[Premium-Rx] MacKay MSR-5050A

[Joseph Pistritto]

I believe that's how its supposed to work.  I had a couple of McKay
receivers 20 years ago and they had that feature.  It takes some getting
used to.
   - jcp
   N3CKF

On Sun, Jul 14, 2024 at 2:50 PM Mark Donaldson via Premium-Rx <
premium-rx at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Looking for info from MacKay MSR-5050A RX owners. I am getting one of
> these sorted out and notice the tuning dial is acting unusual. The tuning
> is not nice and linear as you spin the knob in the way it changes the
> frequency setting. It appears to be speed related, the faster you turn the
> knob the quicker it changes the frequency. I have seen this same type of
> speed based tuning in test equipment but the way it works on my MSR-5050A
> is slow and klunky so not sure it is acting normally or not. I have scoped
> the outputs of the optical encoder and the subsequent logic and all appears
> normal.
> Thanks for any input from anyone who owns or has used one of these
> receivers.
> Mark WA1QHQ
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