Help with calibrating reference oscillator

Posted by Dale - K7DNH on Mar 26, 2009; 2:42pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Help-with-calibrating-reference-oscillator-tp2538815.html

Hi everyone -

need some advice please - at the K3 kit build stage of calibrating the reference oscillator ( pg 50 of manual )  -  once I get to config: REF CAL - the readout on the display is  like 42. 487.043 - - and the reading from the frequency counter is 59.95  

I need to adjust the VFO A to match the frequency counter - however turning the VFO it appears it is going to take me three weeks of turning to get to 59.95 - as it is moving in 00.000.001  increments -

is there a way to speed up this process or have I done something wrong ( probably, as I have NEVER done anything like this in my life before! )

thanks for helping a newbie out.

Dale