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DIGITAL MODE CONTACTS ON 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, AND 6 METERS, ALL WITH FT8
RUNNING NO MORE THAN 20 W TO EITHER A SIMPLE NVIS 80/40 METER CENTER FED
DIPOLE OR A SIMPLE VERTICAL ANTENNA.  THE 15 METER CONTACTS WERE WITH
STATIONS IN SOUTH AMERICA, BUT THE 10 AND 6 METER CONTACTS WERE LOCALS ALSO
SEARCHING FOR DX.  ITS BEEN FASCINATING TO WATCH THIS CHANGE IN THE DIGITAL
BANDS.  HETERODYNE FREQUENCY CALIBRATION METHOD AFTER ACQUIRING SOME USED
EQUIPMENT FROM AN ESTATE SALE, I DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO CHECK AND CALIBRATE
THE FREQUENCY READOUTS ON MY AMATEUR RADIO EQUIPMENT.  MOST OF MY GEAR HAD
NOT BEEN CHECKED FOR A FEW YEARS ANYWAY, SO I WAS DUE FOR IT.  THE
FREQUENCY READOUT ON MOST MODERN DAY TRANSCEIVERS IS NO LONGER JUST A
FREQUENCY COUNTER, AS IN THE FIRST DIGITAL READOUTS.  NOW, THE TUNING
CONTROL PROVIDES A SET OF MATHEMATICAL INSTRUCTIONS OF DIVISION,
MULTIPLICATION, AND SO ON BASED ON A REFERENCE OSCILLATOR TO GENERATE THE
‰  END OF 25 WPM TEXT  ‰  QST DE W1AW  ƒ