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Re: XV144

Posted by Colin VE3MSC on Aug 28, 2011; 2:15pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/XV144-tp6734563p6734744.html

You might want to contact Elecraft for a different variable inductor
or crystal for the XV144. I had the same problem months back, and
they discovered that they were shipping the wrong xtal for the 144.
73 Colin VE3MSC

At 08:21 AM 2011-08-28, David Heinsohn wrote:

>Hello All
>
>    I use a K2 and have XV50 and 144.  The XV50 seems to be working just
>fine.  However the 144 seems to have a problem.  I live far enough away
>from other operators and had a poor enough antenna that I've not been
>able to find a test horse to talk to on two ssb or cw.  finally made
>that happen last week.  What I found was that the transverter seemed to
>be working.  Receive performance is not as good as I think it should be
>(I changed out the loop antenna for an eleven element beam fix pointed
>at the metro area about 100 miles away).  I need to run with the preamp
>on, rf  and af gains all the way up to hear BIG stations at 100 miles in
>good conditions.  And even more worrying is that, based on several
>stations reports my dial reads 12.4 khz high.
>
>    From what I can see in the manual there is no alignment for frequency
>readout as such and the adjustment available from the TRN menu is only
>10 khz.
>
>    In checking the K2 against WWV it seems to be within well less than
>100 hz.
>
>    Suggestions?
>
>TNX
>de
>David
>
>
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