[R-390] CL80....

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> By the way, who elses' SP 600 drifts from cold to full
> warm?.. My 390 doesn't drift enough to notice..I can
> cut it off on say, 3927  (!!!) (SSB set-up)...come
> back the next evening, and it is right where I left
> it, cold as a  house ...and doesn't change as it warms
> up ...(390 non a...remember...) Thats hard to beat..
> 
> My Regards to the list..John  (JLAP)

John,

My SP 600 drifted a lot all the time when I first got it. I replaced the
OA2, forget the location number, and it stopped most of the drift. I didn't
use the radio for a few months, came back and fired it up, and it hasn't
drifted since that time. I scratched my head a few times over this but I
ain't complaining.

> Of course you can
> blaspheme and add an electronic readout....)...

Gotta disagree with you on this one. My SP is too inaccurate for me. I built
one of those Almost All Digital frequency meters that works in half the
bands at the present. I need to add the little amp board to it, maybe this
evening. Anyway, when that meter is working right it sure is nice as the SP
dial can be 10-15 kHz off in some places. For instance, I may be trying to
catch a certain TIS on 1.610 and the dial is reading somewhere around 1.600.
Those TIS signals are pretty weak, so careful tuning is required sometimes.
I rarely listen to bcst stations, so I can't just say this is this, or that
is that from the SP dial. All I have to do is pull on the wire to remove the
meter. Voila, a stock SP again!


Barry non-Hauser, non-Greg Brady