Hi.

I used to have a 100 KHz Frequency Standard that put a carrier at every 100 
kHz interval up past 30 MHz.  It was one of the Radio Shack P-Box kits, 
which I picked up for the whopping sum of $9.95.  It took 3 AA batteries, 
and worked quite well.  I used it for years with my old tube gear with 
sometimes not real well calibrated dials.

Maybe if you make some noise, someone might still be able to find some kind 
of a marker generator that would let you at least guestimate where you 
are.  One that would generate 25 kHz markers would probably be best, but if 
you can figure out how many kHz per turn on the knob, you can estimate the 
frequency pretty closely with some reference points like that.  Especially 
with a radio that has nice linear tuning like the TS430S has.

Personally, I always liked that rig.  The only reason I sold mine is 
because I got laid off from work and needed the money more than I needed 
the rig.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 08:01 PM 4/2/2009 -0400, you wrote:
>I don't know if it has it either, but it's something to look in to. If not,
>really, I find even if you're stuck with nothing, once you get a feel for
>the radio and the bands, you can come very close to where you want to be. I
>can honestly, on my 830, after about 5 minutes to get used to it again, put
>that thing very close to dead on where I want to be and more often than not
>I can actually do it with out anyone being there to tune in to. It's just a
>case of practice. I rather have the voice read out or something, but as you
>learn where the birdies are on the bands, the group that's on all the time
>playing with audio, the group picking on each other, really it's not
>impossible to work with the radio and have a good idea where you are on the
>bands you use most.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rick" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:01 PM
>Subject: Re: Computer interface for the Kenwood TS-50.
>
>
> > Hi John, thanks for the idea of putting the lower band edge in a memory.
> > I will definitely do that.
> > I don't know if the TS-430 has a signal generator. I didn't see anything
> > about it in the manual.
> > I'll check again, I may have over looked it.
> > Thanks again for your help and 73.
>
>
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