FT-243 Frequency Codes
ANOTHER WAY IS TO USE AN MFJ ANTENNA ANALYZER - JUST USE ALLIGATOR CLIPS TO
HOOK THE XTALS PINS TO THE SO-239 ON THE ANALYZER -
TUNE ACCROSS - THE RESONANT FREQ WILL SHOW AS A 1:1 ON THE ANALYZER METER -
JUST READ THE FREQ OFF THE LCD.
- or -
USE ANY XTAL TRANSMITTER BY PULLING OUT THE BUFFER/DRIVER TUBE AND TAKING A
FREQ COUNTER OR SW RECEIVER NEAR THE OSCILLATOR TUBE AND KEY THE
TRANSMITTER.
WDØHCO - Biz
If you don't get an answer--the FT-243 rocks are fundamental cuts. It
would be easy to build an untuned Colpitts oscillator, and use a counter
to determine the crystal frequency. A simple c-mos IC oscillator would
probably also work.
Pete
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