[R-390] R-392 calibrator

Paul H. Anderson [email protected]
Wed, 5 Nov 2003 08:05:53 -0500 (EST)


Interesting!  I have another R-392 that has a strong and clear ~1KC (could
be 500Hz) signal, and I was assuming that it was "normal" and that my
other R-392 with the CW signal being the broken one.

I'll go back and look more carefully at the other R-392.

Thanks for the feedback, guys!

Paul

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, JamesMiller wrote:

> I have a "quirky" 390a that apparetly has some oscillator leakage somewhere.
> With the BFO off and the calibrator ON, I do hear a faint but definite beat
> note (sounds like about 500 Hz) under the calibator signal.  Probably
> leakage from one of the other oscillators mixing in the front end or IF.
> It's not normal, but does happen on this particular 390 I have.