[GreenKeys] Range Finder Setting/Distortion usage?

[W2HX]

> try pushing the knob IN hard and then turning ...  
That works!. All my other range finders don't seem to need any pressure before they can be rotated. Thank you (I sure feel dumb)


73 Eugene W2HX
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Cooper <jim.w2jc at gmail.com> 
Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2023 6:12 PM
To: W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com>
Cc: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Range Finder Setting/Distortion usage?

On 5 Feb 2023 at 23:05, W2HX wrote:

> I've started to test the ranges for
> each machine. I am using a fox
> generator that can also send RYs if
> I choose. The box is set to 0%
> distortion. I am using this in hopes
> to avoid any potential distortion that might be introduced by a TU. 
> The 28 KSR started having bad copy at 30, however it went all the way 
> through the MAX setting where the knob stops
> (120?) I continued to have good
> copy. Does this seem normal? 

There is probably some 'mechanical bias' in the machine ...  you could drive yourself batty trying to find the cause, or you could just subtract 30 
from 120 and divide by 2   ;) 
 
> On the 28 ASR, the knob is not
> turning at all. Am I supposed to
> loosen something? Maybe that nut in
> the center of the knob? 

try pushing the knob IN hard and then
turning ...  

w2jc