um. probably a silly question but, what does the crystal calibrator do?


On 27/02/2008 2:17 PM, the old scribe known as John Miller was able to 
impart this pearl of wisdom:
> Yeah, I won't bother with the narrow SSB filter for sure, I had the SSB 
> filter in my TS-440 and it's a little too narrow to listen to.
> 
> I don't need another radio, that makes 5 HF radios, but I bought it to fix, 
> it has a couple minor problems, and I may hang on to it for special events 
> and field day or something possibly, or just something to play with now and 
> then. I used to get mad at myself for having more UHF/VHF radios than HF 
> when I like HF better, now, I think, not counting the HT's, now, I think I 
> have more HF radios. lol If I'm not there I"ll have to get rid of a VHF one 
> because I have no room for another HF radio.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:31 PM
> Subject: Re: TS-120
> 
> 
>> Hi John..
>>
>> Yes, that radio will take either the YK88CN or the YK88C filter depending
>> upon whether you want 270 Hz or 500 Hz filters.  I've always bought the 
>> 270
>> Hz filter for all of my Kenwoods. I think it is a worthwhile improvement
>> over just using the IF Shift, and the combination of the IF Shift and the
>> YK88CN is really tight.  I never did bother with the 1.8 KHz SSB
>> filter--the stock filter seemed satisfactory to me.
>>
>> I also had the DFC 230 digital frequency controller which plugged into the
>> VFO jack and gave you a digitally synthesized VFO and 4 channels of
>> memory.  Unfortunately it wasn't battery backed so it would go back to
>> wherever the bottom of the VFO coverage was as soon as you powered the rig
>> down.  But the DFC230 had decidedly less drift than the internal VFO, and
>> it also gave me the capability to work splits.  Although the DFC230 was
>> introduced with the Kenwood TS130S, 530S, and 830S, it is backwards
>> compatible to the TS120S as well.
>>
>> Something to keep in mind if you ever see one somewhere and you decide to
>> hang onto the TS120S (and I would just to have the spare radio).
>>
>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>
>> At 06:26 PM 2/26/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>>> I think I figured out how to put it in CW, just there is no narrow filter
>>> for CW in it. I'd like to see if I can work it in the club's field day 
>>> this
>>> year for a workout if it's ready by then so I might have to add the filter
>>> for that. The night time crew is CW only from midnight to 6 AM and they'll
>>> want that filter in it. I think that's the YK88CN, I can find them any day
>>> of the week. As long as it's not as bad as the TS-440 to put it in I'll be
>>> happy.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Walt Sebastian" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 6:11 PM
>>> Subject: Re: TS-120
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi John,
>>>> I used a TS120 when I took a lightning strike and power surge on my 
>>>> TS520.
>>>> I agree it is a nice little radio.  I don't remember how to use it on 
>>>> CW
>>>> but
>>>> it didn't have a CW filter in it but the I-F shift made it so tight 
>>>> that I
>>>> could use it in place of a filter.  Good luck with that one.
>>>>
>>>> Walt
>>>> WA4QXT
>>>> New London CT
>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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