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Re: [TenTec] Frequency Misalignment Between VFO A and VFO B

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Frequency Misalignment Between VFO A and VFO B
From: "pfizenmayer" <pfizenmayer@qwest.net>
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Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:16:55 -0700
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Hi Kim -

Oh -  that there were a way to do so - its something I suspect like 5.33 or 
5.66 hz - has to do with the sub receiver synthesizer mathematics . They are 
locked to the same  TCXO but don't come out dead on like a truely phase 
locked pair of synthesizers. I talked to someone at TT a couple years ago 
about it and he thought it had to do with math precision.(probably did not 
want to d more computer load )  I have toyed with generating my own 3 rd lo 
at 14.xxxxx hz for the sub rx to get rid of that offset - would not be truly 
phase locked but I would expect it to stay pretty close for awhile.

Would have already done it if the 3rd LO to the sub rx was a plug in coax 
but its not and I hate to cobble on it.

BTW you can get closer by running the other vfo on the sub rx at 1 hz steps 
and get the roll down to a part of a hz.


Maybe O III ???


73 de Hank K7HP


  ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kim Elmore" <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 6:32 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Frequency Misalignment Between VFO A and VFO B


> For some  time, I've noticed what seemed to be a very slight
> frequency misalignment between VFO A and VFO B when in the binaural
> mode (A in one ear and B in the other).
>
> On my O II it's noticeable even in the noise as what sounds like a
> beat note in stereo phasing when both VFOs are tuned to the same
> frequency. Last night, I chased this down and found that VFO B is
> about 6 Hz lower in frequency that VFO A. This isn't a terribly big
> deal, but is there a way to align the two, or are the master
> oscillators different so that the two drift around slightly as a
> matter of course?
>
> Kim Elmore, N5OP
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