[Skimmertalk] de kc0vkn

[n4zr at comcast.net]

Hi Joe - if you get impatient with waiting for the auto I/Q balance to operate, you can always hook up a signal source - I have used both an MFJ-259 with a short antenna, and my radio into a dummy load.  Slowly sweep across the frequency range of the SoftRock and you will see Skimmer fill in the gaps in the curve very quickly. 



73, Pete N4ZR 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Hetrick" <kc0vkn at bitjanitor.net> 
To: skimmertalk at contesting.com 
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 8:08:21 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [Skimmertalk] de kc0vkn 

Sorry for the erratic spots.  Some "improvements" here at VKN.  30M SR   
wasn't auto correcting I/Q, that should be OK now, so, the images   
should go away. 160M version seems to be, but, doesn't have very many   
samples yet and seems to still spot images.  Will keep an eye on it. 

Have been meaning to build a skimmer-stack for a while, poor WX have   
driven me to inside projects! 

I broke the first rule: don't take that which is working, and fix   
it...in this case, I boxed a couple of SoftRocks that had long been   
sitting on a shelf with leads dangling every which way. 

I think I'm going to try and get a 3rd station up on 17M.  There are   
plenty on other bands, but I figure WARC is a good place to be, and   
the more stations listening on 160, I think, the better. 

73, 

Joe KC0VKN 
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