[Swan] off frequency 508 vfo

[Ken Winterling]

Dale,

Have you used the "dial set" knob on the front panel of the 508 with the
transceiver calibrator turned on to set the VFO frequency to the nearest
calibrator marker?

Ken
WA2LBI



On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 13:51, yash at aol.com <yash at aol.com> wrote:

> Just got the 508 up and running,only problem seems to be the 508,  is off
> frequency by apx 44kc. The 500 CX is right on the money ,as far as the dial
> goes.  this 44kc, high frequency appears to be the same on all bands on the
> 508. All I have is the schematic on the 508 and the write up advertising
> sheet.I realize that I can adjust the trimmer for each range to bring the
> dial to 100%  in calibration,just seems strange each band is off just about
> the same 44kc?  I gather there was never a service manual for the 508?
>    I think I will go the route of adjusting each band trimmer ,unless
> someone see's something Iam missing
>  thanks for any help on this
> dale wt4t
>