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Re: SSB Xmit repair


 

Solution found.

It was chiefly the BFO - and for all I know, I might have set it wrong in the first place 2-3 years ago when I swapped out the board, and never knew.??

I took the advice on the KD8CEC site to use an audio spectrum analyzer program [for Android, i use "Spectroid"] to listen to the rig on a clear frequency. I? tuned the white noise for as even a blanket between 300hz and 3khz as I can judge.? I then hooked up Memory Manager and re-tuned to WWV by making changes to the master clock value rather than dealing with all of that other carrier cal trouble.??

At this point, I hollered into a dummy load and discovered I could hear only the desired sideband on a redundant radio, upper or lower, corresponding with the intended one.?

CW followed, moving the CW BFO around until I got the tightest curve I could manage between letting in as much 600hz as it can while rejecting as much treble as it can. There's a CW filter add-on here, but its nice to be able to trim it a little beforehand.?

I sure appreciate the encouragement.? Sometimes we just have to go back to the beginning and see if following the instructions on a new day (or new year) improves the outcome.


Tnx & 72

Ted
K3RTA?


On Sun, Mar 9, 2025 at 11:40, Gordon Gibby KX4Z via groups.io
<docvacuumtubes@...> wrote:
He could offset the carrier a bit one way or the other, (maybe by 1500 Hz ?) and then plot the response of the filter by looking at the noise pattern on any waterfall display

It would be a great learning exercise also!!

Gordon kx4z?




On Mar 9, 2025, at 10:37, Evan Hand via groups.io <elhandjr@...> wrote:

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Hi Ted,
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Since you have the Memory Manager software, I suggest you save the values to a file and do the BFO adjustment again.??
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I thought about the symptoms again and do not believe the modulator failure is the most likely cause.? The carrier is significantly reduced in the video.? If the modulator failed, I would expect a much higher value for the carrier (BF0).? Also, the SSB crystal filter would limit the output to a 3KHz span.? It could be that the SSB filter is damaged somehow.
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Hopefully, others can chime in here, as I cannot explain the data.
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73
Evan
AC9TU

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