[Milsurplus] Working 80 & 40 simultaneously with the TRC-77A!

[David Stinson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Arland, W3OSS" <richard.arland at verizon.net>
Subject: [Milsurplus] Working 80 & 40 simultaneously with the TRC-77A!


OK, now I have done it!!

> I was re-aligning my 77A last night.
> I was having problems getting chnl 3 oscillator to fire up on 3570 kc.
....
> I ended up checking the 2nd harmonic of 3570 (7140 kc)
> and found a louder signal on the air there than on 3570!...

Does your final tuning say 3 or 7 MC?
Don't trust the signal strength on your portable.
You need a reliable test instrument or, barring that,
a friend who is close enough to check on-the-air,
but not in your near field.  4-5 miles should be OK.
Have him use similar, resonant antennas to monitor on
both freqs and report signal strengths.  This will tell
you if it's "real" or not.

73 Dave S.