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That carrier oscillator issue has been resolved. I swapped the USB carrier crystal cap (C125 installed parallel to trimmer) from 10pF to 7pF and that allowed the oscillator to easily be adjusted to 7.8025 (no more of that 7.8023 nonsense). Now the crystal filter is getting exactly what it was made for.

But now I have a new problem (as is always the case), the PLL ref crystal is over 1kHz high and there is no trimmer, so thats the next project. Still waiting on a new pot as one is a little scratchy and won't clean up.

I need to glue the crack in the face and give it a better coat of silver paint too, but here is how the meters turned out. Purple in the back, UV on the sides to hit the needles. Camera don't pick it up well. Nothing is too bright, the new tx/rx lights are matched in brightness, gonna be a nice radio in the end if I ever find a 40 ch knob. Looking like I will need to make one.

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<blockquote data-quote="brandon7861" data-source="post: 829598" data-attributes="member: 53724">That carrier oscillator issue has been resolved.&nbsp; I swapped the USB carrier crystal cap (C125 installed parallel to trimmer) from 10pF to 7pF and that allowed the oscillator to easily be adjusted to 7.8025&nbsp; (no more of that 7.8023 nonsense).&nbsp; Now the crystal filter is getting exactly what it was made for.But now I have a new problem (as is always the case), the PLL ref crystal is over 1kHz high and there is no trimmer, so thats the next project.&nbsp; Still waiting on a new pot as one is a little scratchy and won&#039;t clean up.I need to glue the crack in the face and give it a better coat of silver paint too, but here is how the meters turned out.&nbsp; Purple in the back, UV on the sides to hit the needles.&nbsp; Camera don&#039;t pick it up well.&nbsp; Nothing is too bright, the new tx/rx lights are matched in brightness, gonna be a nice radio in the end if I ever find a 40 ch knob.&nbsp; Looking like I will need to make one.[ATTACH=full]66715[/ATTACH]B</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brandon7861, post: 829598, member: 53724"] That carrier oscillator issue has been resolved. I swapped the USB carrier crystal cap (C125 installed parallel to trimmer) from 10pF to 7pF and that allowed the oscillator to easily be adjusted to 7.8025 (no more of that 7.8023 nonsense). Now the crystal filter is getting exactly what it was made for. But now I have a new problem (as is always the case), the PLL ref crystal is over 1kHz high and there is no trimmer, so thats the next project. Still waiting on a new pot as one is a little scratchy and won't clean up. I need to glue the crack in the face and give it a better coat of silver paint too, but here is how the meters turned out. Purple in the back, UV on the sides to hit the needles. Camera don't pick it up well. Nothing is too bright, the new tx/rx lights are matched in brightness, gonna be a nice radio in the end if I ever find a 40 ch knob. Looking like I will need to make one. [ATTACH type="full"]66715[/ATTACH] B [/QUOTE]

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