

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