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The 80M crystals yield double dips, the 2nd dip being for the 1st
harmonic of crystal frequency (as expected and explained in
original article). The least keying chirp, as observed in SW
receiver, occurs when RF tune is slightly clockwise from dip
point (more capacitance).
1 1/4"
2 1/4" 1 1/4"
Front Panel
3 7/8"
1 1/2"
1 1/16"
3/4"
2 1/8"
1 15/16"
3/4"
April 5, 2012- The keying monitor did not work properly unless I
greatly detuned Scrounger (i.e., reduced the RF output power).
With maximum RF power I measured the rectified RF voltage, at
the 1N34 diode, as about -10 volts (a very good indication that
Scrounger is delivering significant RF power to the antenna
tuner). As I noted earlier in this report, the keying monitor
sounded best when the applied DC was around -1.5 volts (for
speaker connection to pins 2 and 5). I decided to install a 500
potentiometer (Honeywell #381N500) on back of Scrounger so that
I can adjust the RF voltage supplied to the keying monitor. This
worked, sort of. The sound volume and tone quality vary
depending on crystal and output band (80M or 40M).
ANT.
XMTR
GND. (OPTIONAL)
R-174
H J ANT POST ANT
FROM TRANSMITTER
F ANTENNA TUNER OUTPUT
K
A
E + RECEIVE TRANSMIT
R-174
12 VOLTS
A MONITOR
INPUT DC
D CONNECTOR
C B E
MONITOR INPUT
VIEW FROM FRONT C
February 14, 2012- Since the R-174 monitor input plug is not
available, I made three push-on terminals using 3/32” copper
tubing.
3500 3525 3550 3600 3650 3700 3750 3800 3850 3900 3950 4000
EXTRA
ADVANCED
3625
3710
3720
3725
3730
3740
3745
3892
GENERAL
OLD NOVICE
NOVICE
BAND
I only have one 40 meter band crystal at 7195 kHz. The old
Novice band was from 7150 to 7200 kHz. I can do 7250 kHz by
using my 3625 kHz crystal and tuning to the 2nd harmonic, just as
described in the Scrounger article.
EXTRA
ADVANCED
7195
7250
GENERAL
NOVICE
OLD
NOVICE
7025 7125 BAND
March 17, 2012- First contact was yesterday evening on 7195 kHz.
I was trying BK to a group QSO on SSB, and N5DCG responded and
correctly read back my call sign. I bobbled his call sign (I
thought N5CDG) and was too flustered to operate the key properly.
I tried again a short time later but they thought I was someone
that they know who was trying to annoy them. I resolved the call
sign using FCC on-line database. He is in Longview, Texas, about
1400 miles from here!
I tested my five C-W brand 80-meter band crystals with the dummy
load, and I also explored the effects of the excitation control
trimmer. I used my R-174 receiver to monitor the signal.
The 3720 kHz crystal was more finicky than the others, but I was
able to find a trimmer setting for it that also worked OK for
the other four crystals. The trimmer behavior was as follows;